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Elisha Cooper

Elisha Cooper
Elisha Cooper is an author/illustrator who received a Caldecott Honor for Big Cat, Little Cat, and his following book River won the 2020 Robin Smith Picture Book Prize. Dance!, one of his earlier books, was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year, and Beach won the Society of Illustrators Gold Medal. In 2016, he was awarded a Sendak Fellowship. His essays and sketchbooks have appeared in the sports section of the New York Times. Cooper lives with his wife, daughters, and cats in New York City.


Put Your Butt in the Chair: Inside the Simple Alchemy of Making Art

Elisha Cooper Shares His Creative Routine and Why It Works For Him
April 21, 2025  By Elisha Cooper
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A Quiet Reply to a Life Cut Short: After a Profound Loss, How to Honor the Dead

Elisha Cooper on Coming to Terms with What Killed His Brother
May 2, 2022  By Elisha Cooper
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