Madeline Valentine

Madeline Valentine is an author and illustrator of "I WANT THAT NUT!," "George in the Dark," and "The Bad Birthday Idea" (All published by Knopf).

Madeline is the illustrator of "123 JUMP!" by Lisl H. Detlefsen (Roaring Brook Press 2019), "A Lullaby of Summer Things" by Natalie Ziarnik (Schwartz & Wade 2018), "Teddy's Favorite Toy" by Christian Trimmer (Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2018), "Little Red Henry" By Linda Urban (Candlewick 2015), "Ava The Real Lucille" by Cari Best (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2012) and "Albertine's Got Talent!" by Shena Power (Henry Holt and Co. 2010)

"I WANT THAT NUT!" was a Junior Library Guild Selection (2018), A Baker's Dozen: The Best Children's Books for Family Literacy (2018) - Pennsylvania Center for the Book, and a Scholastic Book Club selection. It also earned three starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Review and The Bulletin of the Center For Children’s Books.

Madeline lives in Queens, New York with her husband and 3-year-old son.

Learn more about her work at madelinevalentine.com