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Tony Auth is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the author and illustrator of books for children. He discovered drawing when he was bedridden for a year and a half at the age of five, and his mother came into his room with paper, crayons, and pencils. Now he divides his time between creating irreverent political cartoons for adults and whimsical drawings for kids. Thanks, Mom.

Thoughts from Tony Auth: “I was drawing a political cartoon on a completely different subject while listening to the Senate hearings on the Watergate scandal. To my astonishment and delight, testimony revealed that President Richard Nixon had installed a secret taping system in the White House. I immediately went to work...more

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Books by Tony Auth

Average rating: 3.53 · 60 ratings · 20 reviews · 15 distinct works

	Sleeping Babies (Big Golden Books) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Lost in Space the Reagan Years 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1988	My rating:
	Behind the Lines: Cartoons 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1977	My rating:
	Behind the Lines: Cartoons 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1977	My rating:
	The Gang of Eight by Tony Auth, Tom Brokaw (Preface by) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1985	My rating:
	Topsy-Turvy Bedtime by Joan Levine, Tony Auth (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	The Sky of Now by Chaim Potok, Tony Auth (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	My Curious Uncle Dudley by Barry Yourgrau (Goodreads Author), Tony Auth 2.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2004	My rating:
	A Promise Is a Promise by Florence Parry Heide, Tony Auth (Illustrator) 2.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Uncle Pirate to the Rescue by Douglas Rees, Tony Auth (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	My rating: