![]() ![]() ![]() His parents and grandparents read him lots of books, which fed his imagination and became a touchstone for his love of imagery and storytelling later in life. An admitted “space cadet,” he showed an early knack for daydreaming and doodling. His books have been translated into Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch, French, and Finnish.Īs a young child, David started out drawing on Post-It note pads his mother, an editor, left around the house. Booklist called his book Monster Hug! “a cousin to Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are.” Pouch! (Putnam), was a 2010 Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book. His picture book Leaves won the Ezra Jack Keats award and was a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Editor’s Choice, and a School Library Journal Best Book. By the time he was three, he was asking adults, "Wanna come to my room? Read books?" This love of reading grew into a love of telling stories, and then, writing.ĭavid Ezra Stein’s Interrupting Chicken was awarded a 2011 Caldecott Honor, as well as many state awards. Award-winning children's author and illustrator David Ezra Stein was born in Brooklyn, NY. ![]()
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