Wendy Anderson Halperin Explained

Wendy Anderson Halperin (born April 10, 1952) is an American illustrator and author of children's books.

Biography

Education

Halperin was born on April 10, 1952, in Joliet, Illinois. She attended Syracuse University, 1971–72; Pratt Institute, 1973–74; California College of Arts and Crafts, 1979–80; and American Academy (Chicago, IL), 1982–83.^[1]

Career

Halperin has illustrated more than two dozen books by others and has written or adapted several others herself.

A number of Halperin's books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist. These include: Homeplace (Orchard Books, 1995), Once upon a Company (Orchard Books, 1998), The Full Belly Bowl (Atheneum, 1998), Bonaparte (Doring Kindersley, 2000), Let's Go Home: Some Wonderful Things about a House (Simon & Schuster, 2000), The Secret Remedy Book: A Story of Comfort and Love (Orchard Books, 2003), Strawberry Hill (Little, Brown, 2009), Planting the Wild Garden (Peachtree Publishers, 2011), and Love Is... (Simon & Schuster, 2013).^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

Her book The Lampfish of Twill (Orchard Books, 1991) was a New York Times Notable Book,^[12] as was Hunting the White Cow (Orchard Books, 1993).^[13]

She created an education program called Drawn to Discover that focuses on handwriting and fine motor skills.^[14] She also created an elementary school drawing program called Project 364.^[15]

Halperin lives in South Haven, Michigan.

Selected works

Books illustrated

• Janet Taylor Lisle, The Lampfish of Twill, Orchard Books, 1991.^{[16] [17] [18]}
• Tres Seymour, Hunting the White Cow, Orchard Books, 1993.^{[19] [20] [21]}
• Anne Shelby, Homeplace, Orchard Books, 1995.^{[22] [23]}
• Sarah Orne Jewett, A White Heron, Candlewick Press, 1997.
• Jim Aylesworth, The Full Belly Bowl, Atheneum, 1998.
• Kathryn Lasky, Sophie and Rose, Candlewick Press, 1998.^{[24] [25] [26]}
• Polly Horvath, The Trolls, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999.
• Marsha Wilson Chall, Bonaparte, Dorling Kindersley, 2000.^{[27] [28]}
• Cynthia Rylant, Let's Go Home: Some Wonderful Things about a House, Simon & Schuster, 2000.^{[29] [30]}
• Cynthia Rylant series, Cobble Street Cousins, Simon & Schuster, 1998–2002.^[31]
• Karin Cates, The Secret Remedy Book: A Story of Comfort and Love, Orchard Books, 2003.^{[32] [33]}
• Pete Seeger, adaptor, Turn! Turn! Turn!: Words from Ecclesiastes circa 250 B.C.E. Simon & Schuster, 2003.^{[34] [35]}
• Elizabeth Spurr, adaptor, The Peterkins' Christmas (based on a story by Lucretia P. Hale), Atheneum, 2004.^{[36] [37]}
• Reeve Lindbergh, The Visit, Dial, 2005.^{[38] [39]}
• Elizabeth Spurr, adaptor, The Peterkins' Thanksgiving (based on a story by Lucretia P. Hale), Atheneum, 2005.^[40]
• Jane Yolen, Soft House, Candlewick Press, 2005.^{[41] [42] [43]}
• Douglas Wood, Nothing to Do, Dutton, 2006.^{[44] [45] [46]}
• Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Racketty-Packetty House, Simon & Schuster, 2006.
• Alice B. McGinty, Thank You, World, Dial, 2007.^{[47] [48]}
• John Mooy, Once Upon a Mail Route, EDCO Publishing, 2008.
• Mary Ann Hoberman, Strawberry Hill, Little, Brown, 2009.^{[49] [50]}
• August Gold, Thank You, God, for Everything, Putnam's, 2009.^{[51] [52]}
• Joseph Bruchac, My Father Is Taller than a Tree, Dial Books for Young Readers, 2010.^{[53] [54] [55]}
• John Mooy, Once Upon a Small Town, EDCO Publishing, 2010.
• Kathryn O. Galbraith, Planting the Wild Garden, Peachtree Publishers, 2011.^{[56] [57]}

Written and illustrated

• (Reteller) Guy de Maupassant, When Chickens Grow Teeth: A Story from the French, Orchard Books, 1996.^{[58] [59] [60] [61] [62]}
• Once upon a Company, Orchard Books, 1998.^{[63] [64] [65]}
• Love Is, Simon & Schuster, 2000.^{[66] [67]}
• Peace, Simon & Schuster, 2013.^{[68] [69] [70] [71]}

References

1. "Wendy Anderson Halperin (1952-)." Something About the Author, edited by Lisa Kumar, vol. 245, Gale, 2012, pp. 45-50. Gale Literature: Something About the Author. Accessed 4 May 2023.
2. Book: Once upon a Company: A True Story, by Wendy Anderson Halperin Booklist Online . subscription.
3. Web site: Love Is... Love Is... by Wendy Anderson Halperin, King James Bible . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
4. Web site: Planting the Wild Garden by Kathryn Osebold Galbraith . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
5. Book: Strawberry Hill, by By Mary Ann Hoberman. Booklist Online . subscription.
6. Web site: THE SECRET REMEDY BOOK: A Story of Comfort and Love by Karin Cates . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
7. Book: Let's Go Home, by By Cynthia Rylant. Booklist Online . subscription.
8. Web site: Bonaparte by Marsha Wilson Chall, DK Publishing . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
9. Web site: Homeplace by Anne Shelby . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
10. Web site: Full Belly Bowl by Jim Aylesworth . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
11. Book: Full Belly Bowl, by Jim Aylesworth Booklist Online . subscription.
12. News: 1991-12-01 . Notable Books of the Year 1991 . en-US . The New York Times . subscription . 2023-05-04 . 0362-4331.
13. News: 1993-12-05 . Notable Books of the Year 1993 . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-04 . 0362-4331.
14. Web site: McShane . Mike . From Illustrator To Entrepreneur: A Q&A With Wendy Anderson Halperin . 2023-05-04 . Forbes . en.
15. Web site: Q&A: Wendy Anderson Halperin . 2023-05-04 . The Herald Palladium . en.
16. Book: THE LAMPFISH OF TWILL Kirkus Reviews . en.
17. Web site: Lampfish of Twill by Janet Taylor Lisle, J. Lisle . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
18. News: Hansen . Ron . 1991-11-10 . CHILDREN'S BOOKS; What the Fishcatcher Knew . en-US . The New York Times . subscription . 2023-05-04 . 0362-4331.
19. Book: HUNTING THE WHITE COW Kirkus Reviews . en.
20. Web site: Hunting the White Cow by Tres Seymour . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
21. News: Krull . Kathleen . 1993-11-14 . CHILDREN'S BOOKS; Udder Voices, Udder Rooms . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-05-04 . 0362-4331.
22. Book: HOMEPLACE Kirkus Reviews . en.
23. Book: Homeplace, by Anne Shelby Booklist Online . subscription.
24. Web site: Sophie and Rose by Kathryn Lasky . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
25. Book: Sophie and Rose, by Kathryn Lasky Booklist Online . subscription.
26. Book: Hunting the White Cow, by Tres Seymour Booklist Online . subscription.
27. Book: BONAPARTE Kirkus Reviews . en.
28. Book: Bonaparte, by By Marsha Wilson Chall. Booklist Online . subscription.
29. Book: LET'S GO HOME Kirkus Reviews . en.
30. Web site: LET'S GO HOME: The Wonderful Things About a House by Cynthia Rylant . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
31. Book: Cobble Street Cousins: Wedding Flowers, by By Cynthia Rylant. Booklist Online . subscription.
32. Book: THE SECRET REMEDY BOOK Kirkus Reviews . en.
33. Book: Secret Remedy Book, by Karin Cates Booklist Online . subscription.
34. Book: TURN! TURN! TURN! Kirkus Reviews . en.
35. Web site: TURN! TURN! TURN! by Pete Seeger . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
36. Book: THE PETERKINS’ CHRISTMAS Kirkus Reviews . en.
37. Web site: THE PETERKINS' CHRISTMAS by Elizabeth Spurr . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
38. Book: THE VISIT Kirkus Reviews . en.
39. Web site: THE VISIT by Reeve Lindbergh, Caralyn Buehner . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
40. Book: THE PETERKINS’ THANKSGIVING Kirkus Reviews . en.
41. Book: SOFT HOUSE Kirkus Reviews . en.
42. Web site: Soft House by Jane Yolen . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
43. Book: Soft House, by Jane Yolen Booklist Online . subscription.
44. Book: NOTHING TO DO Kirkus Reviews . en.
45. Web site: Nothing to Do by Douglas Wood . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
46. Book: Nothing to Do, by Douglas Wood Booklist Online . subscription.
47. Web site: October 15, 2007 . Thank You, World by Alice B. McGinty . April 17, 2023 . Publishers Weekly.
48. Book: Thank You, World, by Alice B. McGinty . Booklist Online . October 15, 2007 . April 17, 2023 . subscription.
49. Book: STRAWBERRY HILL Kirkus Reviews . en.
50. Web site: Strawberry Hill by Mary Ann Hoberman . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
51. Book: THANK YOU, GOD, FOR EVERYTHING Kirkus Reviews . en.
52. Book: Thank You, God, for Everything, by August Gold Booklist Online . subscription.
53. Book: MY FATHER IS TALLER THAN A TREE Kirkus Reviews . en.
54. Web site: My Father Is Taller Than a Tree by Joseph Bruchac . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
55. Book: My Father Is Taller than a Tree, by Joseph Bruchac Booklist Online . subscription.
56. Book: PLANTING THE WILD GARDEN Kirkus Reviews . en.
57. Book: Planting the Wild Garden, by Kathryn O. Galbraith Booklist Online . subscription.
58. Web site: When Chickens Grow Teeth . 2023-05-04 . Kirkus Reviews . en.
59. Book: WHEN CHICKENS GROW TEETH Kirkus Reviews . en.
60. Web site: When Chickens Grow Teeth by Wendy Anderson Halperin . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
61. Book: When Chickens Grow Teeth, by Wendy Anderson Halperin Booklist Online . subscription.
62. Web site: Children's Books . 2023-05-04 . archive.nytimes.com.
63. Web site: Once upon a Company . 2023-05-04 . Kirkus Reviews . en.
64. Book: ONCE UPON A COMPANY Kirkus Reviews . en.
65. Web site: Once Upon a Company by Wendy Anderson Halperin . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
66. Web site: Love Is . . . by . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
67. Book: Love Is, by By Wendy Anderson Halperin. Booklist Online . subscription.
68. Book: PEACE Kirkus Reviews . en.
69. Web site: Peace by Wendy Anderson Halperin (et al.) . 2023-05-04 . www.publishersweekly.com.
70. Web site: Out of the Box Picture books for International Day of Peace . 2023-05-04 . The Horn Book.
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External links

• • Wendy Anderson Halperin on Goodreads