Welcome to my website. It's full of information about the books I write, how I make them, why I write what I write (I can't draw!), how lucky I am to work with such talented illustrators and editors, and what other people (other than my family, that is) say about the work I love doing. I hope you will find answers to most of the questions you — kids, teens, and grown-ups — have about my books. I thought you might like to know that my great friend, colleague, and award-winning children's book author and illustrator Michael Emberley has created these cartoons of me. Thanks, Michael, they really do look just like me!
Robie and Michael Emberley’s picture book MAIL HARRY TO THE MOON! is the winner of the 2008 Irma S. and James H. Black Award For Excellence in Children’s Literature awarded on May 12th by the Bank Street College of Education, New York City.
This prestigious award goes to an outstanding book for young children—a book, according to Bank Street, “in which text and illustrations are inseparable, each enhancing and enlarging on the other to produce a singular whole.”
Robie and Michael were thrilled to know that children were a vital part of naming MAIL HARRY TO THE MOON! the best picture book of 2008. Over the course of many weeks, more than 2,500 children around the country read, examined, discussed, and re-read the four nominated picture books before they voted on the winning book.
This prestigious award goes to an outstanding book for young children—a book, according to Bank Street, “in which text and illustrations are inseparable, each enhancing and enlarging on the other to produce a singular whole.”
Robie and Michael were thrilled to know that children were a vital part of naming MAIL HARRY TO THE MOON! the best picture book of 2008. Over the course of many weeks, more than 2,500 children around the country read, examined, discussed, and re-read the four nominated picture books before they voted on the winning book.
MAYBE A BEAR ATE IT! was selected as a Children's Choices Book for 2009 by the International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council.
SITE CREDITS
Design: what!design
Editorial Collaborator: Kristen Paulson
Copy: Robie H. Harris
Site Illustrations: Michael Emberley
Design: what!design
Editorial Collaborator: Kristen Paulson
Copy: Robie H. Harris
Site Illustrations: Michael Emberley
Michael Emberley www.michaelemberley.com
Nicole Hollander www.nicolehollander.com
Harry Bliss www.harrybliss.com
Molly Bang www.mollybang.com