Laurel Molk

Laurel Molk is an illustrator and author of children's books.

Career

Molk attended the Rhode Island School of Design. She lives in the Boston area.[1][2]

Molk has published several books as author and illustrator and more as the illustrator of books by other authors, including Jane Yolen and Alice B. McGinty.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Her illustrations for Yolen's Beneath the Ghost Moon (Little, Brown & Company, 1994) were praised in a Publishers Weekly review: "Molk's careful, cool-hued watercolors depict a well-appointed farm house and an endearing cast of gentle-eyed mice".[7]

Publishers Weekly wrote that the text of Good Job, Oliver (Knopf, 1999) "cheerily conveys several important messages, including the value of self-confidence and conviction".[4] Kirkus Reviews wrote positively of the book: "While Molk’s storytelling is entertaining, her watercolors steal the show. Her inventive use of the page makes the book practically boundless".[10]

Publishers Weekly said about When You Were Just a Heartbeat (Little, Brown, 2004): "Molk certainly sends a heartfelt message to young listeners," but "the book may be too esoteric and its illustrations too quiet to capture—and keep—children's attention".[3] About the same book, Kirkus Reviews said, "Placed on broad expanses of white, each portrait will draw the eyes even of very young viewers".[11]

A reviewer for School Library Journal called Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo, and Flo! (Viking, 2015) "the perfect combination of text and illustration creates a fun choice for storytime or one-on-one reading".[12] Kirkus Reviews called it "brisk and bouncy," and noted, "using a different, handwritten-style type for the dialogue keeps things clear, though read-alouds could still be a bit tricky".[6]

There Might Be Lobsters (Candlewick, 2017) received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews. "There’s ample humor in the watercolor, acrylic, and ink illustrations and heaping doses of compassion, too".[13]

Molk's Knitting for Dogs (Random House Studio, 2022) was reviewed by Publishers Weekly as "Molk... demystifies the problem-solving process with measured storytelling, wry images, and a cool but approachable protagonist, acknowledging both the frustrations of hitting a metaphoric wall and the joys of discovering new depths of personal ingenuity".[5]

Selected works

As author and illustrator

As illustrator

References
  1. "Laurel Molk | Authors". Macmillan. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  2. "About Me/Contact Me". Laurel Molk. Retrieved 2023-05-02.
  3. "When You Were Just a Heartbeat by Laurel Molk". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  4. "Good Job, Oliver! by Laurel Molk". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  5. "Knitting for Dogs by Laurel Molk". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  6. Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo, and Flo!. Kirkus Reviews.
  7. "Beneath the Ghost Moon by Jane Yolen, Laurel Molk". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  8. "Off We Go! by Jane Yolen". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  9. "A Synagogue Just Like Home by Alice Blumenthal McGinty". Publishers Weekly. June 2, 2022. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  10. Good Job, Oliver!. Kirkus Reviews.
  11. When You Were Just a Heartbeat. Kirkus Reviews.
  12. "Eeny, Meeny, Miney, Mo, and Flo!". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  13. There Might Be Lobsters. Kirkus Reviews.
  14. Good Job, Oliver! by Laurel Molk. Booklist Online.
  15. When You Were Just a Heartbeat by Laurel Molk. Booklist Online.
  16. Knitting for Dogs by Laurel Molk. Booklist Online.
  17. Orenstein, Peggy (2023-01-27). "The Threads That Bind Us". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  18. On the Farm. Kirkus Reviews.
  19. On the Farm by Laurel Molk. Booklist Online.
  20. Beneath the Ghost Moon. Kirkus Reviews.
  21. Beneath the Ghost Moon by Jane Yolen. Booklist Online.
  22. Off We Go!. Kirkus Reviews.
  23. Off We Go! by Jane Yolen. Booklist Online.
  24. "Children's Bookwatch". Midwest Book Review. October 2012. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  25. "It's a… It's a… It's a Mitzvah by Liz Suneby, Diane Heiman". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  26. It's a . . . It's a . . . It's a Mitzvah by Liz Suneby. Booklist Online.
  27. Maasdam, Christine (2013-02-26). "Interview with Diane Heiman". Jewish Book Council. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  28. "It's a...It's a...It's a Mitzvah". Jewish Book Council. 2012. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  29. Take Your Time. Kirkus Reviews.
  30. Take Your Time: A Tale of Harriet, the Galápagos Tortoise by Eva Furrow. Booklist Online.
  31. There Might Be Lobsters by Carolyn Crimi. Booklist Online.
  32. Russo, Maria (2017-06-02). "Bookshelf: Picture Books That Conjure Water Worlds". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-01.
  33. No Room for a Pup!. Kirkus Reviews.
  34. Sieg, Sarah (August 12, 2022). "A Synagogue Just Like Home". School Library Journal. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
  35. A Synagogue Just Like Home. Kirkus Reviews.
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