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David Shannon

David Shannon
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David Shannon

David Shannon has written and illustrated numerous award winning picture books including Duck on a Bike, the Caldecott Honor Book No David!, How I Learned to be a Pirate, and Good Boy Fergus. He is also one of the collaborative illustrators in Jon Scieszka's Trucktown series. David lives with his wife and his daughter in Los Angeles.

Smash!Crash! is now available in eBook
Jan 24, 2012
Smash!Crash! will be released on January 24, 2012 in eBook
Jan 24, 2012
A Christmas Surprise will be released on October 04, 2011 in Novelty
Oct 04, 2011
A Christmas Surprise is now available in Novelty
Oct 04, 2011
Robot Zot! will be released on September 20, 2011 in eBook
Sep 20, 2011
Robot Zot! is now available in eBook
Sep 20, 2011
Honk That Horn! will be released on June 28, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Jun 28, 2011
Honk That Horn! is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 28, 2011
Kat's Maps will be released on June 28, 2011 in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
Jun 28, 2011
Kat's Maps is now available in Hardcover, Trade Paperback
Jun 28, 2011
Graphic Excerpt:
Honk That Horn!
Apr 20, 2011
News:
Truckery Rhymes has won an award
Apr 20, 2011
Graphic Excerpt:
Kat's Maps
Mar 11, 2011
Take a Trip with Trucktown! will be released on March 08, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Mar 08, 2011
Take a Trip with Trucktown! is now available in Trade Paperback
Mar 08, 2011
Steer the Wheel! will be released on February 22, 2011 in Board Book
Feb 22, 2011

Authors on the Web

Examiner.com, February 4, 2012
...beautiful paintings promote understanding of the text by connecting the words and pictures. The Rain Came Down by David Shannon shares a funny story about the entire city of animals having uproar and it isn’t until the sun returns that they smile, and...
Hispanic PR Wire, February 3, 2012
...all by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing - are: Junkyard Fort, by Jon Scieszka, and illustrated by David Shannon, Loren Long and Dave Gordon. A new book in the popular "Trucktown" series, available exclusively inside Cheerios boxes. Scieszka is the...
Pocono Record, December 9, 2011
...Newfoundland Choices this week: "A Frog in the Bog" by Karma Wilson; "A Bad Case of Stripes" by David Shannon; "Boxes for Katje" by Candace Fleming "King Jack and the Dragon" by Peter Bently, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, Dial, 2011, 32 pages, $17.99...
Huntersville Herald, December 8, 2011
...Justin Shugg and center Cedric McNicoll read the books “Pirates Don’t Change Diapers,” by Melinda Long and David Shannon, and “Not Norman: A Goldfish Story,” by Kelly Bennett, while Chubby, the team’s mascot, listened to the stories with the...
Muskogee Phoenix, December 4, 2011
...Little Bear hears noises from downstairs. Is it Santa? Those of you familiar with the David books by David Shannon will enjoy his book “It’s Christmas David!” David always hears, “No, David!” as he goes through the days leading up to Christmas....
NorthFortyNews, December 2, 2011
...Winter Nights: a Family Hanukkah Book” by Laura Krauss Melmed and Elisabeth Schlossberg, “It’s Christmas, David!” by David Shannon, “A Very Marley Christmas” by John Grogan, “Clopper the Christmas Donkey” by Emily King and “A Christmas...
Examiner.com, November 22, 2011
...Like this? Subscribe to get instant updates. Parents of young children may already be familiar with the author/illustrator David Shannon and the character he has created in the “David” books. David reminds me my son as a little boy and some of the...
411mania.com, December 16, 2011
...a natural evolution to - this is before John Logan came on. I was kicking it around with David Shannon and John Carlos at a breakfast at Art's Deli. I wrote this 12-page outline and sat on it for three years while I went off and made a...
OA Online, December 16, 2011
...events and luncheons it offers are also appreciated. “The doctors that they get are excellent,” Senior Advantage member David Shannon said. Past subjects have included osteoporosis, podiatry and arthritis. Program participants can also take trips,...
Coming Soon!, December 16, 2011
...a natural evolution to - this is before John Logan came on. I was kicking it around with David Shannon and John Carlos at a breakfast at Art's Deli. I wrote this 12-page outline and sat on it for three years while I went off and made a...
Daily Tribune, December 15, 2011
...knife when the brother complained about the suspect turning on a light and waking him up. The suspect, David Shannon, 39, of Detroit is due in Ferndale 43rd District Court at 1 p.m. Thursday for a preliminary hearing on charges of assault with a...
Daily Tribune, December 15, 2011
...knife when the brother complained about the suspect turning on a light and waking him up. The suspect, David Shannon, 39, of Detroit is due in Ferndale 43rd District Court at 1 p.m. Thursday for a preliminary hearing on charges of assault with a...
Daily Tribune, December 14, 2011
...knife when the brother complained about the suspect turning on a light and waking him up. The suspect, David Shannon, 39, of Detroit is due in Ferndale 43rd District Court at 1 p.m. Thursday for a preliminary hearing on charges of assault with a...
La Voz Nueva, December 14, 2011
...to be voted on include: “Maybe a Bear Ate It,” by Robie Harris; “Duck on a Bike,” by David Shannon and “Feast for 10,” by Cathryn Falwel. The public is invited to visit the Preschool One Book, One Denver website at www.denvergov.org/doca to...