Todd Parr (born July 9, 1962) is an American author, illustrator, animator and television producer. Parr grew up in

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and later moved to

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in 1995, where he pursued a career as an artist. He has also worked as a flight attendant before becoming a full-time author. In November 2004, the television show he created, ''

ToddWorld ''ToddWorld'' is a Flash animated children's television series created by Todd Parr and Gerry Renert through their California-based company SupperTime Entertainment. The show was produced by Mike Young Productions, an animation studio based in ...

'', premiered on

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and

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''Books''

*''Black & White : Board Book'' (2001) *''BIG & Little : Board Book'' (2001) *''My Really Cool Baby Book'' (2002) *''Going Places'' (2002) *'' The Family Book'' (2003) *''This is My Hair'' (2004) *''Reading Makes You Feel Good'' (2005) *''Underwear Do's and Don'ts'' (2005) *''Funny Faces'' (2009) *''

It's Okay to Be Different ''It's Okay to Be Different'' is a children's book by Todd Parr. It was published in 2001 by Little, Brown & Co. (). The book has become a popular resource for teaching diversity Diversity, diversify, or diverse may refer to: Business *Diver ...

'' (2001) *''The Feel Good Book'' (2009) *''We Belong Together: A Book about Adoption and Families'' (2010) *''The Earth Book'' (2010) *''The Peace Book'' (2010) *''The I LOVE YOU Book'' (2010) *''Things that Make You Feel Good/Things That Make You Feel Bad'' (2011) *''The Okay Book'' (2011) *''The Daddy Book'' (2011) *''The Grandma Book'' (2011) *''The Mommy Book'' (2011) *''The Grandpa Book'' (2011) *''Do's and Don'ts'' (2011) *''The I'M NOT SCARED Book'' (2011) *''The Feelings Book'' (2012) *''Zoo Do's and Dont's'' (2012) *''The Underwear Book'' (2012) *''The Thankful Book'' (2012) *''I Love Camp'' *''The Elephant Book'' *''We're Pregnant'' *''We're Parents'' *''Animals In Underwear ABC'' *''Doggy Kisses 123'' *''It's Ok To Make Mistakes'' (2014) *''The Goodbye Book'' (2015) *''Teachers Rock!'' (2016) *''Be Who You Are'' (2016) *''Love The World!'' (2017) *''The Brother Book'' (2018) *''The Sister Book'' (2018) *''The Cars and Trucks Book'' (2018) *''The Don't Worry Book'' (2019) *''The School Book'' (2019)

Otto books

*''Otto Goes to the Beach'' (2003) *''Otto Goes to Bed'' (2003) *''Otto Has a Birthday Party'' (2004) *''Otto Goes to Camp'' (2004) *''Otto Goes to School'' (2005)

ToddWorld

*''Who's Your Best Friend?'' (2005) *''Welcome to ToddWorld'' (2005) *''The Funny Book of Feelings'' (2005) *''Lights Out, Todd!'' (2005) *''Let's Play Together!'' (2005) *''The Silly Book of Shapes'' (2006) *''It's a Colorful World!'' (2006) *''Giant Book of Friendship Fun!'' (2006) *''I Like Being Me!'' (2006) *''I Love You Just Because'' (2006)

Awards

Books

*2001 ''National Parenting Publications Award'' for ''It's OK to Be Different'' *2001 '' Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award'' for ''The Feelings Book'' *2002 '' Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Awards'' for ''The Daddy Book'', ''The Mommy Book'', ''Going Places'' *2004 ''National Parenting Publications Honor Award'' for ''Otto Has a Birthday Party'' *2004 '' Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award'' for ''The Family Book'' *2009 ''National Parenting Publications Award'' for ''The I LOVE YOU Book'' *2010 ''

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'' for ''The Earth Book'' *2011 '' Green Earth Book Award'' for ''The Earth Book'' *2012 ''

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Award''

Television

*''

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Award'' for ''ToddWorld'' *2005 ''

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'' nomination for ''ToddWorld'' *2005 ''

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'' nomination for the ''ToddWorld'' episode "Who's Your Best Friend?"

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Parr, Todd American children's writers American animators Living people 1962 births American LGBT writers LGBT people from Wyoming