About the Illustrator
John Rocco is a
New York Times Bestselling author and illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including
Wolf! Wolf!, winner of the Borders Original Voices Award for best picture book;
Moonpowder; Blizzard; and
Blackout, a winner of the Caldecott Honor. Rocco also illustrated
Whoopi Goldberg’s Aliceand the covers for
Rick Riordan’s internationally bestselling series
Percy Jackson and the Olympians, The Kane Chronicles, The Heroes of Olympus and Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. He also was the illustrator for both #1 New York Times Bestsellers
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods and
Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes. Most recently, Rocco’s first book of nonfiction,
How We Got To The Moon, was longlisted for the National Book Award.
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