Bonnie Christensen Explained

Bonnie Christensen (January 23, 1951 – January 12, 2015), an American author and illustrator, is best known for writing biographies and other illustrated non-fiction books for children and young adults.^[1] She was also an accomplished wood engraver and fine artist whose works were shown internationally in both solo and group exhibitions.^[2]

She taught fine arts at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont from 1996 - 2008 and writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program from 2011 - 2015.^{[3] [4]}

Bibliography

As author

• Sunshine, Moonshine, by Bonnie Christensen and Emily Herder. Onion River Press, March 2024.^[5]

As author and illustrator

• Elvis: The Story of the Rock and Roll King, Henry Holt, 2015
• I, Galileo, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2012
• Plant a Little Seed, Roaring Brook Press, NY, 2012
• Fabulous, A Portrait of Andy Warhol, Henry Holt, 2011
• Django, World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist, Roaring Brook Press, NY, 2009
• Mama Went to Jail for the Vote, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2005 (with Kathleen Karr and Malene Laugesen)^[6]
• The Daring Nellie Bly, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2003
• In My Grandmother's House, HarperCollins, NY, 2003
• Woody Guthrie, Poet of the People, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2001
• Rebus Riot!, Dial/Penguin, NY, 1997
• An Edible Alphabet, Dial/Penguin, NY, 1994

As illustrator

• The Princess of Borscht by Leda Schubert. Roaring Brook Press, NY, 2011
• Ida B. Wells by Walter Dean Myers. HarperCollins, NY, 2008
• Magic in the Margins by W. Nikola-Lisa. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2007
• Pompeii, Lost and Found by Mary Pope Osborne. Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2006
• I, Dred Scott by Sheila P. Moses. Simon & Schuster, NY, 2005
• Moon Over Tennessee by Craig Crist Evan. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1999
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Folio Society, London, England, England, 1998
• Breaking into Print by Stephen Krensky. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1996
• Putting the World to Sleep by Shelley Moore Thomas. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1995
• Green Mountain Ghosts, Ghouls, and Unsolved Mysteries by Joe Citro. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1994

Awards

Christensen received a number of book awards including an American Library Association Schneider Family Book Award (for Django, World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist in 2010),^[7] a Kirkus "Best Children's Book of 2006" designation (for her illustrations in Pompeii, Lost and Found in 2006),^[8] an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award (for The Daring Nellie Bly in 2004),^[9] and a Horn Book-Boston Globe Honor Award,^[10] a Parent's Choice Gold Award,^[11] a designation of "Best Book Of the Year" by Publishers Weekly, a "Notable Books" designation by the New York Times Book Review,^[12] and a New York Book Show Award (for Woody Guthrie, Poet of the People in 2001).

Death

Christensen died of ovarian cancer on January 12, 2015, aged 63.^[13]

External links

• Official website for Bonnie Christensen, updated November 2023

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bonnie Christensen . 2023-11-21 . Bonnie Christensen . en-US.
2. Web site: Bonnie Christensen - Resume . 2023-11-21 . bonnietchristensen.com.
3. Web site: Bonnie Christensen - Resume . 2023-11-21 . bonnietchristensen.com.
4. Web site: About . 2023-11-21 . Bonnie Christensen . en-US.
5. Web site: Sunshine, Moonshine (2024) . 2023-11-21 . Bonnie Christensen . en-US.
6. https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/57842.Bonnie_Christensen GoodReads website, Bonnie Christensen
7. Web site: Schneider Family Book Award. Ala.org. April 5, 2015.
8. Web site: Pompeii. Mary Pope Osborne. Kirkus Reviews. April 5, 2015.
9. Web site: The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio. Toyportfolio.com. April 5, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150201200918/http://www.toyportfolio.com/SingleProduct.php?ProductID=3434. February 1, 2015. dead.
10. Web site: Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards . Archive.hbook.com . April 5, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111019092012/http://archive.hbook.com/bghb/past/past.asp . October 19, 2011 .
11. Web site: Woody Guthrie: Poet of the People. Parents' Choice Foundation. April 5, 2015.
12. Web site: Klass . Perri . Children's Books - This Land Was His Land . The New York Times . November 18, 2001 . April 5, 2015.
13. News: Obituaries: Bonnie Christensen . The Wilson Times . dead . January 30, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150201181320/http://obituaries.wilsontimes.com/bonnie-christensen . February 1, 2015.