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Paul O. Zelinsky

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Evanston, Illinois, The United States

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http://paulozelinsky.com/

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Born 1953

Paul O. Zelinsky grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, the son of a mathematics professor and a medical illustrator. He drew compulsively from an early age, but did not know until college that this would be his career. As a Sophomore in Yale College he enrolled in a course on the history and practice of the picture book, co-taught by an English professor and Maurice Sendak. This experience inspired Paul to point himself in the direction of children's books. His first book appeared in 1978, since which time he has become recognized as one of the most inventive and critically successful artists in the field.

He now lives with his wife in Brooklyn, New York. They have two grown daughters.

Among many other awards and prizes, he received the 199...more

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Books by Paul O. Zelinsky

Average rating: 3.80 · 17,874 ratings · 1,633 reviews · 39 distinct works

	Rapunzel 4.12 avg rating — 4,073 ratings — published 1956 — 66 editions	My rating:
	The Wheels on the Bus 4.22 avg rating — 327 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Rumpelstiltskin by Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm, Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Paul O. Zelinsky 4.07 avg rating — 3,530 ratings — published 1945 — 86 editions	My rating:
	Knick Knack Paddywhack (New York Times Best Illustrated Books (Awards)) 4.31 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Hansel and Gretel 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1984	My rating:
	The Maid And The Mouse And The Odd Shaped House: A Story In Rhyme 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1981 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Lion and the Stoat 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Wet Magic by E. Nesbit, H.R. Millar 3.69 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1913 — 23 editions	My rating:
	The Story of Mrs. Lovewright and Purrless Her Cat: (New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Reading Rainbow Book) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1996	My rating:
	The History of Helpless Harry 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1980 — 5 editions	My rating: