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Bill Thomson

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born

February 28, 1963 in Waterbury, CT, The United States

gender

male

website

http://billthomson.com/

genre

Children's Books, Arts & Photography, Comics & Graphic Novels

influences

Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, James Bama, Murray Tinkelman

member since

July 2008

About this author

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Bill Thomson lives in Southington, Connecticut with his wife, Diann, and their three sons, Billy, Nik, and Ethan. Bill has illustrated Karate Hour, Building With Dad and Baseball Hour, all published by Marshall Cavendish and written by Carol Nevius. Bill's first solo book, CHALK, was released in the spring of 2010. He recently collaborated with Carol Nevius again for Soccer Hour (Spring 2011). Bill is a Professor of Illustration at the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford.

Most of my book reviews are books that I own... and a couple of others that I have seen and enjoyed.

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Bill Thomson's Blog

CHALK Wins The Connecticut Book Award

http://cfb.hplct.org/cba.htm
I am thrilled that CHALK was selected as a winner at the 2011 Connecticut Book Awards in the Children's Illustrator category. The Connecticut Book Awards, sponsored by the Connecticut Center For The Book, recognize and honor books with specific ties to the state of Connecticut. The author, illustrator, or designer must be native-born or have been a legal resident of... read more »

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Books by Bill Thomson

Average rating: 4.21 · 1,188 ratings · 332 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Chalk 4.25 avg rating — 1,050 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Baseball Hour by Carol Nevius, Bill Thomson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Karate Hour by Carol Nevius, Bill Thomson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Soccer Hour by Carol Nevius, Bill Thomson (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Building with Dad by Carol Nevius, Bill Thomson (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Bill liked Jeanette's review of Chalk: " Conversation between my kids after reading this book. 5 year old: "I wish magic chalk was real!" 3 year old: "Yes! Maybe I will get some for my birthday! But we can't draw a dinosaur." 5 yo: "Yeah. No dinosaurs. But we could draw a car and going driv... " Read more of this review »
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Bill gave to: The Castle Builder by Dennis Nolan	My rating:
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Bill gave to: 2009 Children's Writer's & Illustrator's Market by Alice Pope	My rating:
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Bill gave to: Graphic Artist's Guild Handbook of Pricing & Ethical Guidelines by Graphic Artists Guild	My rating:
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