Susan Stockdale

Susan Stockdale is the author and illustrator of children’s picture books including Bring On the Birds, Fabulous Fishes and Carry Me! Animal Babies on the Move. Her books celebrate nature with grace and cleverness and have won awards from Parents’ Choice, the National Science Teachers Association, Bank Street College of Education, and the Smithsonian Institution. The Society of Illustrators has twice selected her book illustrations for its prestigious “Original Art Exhibition” in New York City. Heralding the recent debut of Bring On the Birds, Kirkus Reviews exclaimed: “The images are often mesmerizing in their abstraction, inviting readers to pause and admire,” and The Wall Street Journal wrote: “Children will want to linger over the colorful images of ptarmigans, penguins, roadrunners and grouse (along with puffins, boobies, pigeons and a scarlet-bosomed frigatebird).” Susan lives in Chevy Chase, Maryland, where she is currently at work on a new picture book about spectacular spots on animals around the world.