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Carson Ellis

Born

in Vancouver, Canada

October 05, 1975

Website

http://www.carsonellis.com/

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Carson Ellis is the author and illustrator of the bestselling picture books Home and Du Iz Tak? (a Caldecott Honor book and the recipient of an E.B. White Read Aloud Award). She has illustrated a number of books for kids including The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart, The Composer Is Dead by Lemony Snicket, and The Wildwood Chronicles by her husband, Colin Meloy. Carson has been awarded silver medals by the Society of Illustrators for her work on Wildwood Imperium and on Dillweed's Revenge by Florence Parry Heide. She's the illustrator-in-residence for Colin's band, The Decemberists, and received Grammy nominations in 2016 and 2018 for album art design. She works sporadically as an editorial illustrator for The New Yorker, ...more

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V is for VICTORY

Hello friends. The Decemberists are playing a benefit show here in Portland, Oregon for our son Hank’s school, Victory Academy. WE LOVE THIS PLACE. It’s changed our lives, immeasurably, for the better. Sadly, they’re currently at capacity in the small space they rent from a church and need to expand in order to accept new students and grow. So they’re building a new school – a terrific LEED certit

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Carson Ellis’s books

Average rating: 4.04 · 161,161 ratings · 17,458 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Goodreads Author), Carson Ellis 4.20 avg rating — 173,951 ratings — published 2007 — 107 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wildwood (Wildwood Chronicles, #1) by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illustrator) 3.70 avg rating — 36,294 ratings — published 2011 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under Wildwood by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illustrator) 3.98 avg rating — 9,003 ratings — published 2012 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wildwood Imperium (Wildwood Chronicles, #3) by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 5,752 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Du Iz Tak? 4.07 avg rating — 3,719 ratings — published 2016 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home 4.10 avg rating — 3,161 ratings — published 2015 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Composer Is Dead by Lemony Snicket (Goodreads Author), Carson Ellis (Illustrator), Nathaniel Stookey (Music) 4.17 avg rating — 2,868 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Story Is Not About a Kitten by Carson Ellis (Illustrator), Randall de Sève 4.20 avg rating — 810 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Half Room 3.35 avg rating — 457 ratings — published 2020 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Week in January: New Paintings for an Old Diary 4.09 avg rating — 347 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Sewa elf Jakarta tetap siap jadi partner transportasi yang baik untuk kepentingan wisata serta acara keluarga anda. Kami memberi semua service alat transportasi keperluan anda dengan memerhatikan tiap-tiap armada transportasi yang telah mempunyai sertifikasi wajar jalan.”
― Carson Ellis, Home

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