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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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Average rating: 4.04 · 165,142 ratings · 18,025 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (Goodreads Author), Carson Ellis 4.20 avg rating — 178,991 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Wildwood (Wildwood Chronicles, #1) by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illustrator) 3.71 avg rating — 38,038 ratings — published 2011 — 7 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
	Les chroniques de Wildwood - Livre 2 Retour a Wildood by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illustrator), Jean-Noël Chatain (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 9,379 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Wildwood Imperium (Wildwood Chronicles, #3) by Colin Meloy, Carson Ellis (Illustrator) 4.05 avg rating — 6,032 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Du Iz Tak? 4.08 avg rating — 3,783 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
	La porta segreta. Perché i libri per bambini sono una cosa serissima by Mac Barnett, Carson Ellis (Illustrator), Sara Ragusa (Translator) 4.38 avg rating — 3,493 ratings — published 2026 — 14 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 — 3,203 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	This Story Is Not About a Kitten by Carson Ellis (Illustrator), Randall de Sève 4.21 avg rating — 842 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
	One Week in January: New Paintings for an Old Diary 4.05 avg rating — 404 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
	In the Half Room 3.34 avg rating — 474 ratings — published 2020 — 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

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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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