A look at how today's most popular children's book illustrators got their start features the words of such beloved artists as the Dillons, Lois Ehlert, Jerry Pinkney, Chris Van Allsburg, and others, offering the story of their lives.

Talking with Artists

Arts & Photography

Cummings, Pat

History & Criticism

Simon&Schuster Children's Publishing

Harvey tackles a big job: cleaning his room.

Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!

Children's Books

Humor

Despite all the preparations for her party and her father's gift of a beautiful carousel, Alex is disappointed when her father does not get home in time for her birthday, in a beautifully illustrated, perceptive story about a child's feelings.

Carousel

Holidays & Celebrations

In a story exploring the problem of the sexual abuse of children, Sandy, confused and frightened by the actions of Uncle Jim, shares her feelings with her best friend, Jill, and attempts to come up with the courage to inform her parents

Chilly Stomach

Caines, Jeannette

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins Childrens Books

Harvey Moon, Museum Boy

To liven up his class trip, Harvey Moon brings his pet lizard, Zippy, along to the museum. Whoops. When Zippy escapes, Harvey's adventures begin. You'll be laughing and wondering what's next as knights, dinosaurs, and even mummies get into the act. Cut loose in a museum setting with a brave boy, a lively lizard, a funny plot—and award-winning author and artist Pat Cummings at her entertaining best.

Animals

Harpercollins

Trace

In a debut novel that's perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Erin Entrada Kelly, award-winning author/illustrator and educator Pat Cummings tells a poignant story about grief, love, and the untold stories that echo across time. 
Trace Carter doesn’t know how to feel at ease in his new life in New York. Even though his artsy Auntie Lea is cool, her brownstone still isn’t his home. Haunted by flashbacks of the accident that killed his parents, the best he can do is try to distract himself from memories of the past.
But the past isn’t done with him. When Trace takes a wrong turn in the New York Public Library, he finds someone else lost in the stacks with him: a crying little boy, wearing old, tattered clothes.
And though at first he can’t quite believe he’s seen a ghost, Trace soon discovers that the boy he saw has ties to Trace’s own history—and that he himself may be the key to setting the dead to rest.

In a debut novel that's perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Erin Entrada Kelly, award-winning author/illustrator and educator Pat Cummings tells a poignant story about grief, love, and the untold stories that echo across time. 
Trace Carter doesn’t know how to feel at ease in his new life in New York. Even though his artsy Auntie Lea is cool, her brownstone still isn’t his home. Haunted by flashbacks of the accident that killed his parents, the best he can do is try to distract himself from memories of the past. 
But the past isn’t done with him. When Trace takes a wrong turn in the New York Public Library, he finds someone else lost in the stacks with him: a crying little boy, wearing old, tattered clothes. 
And though at first he can’t quite believe he’s seen a ghost, Trace soon discovers that the boy he saw has ties to Trace’s own history—and that he himself may be the key to setting the dead to rest.

Jimmy Lee Did It

Artie keeps telling his sister that the messes all over the house are the work of the elusive Jimmy Lee

Trophy Pr

The lesson (Beginning literacy)

scholastic

1994 Scholastic Guided Reading Program Level F / Beginning Literacy Stage A --Shoveling Snow (P) by Pat Cummings ***ISBN-13: 9780590275675 ***16 Pages

Shoveling snow (Beginning literacy)

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Books by Cummings, Pat

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Talking with Artists

Clean Your Room, Harvey Moon!

Carousel

Chilly Stomach

Harvey Moon, Museum Boy

Trace

Trace

Jimmy Lee Did It

The lesson (Beginning literacy)

Shoveling snow (Beginning literacy)