Stephen Gammell

Author of Song and Dance Man

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About the Author

Stephen Gammell is the winner of the Caldecott Medal for his drawings in Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman. His art in Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker earned him a Caldecott Honor award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Books award. Other books he show more has illustrated include Will's Mammoth by Rafe Martin, andDancing Teepees: Poems of American Indian Youth by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Stephen Gammell

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Song and Dance Man (1988) — Illustrator — 2,530 copies, 117 reviews

Hey, Pancakes! (2003) — Illustrator — 329 copies, 14 reviews

Monster Mama (1993) — Illustrator — 261 copies, 12 reviews

Is That You, Winter? (1997) 179 copies, 2 reviews

Airmail to the Moon (1987) — Illustrator — 165 copies, 10 reviews

Mudkin (2011) 104 copies, 33 reviews

Once Upon Macdonalds Farm (1981) 97 copies, 3 reviews

Wake Up, Bear...It's Christmas (1981) 90 copies

My Friend, the Starfinder (2008) — Illustrator — 86 copies, 9 reviews

The Wing Shop (1991) — Illustrator — 72 copies, 1 review

Ride (2001) 49 copies, 2 reviews

Twigboy (2000) 26 copies, 1 review

Git Along, Old Scudder (1983) 16 copies

The Story of Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar (1982) 10 copies, 1 review

Jack, le trappeur (INACTIF- FOLIO BENJAMIN (1)) (1983) 1 copy

Is That You, Winter? by Stephen Gammell (1997-10-01) 1 copy

Twigboy Finds a Friend 1 copy

Get along, old trapper (1984) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Relatives Came (1985) — Illustrator — 4,681 copies, 190 reviews

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981) — Illustrator, some editions — 4,308 copies, 90 reviews

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1984) — Illustrator, some editions — 2,688 copies, 38 reviews

Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (1991) — Illustrator, some editions — 2,182 copies, 26 reviews

Scary Stories Treasury: Three Books to Chill Your Bones (1981) — Illustrator — 1,743 copies, 31 reviews

Old Black Fly (1992) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,332 copies, 49 reviews

Where the Buffaloes Begin (1981) — Illustrator — 751 copies, 12 reviews

Terrible Things: An Allegory of the Holocaust (1980) — Illustrator — 428 copies, 20 reviews

Day of the Blizzard (1978) — Illustrator, some editions — 375 copies, 1 review

Old Henry (1987) — Illustrator — 343 copies, 22 reviews

I Know an Old Teacher (2008) — Illustrator — 320 copies, 24 reviews

Dancing Teepees: Poems of American Indian Youth (1989) — Illustrator — 297 copies, 5 reviews

The Secret Science Project That Almost Ate the School (2006) — Illustrator — 295 copies, 13 reviews

Thunder at Gettysburg (1990) — Illustrator — 265 copies, 3 reviews

Come a Tide (1990) — Illustrator — 170 copies, 5 reviews

The Kelpie's Pearls (1964) — Illustrator, some editions — 109 copies, 1 review

Thanksgiving Poems (1985) — Illustrator — 52 copies, 2 reviews

You Be the Bread and I'll Be the Cheese: Showing How We Care (1992) — Illustrator — 48 copies

Humble Pie (2002) — Illustrator — 47 copies, 2 reviews

The Old Banjo (1983) — Illustrator, some editions — 46 copies, 4 reviews

The Burger and the Hot Dog (2001) — Illustrator — 43 copies, 3 reviews

Timothy Cox Will Not Change His Socks (2005) — Illustrator — 38 copies, 1 review

The Frazzle Family Finds a Way (2013) — Illustrator — 37 copies, 6 reviews

Laugh-Out-Loud Baby (2012) — Illustrator — 32 copies, 3 reviews

Halloween Poems (1989) — Illustrator — 31 copies, 11 reviews

Blackbird Singing (1980) — Illustrator — 31 copies

Thaddeus (1984) — Illustrator — 15 copies, 1 review

A Net to Catch the Wind (1979) — Illustrator — 10 copies

The Hawks of Chelney (1978) 9 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 9, May 1978 (1978) — Illustrator — 5 copies

And Then the Mouse .. Three Stories By Malcolm Hall (1980) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 5, January 1978 (1978) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Yesterday's Island (1979) — Illustrator — 3 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 10, June 1978 — Illustrator — 2 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 4, December 1977 (1977) — Illustrator — 2 copies

A nutty business (1973) — Illustrator — 2 copies

Cricket Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 11, July 1978 — Illustrator — 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1943-02-10
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Places of residence: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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Monster Mama by Liz Rosenberg

The blurb implies that any mother could be a monster to other children, but I do think it's very clear that this mother is challenged by some sort of mental illness. And look, it's illustrated by [a:Stephen Gammell|232483|Stephen Gammell|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/m_50x66-82093808bca726cb3249a493fbd3bd0f.png] again - he of the multiple Caldecotts, he of many different styles of art....

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