Lewison, Wendy Cheyette

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Lewison, Wendy Cheyette

Personal

Female.

Addresses

Home and office—Larchmont, NY.

Career

Children's book author.

Writings

Raccoon's Messy Birthday Party, illustrated by Vickie Learner, Marvel Entertainment Group (New York, NY), 1988.

Where Is Sammy's Smile?, illustrated by Katy Bratun, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1989.

My Baby Brother, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright, Warner Books (New York, NY), 1990.

My Favorite Doll, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright, Warner Books (New York, NY), 1990.

My New Puppy, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright, Warner Books (New York, NY), 1990.

Where's My Teddy?, illustrated by Stephen Cartwright, Warner Books (New York, NY), 1990.

Mud, illustrated by Maryann Cocca-Leffler, Random House (New York, NY), 1990, illustrated by Bill Basso, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2002.

Where's Baby?, illustrated by True Kelley, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1992.

"Buzz," Said the Bee, illustrated by Hans Wilhelm, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1992.

Bye-bye, Baby, illustrated by True Kelley, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1992.

Going to Sleep on the Farm, illustrated by Juan Wijngaard, Dial Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 1992.

Nighty-night, illustrations by Giulia Orecchia, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1992.

Say Thank You, Theodore: A Book about Manners, illustrated by Juli Kangas, Platt & Munk (New York, NY), 1992.

Uh oh, Baby, illustrated by True Kelley, Scholastic (New York, NY), 1992.

Baby's First Mother Goose, illustrated by Mary Morgan, Western Publishing (Racine, WI), 1993.

Christmas Cookies, illustrated by Mary Morgan, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1993.

Happy Thanksgiving!, illustrated by Mary Morgan, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1993.

Shy Vi, illustrated by Stephen John Smith, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1993.

Baby Has a Boo-boo, illustrated by Bettina Paterson, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1994.

Hello, Snow!, illustrated by Maryann Cocca-Leffler, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1994.

Happy Babies, illustrated by Jan Palmer, Western Publishing (Racine, WI), 1994.

The Princess and the Potty, illustrated by Rick Brown, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 1994, 2nd edition, Aladdin (New York, NY), 2005.

The Rooster Who Lost His Crow, illustrated by Thor Wickstrom, Dial Books for Young Readers (New York, NY), 1995.

Don't Wake the Baby!, illustrated by Jerry Smath, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1996.

I Wear My Tutu Everywhere!, illustrated by Mary Morgan, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1996.

Our New Baby, photographs by Nancy Sheehan, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1996.

Ten Little Ballerinas, illustrated by Joan Holub, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1996.

A Trip to the Firehouse, photographs by Elizabeth Hathon, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1998.

Buzz, the Little Seaplane, illustrated by Anthony Lewis, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1999.

I Am a Flower Girl, photographs by Elizabeth Hathon, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 1999.

The Big Snowball, illustrated by Maryann Cocca-Leffler, Grossett & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2000.

Eleanor's Enormous Ears, illustrated by Duendes Del Sur, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2000.

One Little Butterfly, illustrated by Jane Conteh-Morgan, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2000.

One Little Dragonfly, illustrated by Jane Conteh-Morgan, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2000.

So Many Boots, illustrated by Tony Griego, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2000.

What Will I Be?, photographs by James Levin, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2001.

Princess Buttercup: A Flower Princess Story, illustrated by Jerry Smath, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2001.

F Is for Flag, illustrated by Barbara Duke, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2002.

Little Chick's Happy Easter, illustrated by Debra Ziss, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2002.

Peekaboo! I See You!, illustrated by Christopher Moroney, Random House (New York, NY), 2002.

Wiggly Worm, illustrated by Judith Moffatt, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2002.

Baby Faces, illustrated by Christopher Moroney, Random House (New York, NY), 2002.

Billy the Bug's New Jug, illustrated by Maxie Chambliss, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2002.

Clifford's Loose Tooth, illustrated by John and Sandrina Kurtz, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2002.

Easter Bunny's Amazing Egg Machine, illustrated by Normand Chartier, Random House (New York, NY), 2002.

Cling-clang! Bang-bang!, illustrated by Christopher Moroney, Random House (New York, NY), 2003.

L Is for Liberty, illustrated by Laura Freeman Hines, Grosset & Dunlap (New York, NY), 2003.

Raindrop, Plop!, illustrated by Pam Paparone, Viking (New York, NY), 2004.

The Prince and the Potty, illustrated by Keiko Motoyama, Simon & Schuster (New York, NY), 2006.

Two Is for Twins, illustrated by Hiroe Nakata, Viking (New York, NY), 2006.

Sidelights

Wendy Cheyette Lewison's love of writing is rooted in her passion for words, a passion that developed in childhood when she discovered that writing provided her a creative outlet despite her shyness. Lewison touches on the topic of shyness in her novel Shy Vi. The book centers on a young girl named Violet who is so incredibly

shy and soft-spoken that she is often drowned out by her more vocal siblings. Violet's parents constantly urge the bashful girl to assert herself and devise techniques to boost their daughter's self-esteem. As Violet ultimately overcomes her shyness, Lewison creates what a Publishers Weekly critic deemed "a welcome conclusion to this sensitive, humorously told tale."

Lewison presents another perceptive tale in Two Is for Twins, which explores the special relationship between twin brothers. Lewison begins her lighthearted story by listing a series of items that come in twos—two eyes, two ears, two bicycle wheels, two bluebird wings—and ultimately ends with two identical twin brothers. Her depiction of this "twoness" continues as the author describes the twin brothers playing, going to school, and suffering through the chicken pox in her "well-cadenced, rhyming text," in the opinion of Booklist reviewer Carolyn Phelan. A critic for Kirkus Reviews regarded Two Is for Twins as a "worthy selection for young readers," and School Library Journal contributor Joy Fleishhacker noted that Lewison's "rhythmic text reads aloud smoothly."

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, June 1, 1992, review of Going to Sleep on the Farm, p. 60; April 15, 1994, Mary Harris Veeder, review of The Princess and the Potty, p. 1541; March 15, 2004, Terry Glover, review of Raindrop, Plop!, p. 1309; May 15, 2006, Carolyn Phelan, review of Two Is for Twins, p. 50.

Kirkus Reviews, March 1, 2004, review of Raindrop, Plop!, p. 225; April 15, 2006, review of Two Is for Twins, p. 409; June 1, 2006, review of The Prince and the Potty, p. 576.

Publishers Weekly, April 19, 1993, review of Shy Vi, p. 59; September 20, 1993, review of Happy Thanksgiving!, p. 31; January 17, 1994, review of The Princess and the Potty, p. 430.

School Library Journal, August, 2001, Maura Bresnahan, review of Princess Buttercup: A Flower Princess Story, p. 156; August, 2002, Maria Otero-Boisvert, review of The Big Leaf Pile, p. S57; February, 2004, Wendy Woodfill, review of Raindrop, Plop!, p. 116; April, 2006, Joy Fleishhacker, review of Two Is for Twins, p. 111; July, 2006, Kathleen Kelly, MacMillan, review of The Prince and the Potty, p. 82.