Authorfest Spotlight: Scott Magoon
AuthorFest welcomes author/illustrator Scott Magoon, visiting our Greenwood first graders on Tuesday, March 19.
A native New Englandah, Scott has been writing and illustrating books for young readers since 2003. Scott loves putting words and pictures together for kids. As a young reader himself in the 1970s, he likes to remind himself what it was like to experience books as a child. Some of Scott’s books are edgy, others are funny, others take on serious topics difficult to face. But all of them have a singular core message: hope that all will be well.
Some of Scott’s most recently published books include:
Misunderstood Shark: Friends Don’t Eat Friends: The hilarious follow-up to Misunderstood Shark by New York Times bestselling duo Amy Dyckman and Scott Magoon, it tackles what it really means to be a good friend.
Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship: Based on the real-life partnership between Boston marathon bombing survivor Jessica Kensky and her service dog Rescue, it is the heartening story of love and teamwork between a girl and her service dog. A 2019 Schneider Family Book Award Winner.
Scott is also the author-illustrator of:
Breathe, a Kirkus Reviews Best Read Aloud, a Huffington Post Best Book of 2014, and Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2014
The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot, which Kirkus Reviews called, “Entertaining and clever—and that’s no lie.”
Among the many books he has illustrated are:
Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer, which School Library Journal called, “A fun and delightful read for all children who have both a monsterly and a kind side”
Ugly Fish by Kara LaReau; which was a CCBC Blue Ribbon winner
Spoon and Chopsticks, both by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
And in 2016, Greenwood students helped him brainstorm illustration ideas for his book I Have A Balloon.
We look forward to welcoming Scott on March 19. For more information on Scott Magoon’s books, visit scottmagoon.com.