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Eric Rohmann (born October 26, 1957) is an American author and illustrator of children's books. He is a graduate of Illinois State University and Arizona State University. He won the 2003 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing My Friend Rabbit, and he was a runner-up in 1995 for Time Flies.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rohmann also won the Sibert Medal as the illustrator (with his wife, Candace Fleming, as the author), for Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In 2015, he created a popular series based on a bulldozer that began with Bulldozer’s Big Day.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Selected worksEdit
- Time Flies (1994)
- The Cinder-Eyed Cats (2001)
- My Friend Rabbit (2002)
- Pumpkinhead (2003)
- Clara and Asha (2005)
- A Kitten Tale (2008)
- Last Song (2010)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Bone Dog (2011)
- Oh, No! (2012) (Illustrator)
- A Kitten Tale (2012)
- Bless This Mouse (2015) (Illustrator)
- Bulldozer's Big Day (2015) (Illustrator)
- Bulldozer Helps Out (2017) (Illustrator)
- Honeybee: The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera (2020) (Illustrator)
Personal lifeEdit
Rohmann was raised one of three children and currently lives and works in Illinois. He was not a big reader as a child, instead seeing the world in images.<ref name="Eric">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Rohmann is married to Candace Fleming and the couple have collaborated on projects including Oh, No!.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is partial to coffee, popcorn, and Delacroix’s The Death of Sardanapalus.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>