Peter Parnall is an author and artist/illustrator, best known for his work on books for younger readers. The Mountain,Alfalfa Hill, and A dog's book of Birds... His work has earned him high praise and a number of awards. Some of his books have become collector items. He was born in Syracuse, New York.

Works

He has illustrated over fifty books written by others and has
authored and self-illustrated several books of his own, often studies of habitats. His favorite medium

Media (arts)

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 is pen and ink of subjects from the natural world.
Many of his works have been separately published in limited editions as signed and numbered prints

Printmaking

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Other works include:

• 1991: Mountain
• 1973: The Great Fish
• 1986: Winter Barn
• 1988: Apple Tree
• 1990: Woodpile
• 1991: The Rock
• 1991: Marsh Cat
• 1993: Spaces

As illustrator

• 1974: Everybody Needs A Rock, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner) (Note: This was included as a promotional book in Cheerios boxes in 2007.)

Caldecott Honor Books

• 1976: The Desert is Theirs, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor
  Byrd Baylor
  Byrd Baylor is an author of picture books for children. Four of her books have achieved Caldecott Honor status. She currently lives in Arivaca, Arizona.-Bibliography:*Amigo *Before You Came This Way...
  
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  Charles Scribner's Sons
  Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing a number of American authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Thomas Wolfe, George Santayana, John Clellon...
  
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• 1977: Hawk, I'm Your Brother, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)
• 1979: The Way to Start a Day, illustrated by Peter Parnall; text: Byrd Baylor (Scribner)

Footnotes

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