Peter Brown is an American writer and illustrator who is best known for children's

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. He won a

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in 2013 for his illustration of ''

Creepy Carrots! ''Creepy Carrots!'' is a 40-page children's picture book written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown. It was published on August 21, 2012, by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. In 2013, a 10-minute animated film based on th ...

.''

Biography

Brown was raised in Hopewell, New Jersey and studied illustration at

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. After graduating from, he moved to

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in 2002 to be closer to the publishing industry. He was working on animated TV shows when he signed a book deal to write and illustrate his first picture book, ''Flight of the Dodo''. Peter quickly signed up his second and third books, and his career as an author and illustrator of children’s books was under way. Since then Peter has written and illustrated many books for children and earned numerous honors, including a

, a Horn Book Award, two E.B. White Awards, two E.B. White Honors, a Children’s Choice Award for Illustrator of the Year, two Irma Black Honors, a

Golden Kite Award The Golden Kite Awards are given annually by the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, an international children's writing organization, to recognize excellence in children’s literature. The award is a golden medallion showing a ...

, a ''

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'' Best Illustrated Book Award and multiple ''New York Times'' bestsellers that include the novels ''The Wild Robot'' and ''The Wild Robot Escapes''.

Works

As writer and illustrator

*''Flight of the Dodo'' (2005) *''Chowder'' (2006) *''The Fabulous Bouncing Chowder'' (2007) *''The Curious Garden'' (2009) *''Children Make Terrible Pets'' (2010) *''YOU WILL BE MY FRIEND!'' (2011) *''Mr. Tiger Goes Wild'' (2013) *''My Teacher is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.)'' (2014) *''The Wild Robot'' (2016) *''The Wild Robot Escapes'' (2017) *''Fred Gets Dressed'' (2021)

As illustrator

*''Barkbelly'' (2006) by Cat Weatherill *''Snowbone'' (2007) by Cat Weatherill *''Kaline Klattermaster’s Tree House'' (2008) by

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*''The Purple Kangaroo'' (2009) by

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*''

'' (2012) by Aaron Reynolds *'' Creepy Pair of Underwear!'' (2017) by Aaron Reynolds *'' Creepy Crayon!'' (2022) by Aaron Reynolds

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