Steve D'Amico Biography
Personal, Addresses, Career, Honors Awards, Illustrator, Adaptations, Work in Progress, Sidelights
children: Olivia.
Addresses
Agent—c/o Author Mail, Arthur Levine Books, Scholastic, Inc., 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.
Career
Children's book illustrator.
Honors Awards
Washington State Book Award, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal, Child magazine Best Book of the Year award, and Book Sense pick, all 2004, and Pacific Northwest Bookseller's Association Book Award, 2005, all for Ella the Elegant Elephant; Ella the Elegant Elephant included in Society of Illustrators Original Art Show collection; Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal award, 2005, for Ella Takes the Cake.
Illustrator
Carmela D'Amico, Ella the Elegant Elephant, Arthur Levine (New York, NY), 2004.
Carmela D'Amico, Ella Takes the Cake, Arthur Levine (New York, NY), 2005.
Carmela D'Amico, Ella Sets the Stage, Arthur Levine (New York, NY), 2006.
Adaptations
Ella the Elegant Elephant was adapted as a video with book, Spoken Arts, 2005.
Work in Progress
Illustrating more books for children, with wife, Carmela D'Amico.
Sidelights
For Sidelights essay, see entry on Carmela D'Amico.
Biographical and Critical Sources
PERIODICALS
Booklist, November 1, 2004, Shelle Rosenfeld, review of Ella the Elegant Elephant, p. 488; August, 2005, Ilene Cooper, review of Ella Takes the Cake, p. 2022.
Kirkus Reviews, August 15, 2004, review of Ella the Elegant Elephant, p. 804; August 15, 2005, review of Ella Takes the Cake, p. 912.
Publishers Weekly, October 4, 2004, review of Ella the Elegant Elephant, p. 87.
School Library Journal, November 1, 2004, Rachel G. Payne, review of Ella the Elegant Elephant, p. 96; September, 2005, Donna Cardon, review of Ella Takes the Cake, p. 168.
ONLINE
Scholastic Web site, http://books.scholastic.com/teachers/authorsandbooks/ (May 18, 2006), "Steve D'Amico."
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