Pat Cummings (illustrator)

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Patricia Marie Cummings (born November 9, 1950, in Chicago) is an American writer and illustrator of children's books.

Early life

Her father was in the Army, and her family lived in different locations from Europe to Asia when she was growing up. She remembered "My brother and sisters and I were always the 'new kids', but I found that art helped me to get to know my classmates."^[1] Growing up, her parents would read them stories about fairytales, which fueled her imagination as she explored castles on the Rhine River and villages on Okinawa.^[1]

She attended Pratt Institute in New York City.^[2] After graduation Ms. Cummings initially freelanced for editorial and advertising clients before focusing exclusively on children's books.

Career

Cummings is the creator of over 30 books for children, including titles that have won the

She worked as a producer and writer for

Pat serves as National Secretary of

• Jimmy Lee Did It, Lothrop (New York, NY), 1985.
• C.L.O.U.D.S., Lothrop (New York, NY), 1986. (Coretta Scott King Award Illustrator Honor 1987)
• Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon,
  Bradbury (New York, NY
  ), 1991.
• Petey Moroni's Camp Runamok Diary,
  Bradbury (New York, NY
  ), 1992.
• Purr,
  HarperFestival (New York, NY
  ), 1999.
• Angel Baby, Harper (New York, NY), 2000.
• Ananse and the Lizard, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2002.
• Harvey Moon, Museum Boy, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2008.

Illustrated

• Coward-McCann (New York, NY
  ), 1977.
• Jeanette Caines, Just Us Women, Harper (New York, NY), 1982. (Coretta Scott King Award Illustrator Honor 1983)
• Mildred Pitts Walter, My Mama Needs Me, Lothrop, Lee and Shepard Books, 1984. (Coretta Scott King Award Illustrator Winner 1984)
• Jeanette Caines, Chilly Stomach, Harper (New York, NY), 1986.
• Jeanette Caines, I Need a Lunch Box, Harper (New York, NY), 1988.
• Mary Stolz, Storm in the Night, Harper (New York, NY), 1988.
• Bradbury (New York, NY
  ), 1988.
• Joyce Durham Barrett, Willie's Not the Hugging Kind, Harper (New York, NY), 1989.
• Bradbury (New York, NY
  ), 1990.
• Mary Stolz, Go Fish, Harper (New York, NY), 1991.
• Margaret Read MacDonald, Pickin' Peas, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 1998.
• Elizabeth Fitzgerald Howard, Lulu's Birthday, Greenwillow (New York, NY), 2001.
• Elizabeth Winthrop, Squashed in the Middle, Henry Holt (New York, NY), 2005.
• Michelle Cook, Our Children Can Soar, Bloomsbury (New York, NY), 2012.[1]

References

External links

• Pat Cummings (Illustrator)'s webpage
• Collection of Pat Cummings (Illustrator)'s works