Steven Salerno--Picture Book Author and Illustrator

Picture book illustrator and author Steven Salerno has illustrated 37 picture books with 5 of these titles as both author & illustrator. His picture book story plots range from a young elephant learning to trumpet, to a female carrot who escapes from the vegetable bin to become a famous hat designer, to a tale of children gathering to honor a deceased pet, opening dialogue about the universal cycle of life. He has also illustrated many nonfiction picture books -on the history of Hershey’s chocolate, on the invention of the Ferris Wheel, on the science of DNA, and even about 12 real life brothers who formed their own professional baseball team.