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Joan Rankin

Joan Rankin

Joan Rankin has illustrated over twenty-five books for children. She received the South African HAUM Dann Retief Prize for children's book illustration in 1986 and the Katrina Harris Award for Children's Book Illustration in 1991. She has illustrated numerous books on the McElderry list, including A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson and Off to First Grade by Louise Borden. Ms. Rankin lives in Johannesburg, South Africa, with her husband and three daughters.

Joan Rankin's Books

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A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk
A Whiff of Pine, a Hint of Skunk A Forest of Poems By: Deborah Ruddell
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
In a watery mirror the rugged raccoon admires his face by the light of the moon: the mysterious mask, the whiskers beneath, the sliver of cricket still stuck in his teeth. Take a lighthearted romp through four seasons in...
Other Formats: eBook
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Off to First Grade
Off to First Grade By: Louise Borden
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: July 1, 2008
Ages: 4 - 8
It's the first day of first grade, and everyone in Mrs. Miller's class is getting ready! Anna is excited about reading zillions of books, Ben's mom gives him a big off-to-first-grade hug, and Claire poses for a first-day...
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First Day
First Day By: Joan Rankin
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: November 28, 2007
Ages: 4 - 7
It's the first day of school at Yappy Puppy Play School and Haybillybun is not so sure he wants to go. What if the other kids make fun of his fluffy feet? Or his long name? Can't his mother go in his place and he'll stay at...
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Today at the Bluebird Cafe A Branchful of Birds By: Deborah Ruddell
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: February 27, 2007
Ages: 4 - 10
It's all-you-can-eat at the Bluebird Café, A grasshopper-katydid-cricket buffet, with berries and snails and a bluebottle fly, a sip of the lake and a bite of the sky. A world of birds unfolds in twenty-two vivid poems...
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A Frog in the Bog By: Karma Wilson
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2003
Ages: 3 - 7
There's a frog on the log in the middle of the bog. A small, green frog on a half-sunk log in the middle of the bog....
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
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Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats
Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats By: Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Illustrated by: Joan Rankin
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: June 1, 2001
Ages: 3 - 7
Mrs. McTats loves cats -- and they love her too! At first Mrs. McTats has only one cat, Abner, but quickly finds herself in a house bursting with twenty-five! She names each one with a different letter of the alphabet, but...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback