Marisabina Russo (1950-) Biography

Born 1950, in New York, NY; Education: Mount Holyoke College, B.A., 1971. Politics: Independent. Hobbies and other interests: Photography, swimming, scuba diving.

Agent—c/o Author Mail, Greenwillow Books, 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019.

AUTHOR AND ILLUSTRATOR

The Line Up Book, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1986.

Why Do Grown-Ups Have All the Fun?, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1987.

Only Six More Days, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1988.

Waiting for Hannah, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1989.

Marisabina Russo

Where Is Ben?, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1990.

A Visit to Oma, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1991.

Alex Is My Friend, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1992.

Trade-In Mother, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1993.

Time to Wake Up!, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1994.

I Don't Want to Go Back to School, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1994.

Grandpa Abe, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1996.

Under the Table, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1997.

When Mama Gets Home, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1998.

Hannah's Baby Sister, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1998.

Mama Talks Too Much, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 1999.

The Big Brown Box, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2000.

Come Back, Hannah!, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2001.

House of Sports, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2002.

The Trouble with Baby, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2003.

Always Remember Me: One Family's Journey Through World War II, Greenwillow (New York, NY), in press.

ILLUSTRATOR

Nikki Giovanni, Vacation Time: Poems for Children, Morrow (New York, NY), 1980.

Elizabeth Burton Brown, Vegetables: An Illustrated History with Recipes, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1981.

Mary and Dewey Blocksma, Easy-to-Make Spaceships that Really Fly, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1983.

Nancy Van Laan, The Big Fat Worm, Knopf (New York, NY), 1987.

Helen Plotz, editor, A Week of Lullabies, Greenwillow Books (New York, NY), 1988.

Susi Gregg Fowler, When Summer Ends, Greenwillow Books (New York, NY), 1989.

Stephanie Calmenson, It Begins with an A, Hyperion (New York, NY), 1993.

Susan Straight, Bear E. Bear, Hyperion (New York, NY), 1995.

Kevin Henkes, Good-Bye, Curtis, Greenwillow Books (New York, NY), 1995.

Eve Rice, Swim!, Greenwillow Books (New York, NY), 1996.

The Line Up Book and Under the Table have been translated into Japanese, and The Big Fat Worm has been translated into French.