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Melissa Sweet

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Melissa Sweet is a celebrated author and illustrator. She has written and illustrated many award-winning children's books, including Balloons Over Broadway and Some Writer! The Story of E. B. White, and is a three-time recipient of the New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book, as well as a two-time Caldecott Honoree. She is an avid birder and Maine Master Naturalist, and lives in Portland, Maine.

Please visit her at MelissaSweet.net.

Books by Melissa Sweet
Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott
Joyce Scott, Brie Spangler, Melissa Sweet
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A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
Jen Bryant, Melissa Sweet

A Robert F. Sibert Honor BookSchneider Family Book Award WinnerAn ALA-ALSC Notable Children's Book

NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Winner for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children From an award-winning team comes a stunning picture-book biography of African American painter, Horace Pippin, now available in paperback.

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