Janet Nolan
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Janet Nolan has a B.A. from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, and a master’s degree in urban planning and policy from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She loves the collaborative art of the picture book — how a writer’s words and an illustrator’s art come together to create something magical. As an award-winning author, her picture books range from fiction to nonfiction to historical fiction. She searches for stories that haven’t been told and fresh perspectives on events that bind us all together.r r Janet’s titles include: Get Ready for School, Seven and a Half Tons of Steel, PB&J Hooray! Your Sandwich’s Amazing Journey from Farm to Table, and The Firehouse Light. She was standing on the rocky shores of Ireland’s west coast when she saw the perfect setting for her first picture book. ”The St. Patrick’s Day Shillelagh” celebrates an Irish American family history and the stories they told. On his way to America from Ireland to escape the Potato Famine, young Fergus carves a shillelagh from his favorite blackthorn tree, and each St. Patrick’s Day for generations, his story is retold by one of his descendants.r r She is a member of the Illinois chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
Seven and a Half Tons of Steel | The Firehouse Light
A Father’s Day Thank You | Bats Beneath the Bridge | Get Ready for Halloween | Get Ready for School | PB & J Hooray! | Seven and a half Tons of Steel | The Firehouse Light | The St. Patrick’s Day Shillelagh