# Nancy Carpenter

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{{Short description|American illustrator of children's picture books}}
'''Nancy Carpenter''' is an American illustrator of children's picture books.

== Biography ==
Carpenter's mother was an art teacher.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saxon |first=Antonia |title=Q & A with Nancy Carpenter |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/55606-q-a-with-nancy-carpenter.html |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref>

Carpenter worked as a graphic reporter for [Associated Press](/source/Associated_Press) and illustrator for the ''[New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)''.<ref name=":0">"Nancy Carpenter." ''Something About the Author'', edited by Jennifer Stock, vol. 326, Gale, 2018, pp. 43-48. ''Gale Literature: Something About the Author''. Accessed 10 May 2023.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bean |first=Joy |title=Children's Bookshelf Talks with Nancy Carpenter |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/6824-children-s-bookshelf-talks-with-nancy-carpenter.html |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}}</ref>

She has published dozens of children's picture books with authors such as [Anna Quindlen](/source/Anna_Quindlen), [Karen Hesse](/source/Karen_Hesse), and [Jane Yolen](/source/Jane_Yolen).<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/anna-quindlen/the-tree-that-came-to-stay/ |title=THE TREE THAT CAME TO STAY {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/karen-hesse/lesters-dog/ |title=LESTER'S DOG {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jane-yolen/my-uncle-emily/ |title=MY UNCLE EMILY {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>

Carpenter's books have won several awards, including: for ''Sitti's Secrets'' (Four Winds Press, 1994), a Notable Children's Books designation from the [American Library Association](/source/American_Library_Association) (ALA) and [Jane Addams Children's Book Award](/source/Jane_Addams_Children's_Book_Award); for ''Apples to Oregon'' (Atheneum, 2004), a [Golden Kite Award](/source/Golden_Kite_Award) from the [Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators](/source/Society_of_Children's_Book_Writers_and_Illustrators) and ALA Notable Children's Books designation; for ''Emma Dilemma'' (Clarion Books, 2011), an ALA Notable Children's Books designation; and for ''Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine'' (Simon & Schuster, 2014), an ALA Notable Children's Books designation.<ref name=":0" />

Carpenter is married and has two children. She lives in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn).<ref name=":0" />

== Selected works ==

* [Sharon Phillips Denslow](/source/Sharon_Phillips_Denslow). ''At Taylor's Place''. Bradbury Press. 1990.
* Sharon Phillips Denslow. ''Riding with Aunt Lucy''. Bradbury Press, 1991.
* [Virginia Krod](/source/Virginia_Krod). ''Masai and I''. Four Winds Press, 1992.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/virginia-kroll/masai-and-i/ |title=MASAI AND I {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Masai and I by Virginia Kroll |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780027511659 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* [Anna Quindlen](/source/Anna_Quindlen). ''The Tree That Came to Stay''. Crown, 1992.<ref name=":1" />
* [Karen Hesse](/source/Karen_Hesse). ''Lester's Dog''. Crown, 1993.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Lester's Dog by Karen Hesse |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780517583579 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* Sharon Phillips Denslow. ''Bus Riders''. Four Winds Press, 1993.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sharon-phillips-denslow/bus-riders/ |title=BUS RIDERS {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* [Naomi Shihab Nye](/source/Naomi_Shihab_Nye). ''Sitti’s Secrets''. Four Winds Press, 1994.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/naomi-shihab-nye/sittis-secrets/ |title=SITTI'S SECRETS {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* [Jacqueline Briggs Martin](/source/Jacqueline_Briggs_Martin). ''Washing the Willow Tree Loon''. Simon & Schuster, 1995.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jacqueline-briggs-martin/washing-the-willow-tree-loon/ |title=WASHING THE WILLOW TREE LOON {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* [Margery Facklam](/source/Margery_Facklam). ''Only a Star''. Eerdmans, 1996.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Only a Star by Margery Facklam |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802851222 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* Virginia Krod. ''Can You Dance, Dalila?'' Simon & Schuster, 1996.
* Kate Jacobs. ''A Sister’s Wish''. Hyperion, 1996.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kate-jacobs/a-sisters-wish/ |title=A SISTER'S WISH {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* [Eve Bunting](/source/Eve_Bunting). ''Twinnies''. Harcourt Brace, 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Twinnies by Eve Bunting |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780152915926 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* [Alexis O'Neill](/source/Alexis_O'Neill). ''Loud Emily''. Simon & Schuster, 1998.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/alexis-oneill/loud-emily/ |title=LOUD EMILY {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* [Kathi Appelt](/source/Kathi_Appelt). ''Someone’s Come to Our House''. Eerdmans, 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Someone's Come to Our House by Kathi Appelt |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802851444 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* [Darleen Bailey Beard](/source/Darleen_Bailey_Beard). ''Twister''. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Twister by Darleen Bailey Beard |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780374379773 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* Eve Bunting. ''A Picnic in October''. Harcourt Brace, 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=A Picnic in October by Eve Bunting |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780152016562 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* [Lynea Bowdish](/source/Lynea_Bowdish). ''Brooklyn, Bugsy, and Me''. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Brooklyn, Bugsy, and Me by Lynea Bowdish |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780374309930 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* [Barbara Ann Porte](/source/Barbara_Ann_Porte). ''If You Ever Get Lost'': The Adventures of Julia and Evan. Greenwillow Books, 2000.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/barbara-ann-porte/if-you-ever-get-lost/ |title=IF YOU EVER GET LOST {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* [Deborah Hopkinson](/source/Deborah_Hopkinson). ''Fannie in the Kitchen: The Whole Story from Soup to Nuts of How Fannie Farmer Invented Recipes with Precise Measurements''. Atheneum, 2001.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/deborah-hopkinson/fannie-in-the-kitchen/ |title=FANNIE IN THE KITCHEN {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=FANNIE IN THE KITCHEN by Deborah Hopkinson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780689819650 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Children's Books |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/01/06/17/reviews/010617.17kidd.html |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref>
* [Karin Cates](/source/Karin_Cates). ''A Far-Fetched Story''. Greenwillow Books, 2002.<ref name=":22">{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/karin-cates/a-far-fetched-story/ |title=A Far-Fetched Story |publisher=[Kirkus Reviews](/source/Kirkus_Reviews) |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":42">{{Cite web |date= |title=A Far-Fetched Story by Karin Cates |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780688159382 |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=[Publishers Weekly](/source/Publishers_Weekly)}}</ref>
* Eve Bunting. ''Little Bear’s Little Boat''. Clarion Books, 2003.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eve-bunting/little-bears-little-boat/ |title=LITTLE BEAR'S LITTLE BOAT {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=LITTLE BEAR'S LITTLE BOAT by Eve Bunting |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780395974629 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* Naomi Shihab Nye. ''Baby Radar''. Greenwillow Books, 2003.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/naomi-shihab-nye/baby-radar/ |title=BABY RADAR {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=BABY RADAR by Naomi Shihab Nye |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780688159481 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* Kay Winters. ''Abe Lincoln: The Boy Who Loved Books''. Simon & Schuster, 2003.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kay-winters/abe-lincoln/ |title=ABE LINCOLN {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=ABE LINCOLN: The Boy Who Loved Books by Kay Winters |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780689825545 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* Deborah Hopkinson. ''Apples to Oregon: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) across the Plains''. Atheneum, 2004.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/deborah-hopkinson/apples-to-oregon/ |title=APPLES TO OREGON {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=APPLES TO OREGON: Being the (Slightly) True Narrative of How a Brave Pioneer Father Brought Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums, Grapes, and Cherries (and Children) Across the Plains by Deborah Hopkinson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780689847691 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2005-01-16 |title=Go West, Young Reader! |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/16/books/review/go-west-young-reader.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-05-10 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [Linda Arms White](/source/Linda_Arms_White). ''I Could Do That! Esther Morris Gets Women the Vote''. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2005.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/linda-arms-white/i-could-do-that/ |title=I COULD DO THAT! {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* [Jenny Offill](/source/Jenny_Offill). ''17 Things I’m Not Allowed to Do Anymore''. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2007.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jenny-offill/17-things-im-not-allowed-to-do-anymore/ |title=17 THINGS I'M NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANYMORE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* [Linda Ashman](/source/Linda_Ashman). ''M Is for Mischief: An A to Z of Naughty Children''. Dutton, 2008.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/linda-ashman/m-is-for-mischief/ |title=M IS FOR MISCHIEF {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=M Is for Mischief: An A to Z of Naughty Children by Linda Ashman |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780525475644 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* [Candace Fleming](/source/Candace_Fleming). ''Imogene’s Last Stand''. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/candace-fleming/imogenes-last-stand/ |title=IMOGENE'S LAST STAND {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* Jane Yolen. ''My Uncle Emily''. Philomel Books, 2009.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=My Uncle Emily by Jane Yolen |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780399240058 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* Jenny Offill. ''Eleven Experiments That Failed''. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2011.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jenny-offill/11-experiments-failed/ |title=11 EXPERIMENTS THAT FAILED {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=11 Experiments That Failed by Jenny Offill |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780375847622 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* [Kristine O'Connell George](/source/Kristine_O'Connell_George). ''Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems''. Clarion Books, 2011.
* [Toni Buzzeo](/source/Toni_Buzzeo). ''Lighthouse Christmas''. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Lighthouse Christmas by Toni Buzzeo |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780803730533 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* [Elisa Carbone](/source/Elisa_Carbone). ''Heroes of the Surf: A Rescue Story Based on True Events''. Viking, 2012.
* Eve Bunting. ''Big Bear’s Big Boat''. Clarion Books, 2013.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eve-bunting/big-bears-big-boat/ |title=BIG BEAR'S BIG BOAT {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* Eva Moore. ''Lucky Ducklings''. Orchard Books, 2013.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/eva-moore/lucky-ducklings/ |title=LUCKY DUCKLINGS {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* [Gloria Whelan](/source/Gloria_Whelan). ''Queen Victoria’s Bathing Machine''. Simon & Schuster, 2014.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/gloria-whelan/queen-victorias-bathing-machine/ |title=QUEEN VICTORIA'S BATHING MACHINE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine by Gloria Whelan |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781416927532 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* Lynn Cullen. ''Dear Mr. Washington''. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2015.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lynn-cullen/dear-mr-washington/ |title=DEAR MR. WASHINGTON {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Dear Mr. Washington by Lynn Cullen |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780803730380 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* Deborah Hopkinson. ''A Letter to My Teacher''. Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2017.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/deborah-hopkinson/a-letter-to-my-teacher/ |title=A LETTER TO MY TEACHER {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=A Letter to My Teacher by Deborah Hopkinson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780375868450 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* [Michelle Markel](/source/Michelle_Markel). ''Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children’s Books''. Chronicle, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Balderdash! John Newbery and the Boisterous Birth of Children's Books by Michelle Markel |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780811879224 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* [Marilyn Singer](/source/Marilyn_Singer). ''Have You Heard about Lady Bird? Poems about Our First Ladies''. Disney-Hyperion, 2018.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/marilyn-singer/have-you-heard-about-lady-bird/ |title=HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT LADY BIRD? {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* [Carrie Clickard](/source/Carrie_Clickard). ''Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Hunt''. Paula Wiseman/Simon & Schuster, 2019.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/carrie-clickard/thomas-jefferson-and-the-mammoth-hunt/ |title=THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE MAMMOTH HUNT {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* [Colleen Paeff](/source/Colleen_Paeff). ''The Great Stink: How Joseph Bazalgette Solved London's Poop Pollution Problem''. McElderry, 2021.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/colleen-paeff/the-great-stink-paeff/ |title=THE GREAT STINK {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>
* Linda Ashman. ''Fire Chief Fran''. Astra Young Readers, 2022.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/linda-ashman/fire-chief-fran/ |title=FIRE CHIEF FRAN {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Fire Chief Fran by Linda Ashman |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781635924268 |access-date=2023-05-11 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>
* [Jonah Winter](/source/Jonah_Winter). ''Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children''. Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2022.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jonah-winter/mother-jones-and-her-army-of-mill-children/ |title=MOTHER JONES AND HER ARMY OF MILL CHILDREN {{!}} Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Mother Jones and Her Army of Mill Children by Jonah Winter |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780449812914 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* {{Official website|http://www.nancycarpenter.website/about}}
* [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/98975.Nancy_Carpenter Nancy Carpenter] on [Goodreads](/source/Goodreads)

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