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Peter Catalanotto

Peter Catalanotto
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Peter Catalanotto

Peter Catalanotto has written fourteen books for children, including Ivan the Terrier, Matthew A.B.C., and Emily's Art, of which School Library Journal said in a starred review, "Whether viewed from afar or up close, this creative and heartfelt book is a masterpiece." Question Boy Meets Little Miss Know-it-All will be released in early 2012. Peter has illustrated forty-two books in all, among them several collaborations with George Ella Lyon. Their Mother to Tigers received a starred review in School Library Journal and was one of the New York Public Library's 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing in 2003. He lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Monkey & Robot will be released on January 29, 2013 in Hardcover, eBook
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Question Boy Meets Little Miss Know-It-All will be released on February 07, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 07, 2012
Question Boy Meets Little Miss Know-It-All is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Feb 07, 2012
Oct 20, 2011
News:
Ivan the Terrier has won an award
May 20, 2011
News:
Ivan the Terrier has won an award
Mar 01, 2010
News:
Ivan the Terrier has won an award
Jun 25, 2009
News:
Ivan the Terrier has won an award
Jun 25, 2009
Sleepsong is now available in Hardcover
Dec 23, 2008
Sleepsong will be released on December 23, 2008 in
Dec 23, 2008
Sleepsong is now available in
Dec 23, 2008
Sleepsong will be released on December 23, 2008 in Hardcover
Dec 19, 2008
Ivan the Terrier will be released on September 18, 2007 in Hardcover
Sep 18, 2007
Ivan the Terrier is now available in Hardcover
Sep 18, 2007
Ivan the Terrier will be released on September 18, 2007 in
Sep 18, 2007
Ivan the Terrier is now available in
Sep 18, 2007

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Chicago Tribune, March 27, 2012
..._ 'Question Boy Meets Little Miss Know-It-All' By Peter Catalanotto Atheneum, $16.99, ages 4-8 You probably know these small persons the boy who has all the questions or the girl with all the answers. Costumed (cape and tiara...
Christianity Today, December 2, 2011
...different in tone from a similar kid's volume of twelve years ago, George Ella Lyon's and Peter Catalanotto's Book. This precursor, which might best be described as trippy, features children in nightclothes floating through the cosmos of imagination, or...
my thoughts exactly, September 13, 2011
...that I see played out in real life on a regular basis. 4. Matthew A.B.C. by Peter Catalanotto -- Hands down, the funniest back-to-school story that I've ever read to a group. Serious big hit. Mrs. Tuttle has 25 students... and all of them are named...