Wendy Anderson Halperin

Halperin was born on April 10, 1952, in Joliet, Illinois. She attended Syracuse University, 1971–72; Pratt Institute, 1973–74; California College of Arts and Crafts, 1979–80; and American Academy (Chicago, IL), 1982–83.[1]

Halperin has illustrated more than two dozen books by others and has written or adapted several others herself.

A number of Halperin's books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Booklist. These include: Homeplace (Orchard Books, 1995), Once upon a Company (Orchard Books, 1998), The Full Belly Bowl (Atheneum, 1998), Bonaparte (Doring Kindersley, 2000), Let's Go Home: Some Wonderful Things about a House (Simon & Schuster, 2000), The Secret Remedy Book: A Story of Comfort and Love (Orchard Books, 2003), Strawberry Hill (Little, Brown, 2009), Planting the Wild Garden (Peachtree Publishers, 2011), and Love Is... (Simon & Schuster, 2013).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

Her book The Lampfish of Twill (Orchard Books, 1991) was a New York Times Notable Book,[12] as was Hunting the White Cow (Orchard Books, 1993).[13]

She created an education program called Drawn to Discover that focuses on handwriting and fine motor skills.[14] She also created an elementary school drawing program called Project 364.[15]

Halperin lives in South Haven, Michigan.[15]

• Janet Taylor Lisle, The Lampfish of Twill, Orchard Books, 1991.[16][17][18]
• Tres Seymour, Hunting the White Cow, Orchard Books, 1993.[19][20][21]
• Anne Shelby, Homeplace, Orchard Books, 1995.[22][9][23]
• Sarah Orne Jewett, A White Heron, Candlewick Press, 1997.
• Jim Aylesworth, The Full Belly Bowl, Atheneum, 1998.[10][11]
• Kathryn Lasky, Sophie and Rose, Candlewick Press, 1998.[24][25][26]
• Polly Horvath, The Trolls, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1999.
• Marsha Wilson Chall, Bonaparte, Dorling Kindersley, 2000.[27][8][28]
• Cynthia Rylant, Let's Go Home: Some Wonderful Things about a House, Simon & Schuster, 2000.[29][30][7]
• Cynthia Rylant series, Cobble Street Cousins, Simon & Schuster, 1998–2002.[31]
• Karin Cates, The Secret Remedy Book: A Story of Comfort and Love, Orchard Books, 2003.[32][6][33]
• Pete Seeger, adaptor, Turn! Turn! Turn!: Words from Ecclesiastes circa 250 B.C.E. Simon & Schuster, 2003.[34][35]
• Elizabeth Spurr, adaptor, The Peterkins' Christmas (based on a story by Lucretia P. Hale), Atheneum, 2004.[36][37]
• Reeve Lindbergh, The Visit, Dial, 2005.[38][39]
• Elizabeth Spurr, adaptor, The Peterkins' Thanksgiving (based on a story by Lucretia P. Hale), Atheneum, 2005.[40]
• Jane Yolen, Soft House, Candlewick Press, 2005.[41][42][43]
• Douglas Wood, Nothing to Do, Dutton, 2006.[44][45][46]
• Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Racketty-Packetty House, Simon & Schuster, 2006.
• Alice B. McGinty, Thank You, World, Dial, 2007.[47][48]
• John Mooy, Once Upon a Mail Route, EDCO Publishing, 2008.
• Mary Ann Hoberman, Strawberry Hill, Little, Brown, 2009.[49][50][5]
• August Gold, Thank You, God, for Everything, Putnam's, 2009.[51][52]
• Joseph Bruchac, My Father Is Taller than a Tree, Dial Books for Young Readers, 2010.[53][54][55]
• John Mooy, Once Upon a Small Town, EDCO Publishing, 2010.
• Kathryn O. Galbraith, Planting the Wild Garden, Peachtree Publishers, 2011.[56][4][57]

• (Reteller) Guy de Maupassant, When Chickens Grow Teeth: A Story from the French, Orchard Books, 1996.[58][59][60][61][62]
• Once upon a Company, Orchard Books, 1998.[63][64][65][2]
• Love Is, Simon & Schuster, 2000.[66][3][67]
• Peace, Simon & Schuster, 2013.[68][69][70][71]