Huliska-Beith, Laura

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Huliska-Beith, Laura

Personal

Born in Omaha, NE; married; husband's name Jeff.

Addresses

Home and office—443 Greenway Ter., Kansas City, MO 64113. Agent—H.K. Portfolio, 10 E. 29th St., Apt. 40G, New York, NY 10016-7444. E-mail—[email protected].

Career

Freelance illustrator.

Member

Society of Illustrators.

Awards, Honors

Marion Vannet Ridgeway Award, and Society of Illustrators Children's Book Original Art Show choice, both for The Book of Bad Ideas; Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award, and Bank Street College Best Books citation, both 2002, and numerous child-selected state awards, all for The Recess Queen by Alexix O'Neill; Missouri Building Block Award, and Great Lakes Great Books Award, both 2005, both for Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler.

Writings

SELF-ILLUSTRATED

The Book of Bad Ideas, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 2000.

ILLUSTRATOR

Melanie Gerth, Ten Little Ladbugs, Piggy Toes Press (Santa Monica, CA), 2000.

Linda Hayward, Pepe and Papa, Golden Books (New York, NY), 2001.

Edward Mendelson, Edward Lear, Sterling Pub. Co. (New York, NY), 2001.

Lisa Lebowitz Cader, When I Wear My Crown, Chronicle Books (San Francisco, CA), 2002.

Mary Ann Hoberman, The Looking Book, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 2002.

Alexis O'Neill, The Recess Queen, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2002.

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Favorite Things, Dial Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2003.

Angela Johnson, Violet's Music, Dial Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2004.

Alice Low, Aunt Lucy Went to Buy a Hat, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2004.

Lisa Wheeler, Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum, Little, Brown (New York, NY), 2004.

Elise Broach, Hiding Hoover, Dial Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 2005.

June Sobel, The Goodnight Train, Harcout (Orlando, FL), 2006.

Mary-Alice Moore, The Wheels on the School Bus, HarperCollins (New York, NY), 2006.

Katherine Pebley O'Neal, The Silly Family, Zonderkidz (Grand Rapids, MI), 2008.

Katherine Pebley O'Neal, The Messy Family, Zonderkidz (Grand Rapids, MI), 2008.

Katherine Pebley O'Neal, The Loud Family, Zonderkidz (Grand Rapids, MI), 2008.

Katherine Pebley O'Neal, The Grumpy Family, Zonderkidz (Grand Rapids, MI), 2008.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, March 1, 2002, Hazel Rochman, review of The Recess Queen, p. 1143; July, 2002, Hazel Rochman, review of The Looking Book: A Hide-and-Seek Counting Story, p. 1859; March 15, 2004, Gillian Engberg, review of Violet's Music, p. 1308.

Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, March, 2002, review of The Recess Queen, p. 250; March, 2004, Janice Del Negro, review of Aunt Lucy Went to Buy A Hat, p. 285; July-August, 2004, Karen Coats, review of Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum, p. 489.

Childhood Education, Fall, 2002, Jeanie Burnett, review of The Recess Queen, p. 52.

Kirkus Reviews, December 15, 2001, review of The Recess Queen, p. 1761; March 15, 2002, review of The Looking Book, p.414;June1,2003,reviewof Favorite Things, p. 800; December 15, 2003, review of Violet's Music, p. 1450; January 1, 2004, review of Aunt Lucy Went to Buy a Hat, p. 39; March 1, 2004, review of Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum, p. 231; June 15, 2005, review of Hiding Hoover, p. 678; June 1, 2006, review of The Wheels on the School Bus, p. 577.

Publishers Weekly, January 21, 2002, review of The Recess Queen p. 89; April 15, 2002, review of The Looking Book, p. 63; October 28, 2002, review of When I Wear My Crown, p. 75; May 19, 2003, review of Favorite Things, p. 73; January 12, 2004, review of Violet's Music, p. 53.

School Library Journal, March, 2002, Lisa Gangemi Krapp, review of The Recess Queen, p. 198; June, 2002, Dona Ratterree, review of The Looking Book, p. 97; August, 2003, Marianne Saccardi, review of Favorite Things, p. 122; February, 2004, Jane Marino, review of Violet's Music, p. 114; March, 2004, Bina Williams, review of Aunt Lucy Went to Buy a Hat, p. 176; May, 2005, Jennifer Ralston, review of The Recess Queen, p. 50; August, 2005, Susan Weitz, review of Hiding Hoover, p. 86.