She was a creative director, then a VP, at Disney before she took a flying leap to pursue her sixth-grade dream of writing and illustrating picture books. Coming soon is A Seed Grows, a nonfiction picture book marking Antoinette’s eighth collaboration with Neal Porter.Īntoinette got a BFA at the UCLA School of Fine Arts and then spent years in the world of design and advertising. Her most recent works include I’m Up and I’m Still Up, board-book odes to a baby’s joy at waking up – and staying up. Her other award-winning books include A Penguin Story, also a NYT Best Illustrated Book, Hey, Water!, a Sibert Honor book, and A New Green Day, a JLG selection, a PW Best Book of the Year as well as a Horn Book Best Book of 2020. She made her picture-book debut with the NYT best-selling Not A Box, an ALA Seuss Geisel Honor Book, and one of the New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Books of the Year. Antoinette is the creator of many inventive books for children.
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