Ashley Wolff
Ashley Wolff
Children's Book author and illustrator
Ashley Wolff is a lifelong artist who grew up in rural Vermont, surrounded by nature, and often draws her ideas from childhood memories.
She has written and/or illustrated over 40 books, including The Pen that Pa Built, Only the Cat Saw, Baby Beluga, Stella and Roy, and the ever-popular Miss Bindergarten series.
Her collaborations with writer Joseph Slate on the Miss Bindergarten books have received high marks with readers and critics alike. A reviewer for Publishers Weekly noted that Wolff's "richly colored, busy illustrations display a keen and sympathetic eye for children's dress and behavior," while Booklist contributor Carolyn Phelan wrote that her "bright ink-and-watercolor-wash illustrations fill every spread with details, some amusing, some touching, but all right on the money."
Awards, Honors
Notable Children's Book citation, Association for Library Service to Children, 1984, for A Year of Birds; Top Ten Children's Picture Books citation, Redbook, 1986, for A Year of Beasts; Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies, Children's Book Council/National Council on the Social Studies, 1988, and Parenting magazine First Annual Reading-Magic Award, both for Block City; Children's Book of the Year Award, Child Study Association, 1991, for Come with Me.
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