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Jessie Hartland

Jessie Hartland has written and/ or illustrated numerous acclaimed books for children, including Steve Jobs: Insanely Great!, which was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; Bon Appetit: The Delicious Life of Julia Child. which the New York Times called "exuberant"; and Our Flag Was Still There, a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year. She is also the illustrator of Harlem Grown: How One Big Idea Transformed a Neighborhood by Tony Hillery; Ready, Set, Run by Leslie Kimmelman; and Lexie the Word Wrangler by Rebecca Van Slyke, all of which received starred reviews. Her illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, Travel and Leisure Family, Martha Stewart Kids, and Bon Appetit, and her paintings have been exhibited in Venice, Tokyo, and New York City.
Ready, Set, Run!
Rosie the Truffle Hound
My Tiny Pet
Lexie the Word Wrangler
Bon Appetit! The Delicious Life of Julia Child
Henri Matisse

Jessie Hartland recalls her first-ever drawings...all over her parents' walls | authorcuts

Books

Ready, Set, Run!
Rosie the Truffle Hound
My Tiny Pet
Lexie the Word Wrangler
Bon Appetit! The Delicious Life of Julia Child
Henri Matisse

Media

Jessie Hartland recalls her first-ever drawings...all over her parents' walls | authorcuts

Books for Black History Month

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