Suzanne Kaufman

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About Suzanne Kaufman
Suzanne Kaufman is an author, illustrator, animator and lover of school potlucks. She is the author-illustrator of I Love Monkey and Confiscated. Her previously illustration work includes books: Samanthasaurus Rex, Naughty Claudine Christmas, and 100 Bugs. Over the years, she’s done everything from animating special effects for Universal Television and Discovery Channel, to animating award-winning video games for children. Please visit her at www.suzannekaufman.com.
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Blog postMore favorite #picturebook makers in #BigFeelingsBook by the wonderful Alexandra Penfold. Love the books of Lauren Castillo
Vanessa Bradley Newton, Kevin Noble, Juana Martinez-Neal, and loved sneaking in my fantastic editor Erin Clarke and amazing art director Martha Rago @Knopf @randomhousekids #BigFeelingsBook #socialemotionallearning
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Blog postLove adding book makers that inspire me every day to Big Feelings. Go check out Mike Curato, Vashti Harrison, Joyce Wan, Raul the Third and Adib Khorram books
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Blog postExcited for All Are Welcome written by Alexandra Penfold to be nominated for California Young Reader Medals with so many amazing books you should check out!!http://www.californiayoungreadermedal.org/nominees
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Blog post28 days til #BigFeelingsBook the follow up to #AllAreWelcome comes out written by my dear friend Alexandra Penfold edited by the amazing editor Erin Clarke and art directed by the extrodinary Martha Rago published by #Knopf Random House Inspired by #educators #kids and all of the #feelings in the past year #Process #picturebook #cover #design #hope
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Blog postSad to see @Seahawks loose over the weekend but it reminded me when I saw them reading and talking about the community in #AllAreWelcomeBook at @seattlepublicschools @randomhousekids @KnopfBFYR #allarewelcome #ilovepicturebooks1 year ago Read more
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Blog postFound these fun sketches of when I took the train all around Seattle before the pandemic. I miss the taking the train.2 years ago Read more
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Blog postWonderful news! TAKE YOUR PET TO SCHOOL has been nominated for the 2021 Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award! This state award was started in 1982 and allows public, private, and homeschooled students, from kindergarten through third grade to cast a vote for their favorite nominated title. Students are read all 20 nominated picture books, by a librarian, classroom teacher or parent, and participate in literacy activities for each book. The WCCPBA committee meets each spring to s2 years ago Read more
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Blog postI have watched this every day for the past week and this is something everyone should watch to change this world!!
Here is the link: How to Raise and Teach Anti-Racist kids2 years ago Read more -
Blog postHi All,
Along with making books I teach picture book illustration at DigiPen and Western Washington. Here is last semester project by the talented MFA student Megan Roberts. I would love someday to offer this class to undergraduates and do continue education series of classes. I love to give back to the industry I love.2 years ago Read more -
Blog postI am so excited my latest book Take Your Pets to School Day written by the amazing Linda Ashman was selected by THE CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL as 2020 Children's Choice Reading List!!! Loved seeing it was other friends books. WOOT!!!
Each year, children from Kindergarten – 6th grade in five regions of the United States read newly-published children’s trade books and vote for the ones they like best.
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Blog postSo excited to see All Are Welcome Part of Bologna Book Fair Children as Spectator Exhibit Online2 years ago Read more
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Blog postPlease go check out my sketchbook I found the past weekend while cleaning up my studio.
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Blog postMay the 4th be with you!.. Check out this art print on my Etsy shop.2 years ago Read more
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Blog postHere is a link for this free downloadable poster for all the award winners including All Are Welcome!!! http://www.washingtoncenterforthebook.org/wsba-posters-2019/2 years ago Read more
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Blog postMy #morning #sketch gave me time for a little self-reflection. Here is a little calm before the storm. #PNW #Seattle #suzannekaufmanart #dailymotivation #sketchbooks2 years ago Read more
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Blog postHere is a picture of my favorite art supplies to use when drawing with kids. Enjoy!!2 years ago Read more
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Blog postCheck out this amazing article featuring books like All Are Welcome. https://booksforlittles.com/racial-diversity/2 years ago Read more
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Blog postI am so excited to have art from All Are Welcome in "The Spectator Child" Exhibition at the Bologna Children's Book Fair this spring.
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Blog postWhen I see a field of dandelions, I don't see weeds but all the possible #wishes that could come true. #dailysketch #ink #watercolor #collage #love #picturebook2 years ago Read more
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Blog postThank you SCBWI for letting me share my truth about Pose Design and Illustrating for Nonfiction! So much fun!!
One of the most fun things I have ever taught!! Love to do more master classes!!!
Look at my awesome Pose Class too!!
Here I am meeting one my kidlit favorites Marla Frazee3 years ago Read more -
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Blog postCan't wait to be in my hometown area and meet all the great kids, families and other authors!
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Blog postI love doing skill visits and even better is getting fan art from kids. Enjoy!! Oh and the sun Here Comes the Sun inspired the cover for All Are Welcome too!3 years ago Read more
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Blog postI loved composition books since I was kid and this daily sketch is dedicated to all the awesome teachers, students, parents, librarians, administrators. Here is to a school year with a rainbow of learning and growing possibilities. I know you will all make the world a better place.3 years ago Read more
Titles By Suzanne Kaufman
In our classroom safe and sound.
Fears are lost and hope is found.
Discover a school where all young children have a place, have a space, and are loved and appreciated.
Readers will follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms. A school where students from all backgrounds learn from and celebrate each other's traditions. A school that shows the world as we will make it to be.
“An important book that celebrates diversity and inclusion in a beautiful, age-appropriate way.” – Trudy Ludwig, author of The Invisible Boy
In their bestselling picture book All Are Welcome, Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman celebrate kindness, inclusivity, and diversity. Now with Big Feelings, they help children navigate the emotional challenges they face in their daily lives.
What should we do when things don't go to plan? We may feel mad, frustrated, or overwhelmed, but by talking it through, compromising, and seeing another point of view, we can start fresh, begin anew.
When pets show up with their kids at Maple View Elementary, it's total chaos! These animals have no respect for school rules, and every class quickly gets out of hand. But why did they show up in the first place? Who said they could come? Could it have been...the pets themselves? It turns out they just wanted in on the fun! Now, if they want to stay, they'll just have to behave....
Linda Ashman's bouncy, rhyming text lends itself perfectly to an exuberant classroom read-aloud, and Suzanne Kaufman's playful art is full of hilarious details. A great way to generate enthusiasm for school, this book will easily find a place in pet lovers' hearts.
A 2018 Mathical Honor Book
How many bugs can you count? From walking sticks to spittlebugs, dragonflies to katydids, discovering 10 bugs at a time, you just might see 100 bugs!
Little explorers will learn 10 different ways to count to 10, using 10 different kinds of bugs, and get all the way to 100 by the end of their adventure. With Suzanne Kaufman’s bright, whimsical illustrations and Kate Narita’s clever rhyming text, 100 Bugs! is part look-and-find, part learning experience, and all kinds of fun.
“Above a noisy family,
On a crowded street,
In the big city,
In a dark lonely attic,
Lived Ghost.”
For Ghost, it can be pretty hard to make new friends. Some people are frightened, others don’t understand, most don’t seem to realize Ghost is even there.
One day when a bright red balloon wanders Ghost’s way, the connection is instantaneous. Together they do everything Ghost had ever hoped to share with a friend, but balloons rarely stick around for long. That’s when Ghost learns that when you’re looking for a friend, a friend might find you.
With A Friend for Ghost Suzanne Kaufman, New York Times Bestselling illustrator of All Are Welcome, brings her talents to bear in an utterly charming tale about friendships and the wish to find them.
If you think about it, Santa is a pretty rude guy. He watches you while you sleep. He withholds presents if he decides you weren't good this year. And he sneaks into your house! Uninvited!
Claudine wants none of it-she is determined to keep Santa away from her house this Christmas! And the only way to do it? Be as NAUGHTY as possible. Too bad Claudine's actually a pretty good kid at heart . . .
This out-of-the-ordinary perspective on the beloved holiday figure will have kids rolling with laughter, while letting them know that it's okay to have an opinion different from the norm!