He lives with his wife, Helen, in upstate New York.
Kellogg is a recipient of the David McCord Citation and the Regina Medal for his distinguished contribution to children's literature. He is the illustrator of Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town and The Baby Beebee Bird. Kellogg is an award-winning author and illustrator who has created more than 100 children's books, including The Three Little Pigs, Paul Bunyan, Johnny Appleseed, and Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett. Steven Kellogg was "moved by the simplicity, the subtleties, and the poignance of the writing in this story." He welcomed the opportunity to reillustrate it in full color. The exuberant artwork depicts Sally Ann's adventures with joyful humor and great energy.Steven Kellogg was "moved by the simplicity, the subtleties, and the poignance of the writing in this story." He welcomed the opportunity to reillustrate it in full color. The pictures swing from wild comic chaos to an occasional sweeping view of the universe."-Booklist. From the moment she's born she's amazing.She grows tall and strong, marries Davy Crockett, and protects her family from a gang of hooligan alligators.The storytelling is wonderfully laid-back, combining the grotesque and the domestic with droll exaggeration. "Kellogg's uproarious picture book.draws on the legendary exploits of Davy Crockett's wife. You won't find Sally Ann in any history book, but that hasn't kept her from becoming an authentic American frontier legend and the unforgettable heroine of Steven Kellogg's most delightfully rip-roaring tall tale.
And when Sally Ann rescues Davy Crockett from a pair of ferocious eagles, even her hornet's-nest bonnet and skunk perfume don't stop him from proposing marriage. Within a few years Sally is off to the frontier, where she stuns a hungry grizzly bear, makes a lasso out of six rattlesnakes, and is more than a match for the mighty Mike Fink.
On the day she is born this amazing baby proudly announces she can out-talk, out-grin, out-scream, out-swim, and out-run any baby in Kentucky. When Sally Ann rescues Davy Crockett from a pair of ferocious eagles, even her skunk perfume can't stop him from proposing marriage. Soon she's off to the frontier, where she defeats a grizzly bear and makes a lasso out of six rattlesnakes. About the Book On the day she was born, Sally Ann proudly announces she can out-talk, out-swim, and out-run any baby in Kentucky.
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