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Wendell Minor

Wendell Minor
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Wendell Minor

Wendell Minor is the award-winning illustrator of dozens of picture books, including his own Yankee Doodle America, Robert Burleigh's Into the Woods, and Reaching for the Moon, written by Buzz Aldrin. Mr. Minor's work can be found in the permanent collections of such institutions as the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art and the Library of Congress. He lives with his wife, Florence, in Washington, Connecticut. Visit Wendell Minor at www.minorart.com.

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The Red Badge of Courage will be released on February 21, 2012 in eBook
Feb 10, 2012
Into the Woods is now available in Trade Paperback
Dec 20, 2011
Into the Woods will be released on December 20, 2011 in Trade Paperback
Dec 20, 2011
The Magical Christmas Horse will be released on October 25, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 25, 2011
The Magical Christmas Horse is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Oct 25, 2011
News:
Into the Woods has won an award
Oct 09, 2011
Author Appearances have been announced:
Find Wendell Minor appearances
Oct 04, 2011
Graphic Excerpt:
The Magical Christmas Horse
Sep 29, 2011
News:
Night Flight has won an award
Jul 15, 2011
Graphic Excerpt:
The Magical Christmas Horse
Jun 24, 2011
Night Flight will be released on February 22, 2011 in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 22, 2011
Night Flight is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 22, 2011
Ghost Ship will be released on November 23, 2010 in eBook
Nov 23, 2010
Ghost Ship is now available in eBook
Nov 23, 2010

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DL-Online, January 7, 2012
...and incident this is nonfiction with edge and action, a you-are-there experience made more dramatic and real by Wendell Minor’s vivid paintings. “Amelia Earhart: The Thrill of It,” by Susan Wels. “Amelia Earhart: The Thrill of It” is the first...
Zimbio, January 7, 2012
...grief and the space-time continuum are nothing less than life-changing. (20100301) If You Were a Penguin ( Hardcover ) By Wendell Minor Buy new : $12.23 43 used and new from $7.99... Family Practice Examination & Board Review, Second Edition (McGraw-Hill...
TheDay.com, December 17, 2011
..." and "The Elves and the Shoemaker." "The Magical Christmas Horse" by Mary Higgins Clark, illustrated by Wendell Minor, Simon & Schuster, 2011, 36 pages, $17.99 hardcover. Eight-year-old Johnny lives with his family in Arizona. One Christmas, when Johnny...
Examiner.com, December 16, 2011
...its aftermath and shows the real people caught in the hurricane. 6. Night Flight by Robert Burleigh and Wendell Minor (Simon and Schuster) Ages 5 to 8 Finally, the story of famed aviator Amelia Earhart for young readers! In this dramatic, suspenseful,...
Zimbio, December 8, 2011
...By Wendell Minor Buy new: $26.05 20 used and new from $26.00 Customer Rating: First tagged by Becky Logan Related tags: childrens books, penguins...
Appeal-Democrat.com, December 8, 2011
...that will be enjoyed for years to come. "The Magical Christmas Horse" by Mary Higgins Clark, illustrated by Wendell Minor, Simon & Schuster, 2011, 36 pages, $17.99 hardcover. Eight-year-old Johnny lives with his family in Arizona. One Christmas, when...
Examiner.com, November 27, 2011
...Party (Picture Puffins) by Astrid Lindgren and Michael Chesworth The Magical Christmas Horse by Mary Higgins Clark and Wendell Minor Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree by Robert E. Barry The First Christmas: A Changing-Picture Book by Traditional and Sophy...
Mad Woman in the Forest, September 18, 2011
...featuring over 70 pieces by leading artists in the children’s book industry, including Peter Brown, Susan Jeffers, Wendell Minor, Adam Rex and Paul O. Zelinsky. The eBay auction will culminate during Banned Books Week (Sept. 24-Oct. 1), the only...
Boston 1775, June 30, 2011
...Henry Knox: Bookseller, Soldier, Patriot , by Anita Silvey and Wendell Minor, is a picture-book biography published last year. The back cover shows Henry Knox as he might have looked at age nine, starting his apprenticeship as a bookbinder. In that...
ALSC Blog, June 12, 2011
...Patient. Illus. by Sylvia Long. Chronicle Books Burleigh, Robert. Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic. Illus. by Wendell Minor Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Drummond, Allan. Energy Island . Farrar, Straus and Giroux Jenkins,...
Wild Rose Reader, April 29, 2011
...and a country way of life that has been disappearing from our land? Then find a copy of Wendell Minor’s My Farm Friends . Let Wendell be the tour guide on a bucolic book visit that is sure to delight preschoolers.  My Farm Friends Written and...