Sophie Blackall is the award-winning illustrator of over 50 books for children, including
Finding Winnie and
Hello, Lighthouse, which both received the Caldecott Medal.
She illustrated
A Fine Dessert: Four Centuries, Four Families, One Delicious Treat, written by Emily Jenkins, which received four starred reviews and was a
New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Her most recent picture book,
Farmhouse, was an instant
New York Times bestseller, received five starred reviews and was also a
New York Times Best Illustrated Book. Sophie's many other honors include a
BCCB Blue Ribbon, an Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Award, Society of Illustrators Founders Award, and a Charlotte Zolotow Honor. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.
★ "
[A] high-seas adventure....Visual inventiveness pays homage to shared adventures in this work that toggles dynamically between two competing universes." —
Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ "Avast, me mateys!
This be good clean fun on the salty seas." —
Kirkus Reviews, starred review
★ "....
Brilliantly constructed....Blackall excels at setting the stage for the imaginary play." —
The Horn Book, starred review
★ "
Blackall’s take on imaginative play is superb, as both the narrative and visuals of this picture book thematically carry readers up and down like a rolling sea." —
The Bulletin, starred review
★ "This delightful tale highlights and celebrates the powerful bonding that happens when caregivers engage in imaginative play with children....
Tiny sea captains everywhere will cherish this lovely tale." —
Booklist, starred review
★ "
Imagination fills the sails of this rousing, unusually inclusive, yarn." —
School Library Journal, starred review
