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Melissa Sweet

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born

January 01, 1956 in Wyckoff, New Jersey, The United States

website

http://www.melissasweet.net

genre

Children's Books

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Maurice Sendak

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Melissa Sweet grew up in a suburban neighborhood that had lots of kids, kick-the-can games on summer nights, and Percy's candy store right nearby.

Later she received her Associate’s Degree from Endicott Junior College in Beverly, Massachusetts, and studied art at the Kansas City Art Institute.

Sweet began began illustrating children's books in 1986 and has illustrated more than 60 books. Her work can also be seen in magazines, on posters, children's toys and food packaging.

Sweet’s signature style of whimsical watercolors is often enhanced by collage art when she finds objects and details that are appropriate to the story.

Sweet lives with her husband and step-daughter in a small coastal Maine village near a working harbor. Above her drafting...more

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Books by Melissa Sweet

Average rating: 3.94 · 3,152 ratings · 821 reviews · 94 distinct works

	Balloons over Broadway: The True Story of the Puppeteer of Macy's Parade 4.12 avg rating — 1,000 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Carmine: A Little More Red 4.15 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Tupelo Rides the Rails 4.00 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Fiddle-I-Fee: A Farmyard Song for the Very Young 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	A Dozen Easter Eggs 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	The Three Little Pigs 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	My rating:
	Jingle Bells by Melissa Sweet, Public Domain 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2002	My rating:
	My Little Ballerina 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Pinky and Rex and the Spelling Bee (Pinky and Rex, #3) by James Howe, Melissa Sweet (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Pinky and Rex and the Mean Old Witch (Pinky and Rex, #4) by James Howe, Melissa Sweet (Illustrations) 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:

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