Richard Egielski

Richard Egielski (born July 16, 1952 in New York City) is an American illustrator and writer, best known for illustrating children's picture books.
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Richard Egielski won the 1987 Caldecott Medal for the year's best-illustrated U.S. picture book, recognizing Hey, Al, by Arthur Yorinks. Egielski is married to Denise Saldutti who is also an artist/illustrator and the couple have a son Ian Joseph Egielski. Egielski lives in Milford, New Jersey. He was featured in the October 2011 issue of BookPage. Egielski has altogether illustrated over fifty books that are directed towards children. Eight of those fifty books that he has illustrated, he has also written. He studied at the Parson's School of Design. He also studied the art of picture books with Maurice Sendak. In the year of 1976, Egielski had joined together with the author Arthur Yorinks. Together they were able to create nine various picture books. Those books included the award...