Laura Vaccaro Seeger





Laura Vaccaro Seeger

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Laura Vaccaro Seeger is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator and the recipient of a 2008 Caldecott Honor, Theodor Seuss Geisel Honors for both 2009 and 2008, a 2007 New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, and the 2007 Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Best Picture Book. Her books include First the Egg, The Hidden Alphabet, and Dog and Bear, among others.

Raised on Long Island, New York, Seeger began drawing at two years old and never stopped. For as long as she remembers, she wanted to write picture books. She received her B.F.A. degree at the School of Fine Art and Design at SUNY Purchase in Westchester, New York, and then moved to Manhattan, where she worked as an animator, artist, and editor in the network television bu...more


Average rating: 3.97 · 4,945 ratings · 1,070 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors
First the Egg
4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 1,626 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions
Green
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 1,393 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions
Lemons Are Not Red
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 536 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions
One Boy
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 341 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
Dog and Bear: Two Friends, ...
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions
Black? White! Day? Night! -...
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2006
What If?
3.12 of 5 stars 3.12 avg rating — 168 ratings — published 2010
Dog and Bear: Two's Company
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2008
The Hidden Alphabet
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions
Walter Was Worried
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 94 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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