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Devon Holzwarth

DEVON HOLZWARTH is a picture book illustrator, author and painter. Devon earned her BFA in 2000 from the Rhode Island School of Design focusing on screen printing and painting. She is the author-illustrator of Found You as well as Sophie's Stories, winner of a Society of Illustrators gold medal award. She has illustrated a number of other picture books, including Everywhere With You; The Story of a Book; Papa, Daddy, and Riley; All that is You; A Flicker of Hope; Not Far From Here; and Tia Fortuna's New Home. Devon received a Schneider Family Book Award for her illustration work in Listen: How Evelyn Glennie, a Deaf Girl, Changed Percussion. Devon grew up in Panama surrounded by nature and her dad's art supplies.
Sand Cakes
Birdlore
A Flicker of Hope
Un aleteo de esperanza
Listen
Tía Fortuna's New Home
El nuevo hogar de Tía Fortuna

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Sand Cakes
Birdlore
A Flicker of Hope
Un aleteo de esperanza
Listen
Tía Fortuna's New Home
El nuevo hogar de Tía Fortuna

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