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Ward Jenkins

Ward Jenkins

Ward Jenkins

Ward Jenkins is an illustrator and animator. His first picture book was How to Train with a T-Rex and Win Eight Gold Medals by Michael Phelps. He lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two children.

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. "I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste." - Marcel Duchamp
Learn more about Ward Jenkins
My life in 8 words: "I'm just trying to get by. With gusto."
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Mar 22, 2011
Mar 22, 2011
Chicks Run Wild is now available in Hardcover
Jan 25, 2011
Chicks Run Wild will be released on January 25, 2011 in Hardcover
Jan 25, 2011
Not Your Parents' Money Book (wt) is now available in Trade Paperback
Aug 31, 2010
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Chicks Run Wild
Aug 04, 2010
Not Your Parents' Money Book (wt) will be released on August 31, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Feb 04, 2010
Jun 03, 2009
How to Eat Half a Car and Win 8 Gold Medals is now available in Hardcover
Jun 02, 2009
Jun 02, 2009
How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals will be released on June 02, 2009 in Hardcover
Jun 02, 2009
How to Train with a T. Rex and Win 8 Gold Medals is now available in Hardcover
Jun 02, 2009
How to Eat Half a Car and Win 8 Gold Medals will be released on June 02, 2009 in eBook
Jan 14, 2009
How to Eat Half a Car and Win 8 Gold Medals will be released on June 02, 2009 in Hardcover
Dec 19, 2008

Ward Jenkins Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. "I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste." - Marcel Duchamp Learn more about Ward Jenkins

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School Library Journal, December 5, 2011
...this fact for any particular reason . . . until you get to the next book pairing on the list.  Ward Jenkins (a hugely talented illustrator on the cusp of being noticed by the masses, I am convinced) has helped pen and illustrate a new series.  Now to...
Smyth News, March 22, 2011
...Walker. Candlewick. 2009. “Bring On the Birds.” Susan Stockdale. Peachtree. 2011. “Chicks Run Wild.” Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen. Illustrated by Ward Jenkins. Simon & Schuster. 2011. “Mr. Duck Means Business.” Tammi Sauer. Illustrated by Jeff...
Writing and Ruminating, July 11, 2011
...HATCHES A FAMILY, illustrated by Brian T. Jones. Your most recent release was CHICKS RUN WILD, illustrated by Ward Jenkins, which came out in January of this year, and in just two weeks' time, your next picture book, HAMPIRE!, illustrated by Howard Fine....