![]() ![]() In an interview with Sonia Bolle in the Children's Literature Review (CLR), he said, "I loved Oliver Twist, but I liked the Artful Dodger more than Oliver. Shannon illustrated Audrey Wood's The Bunyans, Rafe Martin's The Rough Face Girl, various books by Jane Yolen, including The Ballad of the Pirate Queens and Encounter, as well as Melinda Long's How I Became a Pirate and Pirates Don't Change Diapers.ĭavid Shannon was born in Washington, D.C., but he also spent his childhood in Spokane, Washington. He has also written A Bad Case of Stripes, How Georgie Radbourn Saved Baseball, and The Amazing Christmas Extravaganza. ![]() In 1998 he received the Caldecott Honor for his No, David!. He graduated from the Art Center College of Design and now resides in Los Angeles. ![]() Shannon in 2011, posing at an event in New York.ĭavid Shannon (born October 5, 1959) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. ![]()
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