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{{short description|American children's illustrator and writer (born 1953)}}
{{distinguish|Paul Zielinski|Paul Zellinsky}}
{{BLP sources|date=July 2014}}'''Paul Oser Zelinsky'''<ref>{{cite book |last=Horn Book |title=The Newbery & Caldecott Medal Books, 1986-2000: A Comprehensive Guide to the Winners |date=2001 |publisher=American Library Association |isbn=0-8389-3505-2 |pages=287 |url=https://archive.org/details/newberycaldecott00asso_7/page/n3/mode/2up |access-date=14 December 2023}}</ref> (born 1953)<!--Ext link LCCN cites Llanas (2012)--> is an American illustrator and writer who illustrated [[Children's literature|children's]] [[picture books]]. He won the 1998 [[Caldecott Medal]] for U.S. picture book illustration for ''[[Rapunzel (book)|Rapunzel]]''. His most popular work is ''The Wheels On the Bus'', a best-selling [[movable book]].<ref name="Roback" />
Zelinsky had been runner-up for the Caldecott Medal in 1985, 1987, and 1995, the latter for ''[[Swamp Angel (children's book)|Swamp Angel]]'' by [[Anne Isaacs]] ([[Dutton Children's Books|Dutton]], 1994). Twenty years later, they were joint runners-up for the [[Phoenix Picture Book Award]] from the [[Children's Literature Association]], which annually recognizes the best picture book that did not win a significant award 20 years earlier. "Books are considered not only for the quality of their illustrations but for the way pictures and text work together."<ref name=picture>[http://www.childlitassn.org/phoenix-picture-book-award "Phoenix Picture Book Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219090943/http://www.childlitassn.org/phoenix-picture-book-award |date=2016-12-19 }}. <!--2014-07-11, as yet the only page for the picture book award (but see Phoenix Award), and already updated with blurbs for the 2015/1995 books--> Children's Literature Association. Retrieved 2014-07-11.</ref>
==Biography==
===Early life===
Paul O. Zelinsky was born in [[Evanston, Illinois]], and grew up in [[Wilmette, Illinois|Wilmette]]. As a child, he spent much of his time drawing. He would make up imaginary worlds with his friends and draw them. When he was only four, he submitted work to ''[[Highlights for Children|Highlights]]'' magazine, and this is when his artwork was first showcased. Influential early childhood books included ''[[The Color Kittens]]'' and ''[[Tawny Scrawny Lion]]''. Regarding his memories of childhood reading, Zelinsky said, "Feelings come to me as a sort of flavor. I know that when I call up my earliest memories, what I remember seeing and hearing is accompanied by a flavor-like sense of what it felt like to be ''there'' and see ''that''."<ref>{{cite book |last1=Silvey |first1=Anita |title=Children's Books and their Creators |date=1995 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Juvenile Books |isbn=0395653800 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=graiX5o4tMYC |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref> (This phenomenon is known as [[synesthesia]].) Later in his childhood, his favorite authors were [[William Pène du Bois]] and [[Robert Lawson (author)|Robert Lawson]]. He especially loved the books ''[[The Twenty-One Balloons]]'' by Du Bois, and ''The Fabulous Flight'' by Lawson.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul O. Zelinsky: author essay |url=https://www.penguinrandomhouseretail.com/author/?authorid=228153 |website=Penguin Random House |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
===Career===
At [[New Trier High School]], Zelinsky was interested in natural history and architecture and saw himself following one of those paths for a career. However, he went to study at [[Yale]]. He took a class taught by [[Maurice Sendak]] on the history and art of children's books, and it inspired him to a career in the area. Zelinsky attended the [[Tyler School of Art]] graduate school in [[Philadelphia]] and [[Rome]]. Renaissance and Italian art have always fascinated him, and this time in his life also influenced this love. His career in children's books began in 1978 with the illustrations for [[Edward Irving Wortis|Avi]]'s ''Emily Upham's Revenge''. Since then, he has continued illustrating others' work and creating his own books. He won the 1998 [[Caldecott Medal]] for his illustrated retelling of ''[[Rapunzel (book)|Rapunzel]]'' and three [[Caldecott Honor]]s (for ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'' (1985), ''[[Rumpelstiltskin]]'' (1987), and ''[[Swamp Angel (children's book)|Swamp Angel]]'' (1995)). His most popular book, ''[[Wheels on the Bus (book)|Wheels On the Bus]]'', has sold millions.<ref name="Roback">{{cite web |title=All-time Bestselling Children's Books |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/28595-all-time-bestselling-children-s-books.html |website=[[Publishers Weekly]] |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
==Artistic style==
Zelinsky does not have a recognizable style, suiting his artwork and techniques to the particular nature of the book to be illustrated. According to Linnea Lannon in the artist profile ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'', "What has raised Zelinsky into the first rank of children's book illustrators is not just the pictures but the way they integrate with text."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Linney |first1=Laura |title=Detroit Free Press |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/99634509/ |access-date=6 June 2021 |date=6 July 1998}}</ref> Zelinsky says, "I want the pictures to speak in the same voice as the words. This desire has led me to try various kinds of drawings in different books. I have used quite a wide stretch of styles, and I'm fortunate to have been asked to illustrate such a range of stories."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paul O. Zelinsky |url=http://lookingglassreview.com/html/paul_o__zelinsky.html |access-date=2023-04-19 |website=lookingglassreview.com}}</ref> ''[[Wheels on the Bus (book)|Wheels On the Bus]]'' and ''Knick-Knack Paddywhack!'' are [[Pop-up book|engineered books]] with moving parts. Zelinsky is not a paper engineer himself; Rodger Smith engineered ''Wheels On the Bus'' and Andrew Baron ''Knick-Knack Paddywhack!''<ref name="Larson">{{cite book |last1=Larson Bluemel |first1=Nancy |title=Pop-up Books: A Guide for Teachers and Librarians |date=2012 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=978-1591583981 |pages=12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y3LhLBbBV8kC&q=%22wheels+on+the+bus%22+Paul+Zelinsky+paper+engineering&pg=PA12 |access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
==Books==
;As a writer and illustrator
* ''[[The Maid and the Mouse and the Odd-Shaped House: A Story in Rhyme]]'' (1981) – adapted from a school exercise
* ''[[The Lion and the Stoat]]'' ([[Greenwillow Books]], 1984) – based in part on natural history by [[Pliny the Elder]] {{LCCN|83016326}}
* ''[[Rumpelstiltskin]]'', retold (1986) – Brothers Grimm
* ''[[Wheels on the Bus (book)|Wheels On the Bus]]'', paper engineer [[Rodger Smith (paper engineer)|Rodger Smith]] ([[Dutton Children's Books|Dutton]], 1990) – adapted from [[The Wheels on the Bus|the children's folk song]] {{OCLC|22582572}}; "A Book with Parts that Move" — Cover {{OCLC|850027738}}
* ''[[Rapunzel (book)|Rapunzel]]'', retold (1997) – from the [[Brothers Grimm]] (1812)
* ''[[Knick-Knack Paddywhack!]]'', paper engineer [[Andrew Baron (paper engineer)|Andrew Baron]] ([[Dutton Children's Books|Dutton]], 2002) – adapted from the nursery rhyme "[[This Old Man]]"; "A Moving Parts Book Adapted from the Counting Song" — Cover {{OCLC|865205168}}
;As illustrator
* ''[[Emily Upham's Revenge, or How Deadwood Dick Saved the Banker's Niece: A Massachusetts Adventure]]'', written by [[Edward Irving Wortis|Avi]] ([[Pantheon Books]], 1978)
* ''[[How I Hunted the Little Fellows]]'', [[Boris Zhitkov]], transl. from [[Russia|Russian]] by [[Djemma Bider]] ([[Dodd, Mead]], 1979)
* ''[[The History of Helpless Harry, to Which is Added a Variety of Amusing and Entertaining Adventures]]'', [[Edward Irving Wortis|Avi]] (1980)
* ''[[What Amanda Saw]]'', [[Naomi Lazard]] (1981)
* ''[[Three Romances: Love Stories from Camelot Retold]]'', [[Winifred Rosen]] (1981)
* ''[[Ralph S. Mouse]]'', [[Beverly Cleary]] (1982)
* ''[[The Sun's Asleep Behind the Hill]]'', [[Mirra Ginsburg]] (1982) – adapted from an [[Armenia|Armenian]] song
* ''[[The Song in the Walnut Grove]]'', [[David Kherdian]] (1982)
* ''[[Dear Mr. Henshaw]]'', [[Beverly Cleary]] (1983)
* ''[[Zoo Doings: Animal Poems]]'', [[Jack Prelutsky]] (1983)
* ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'', retold by [[Rika Lesser]] (1984)
* ''[[The Story of Mrs. Lovewright and Her Purrless Cat]]'', [[Lore Segal]] (1985)
* ''[[The Random House Book of Humor for Children]]'', selected by [[Pamela Pollack]] (1988)
* ''[[The Big Book for Peace]]'', [[Myra Cohn Livingston]] (1990)
* ''[[Strider (novel)|Strider]]'', [[Beverly Cleary]] (1991)
* ''[[The Enchanted Castle]]'', [[E. Nesbit]] (1992; orig. 1907)
* ''[[More Rootabagas]]'', posthumous collection by [[Carl Sandburg]], ed. [[George Hendrick]] (1993)
* ''Swamp Angel'', [[Anne Isaacs]] ([[Dutton Children's Books]], 1994)<ref>[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/anne-isaacs/swamp-angel "SWAMP ANGEL by Anne Isaacs {...}"]. ''Kirkus Reviews''. October 15, 1994. Retrieved 2014-07-16.</ref>
* ''[[Five Children and It]]'', [[E. Nesbit]] (1999; orig. 1902)
* ''[[Awful Ogre's Awful Day]]'', [[Jack Prelutsky]] (2000) – poems
* ''[[Doodler Doodling]]'', [[Rita Golden Gelman]] (2004)<!--or 2003 worldcat.org/title/doodler-doodling/oclc/232513130 -->
* ''[[Toys Go Out]]'' series, children's novels by [[Emily Jenkins]], published by [[Schwartz & Wade]] <!-- novels or story collections, not picture books; for ages 7-10 or so per WorldCat library records -->
** ''[[Toys Go Out: Being the Adventures of a Knowledgeable Stingray, a Toughy Little Buffalo, and Someone called Plastic]]'' (2006)
** ''[[Toy Dance Party: Being the Further Adventures of a Bossyboots Stingray, a Courageous Buffalo, and a Hopeful Round Someone called Plastic]]'' (2008)
** ''[[Toys Come Home: Being the Early Experiences of an Intelligent Stingray, a Brave Buffalo, and a Brand-New Someone called Plastic]]'' (2011)
** <!--fc--> ''[[Toys Meet Snow: Being the Wintertime Adventures of a Curious Stuffed Buffalo, a Sensitive Plush Stingray, and a Book-Loving Rubber Ball]]'' (forthcoming 2015)<ref>[http://lccn.loc.gov/2014010935 "Toys meet snow: being the wintertime adventures of a curious stuffed ..."]. Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2014-07-16.</ref>
* ''[[The Shivers in the Fridge]]'', [[Fran Manushkin]] (2006)
* ''[[Awful Ogre Running Wild]]'', [[Jack Prelutsky]] (2008) – poems
* ''Dust Devil'', [[Anne Isaacs]] ([[Random House]]/[[Schwartz & Wade]], 2010)<!--evidently not Atheneum 2006 or 2008, contrary to some WorldCat records--> – sequel to ''[[Swamp Angel (children's book)|Swamp Angel]]''<ref>[http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2010/08/27/review-of-the-day-dust-devil-by-anne-isaacs "Review of the Day: ''Dust Devil'' by Anne Isaacs"]. Elizabeth Bird. August 27, 2010. Retrieved 2014-07-16.</ref><ref>[http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/anne-isaacs/dust-devil-isaacs "DUST DEVIL by Anne Isaacs {...}"]. ''Kirkus Reviews''. September 1, 2010. Retrieved 2014-07-16.</ref><ref>[http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/43991-paul-o-zelinsky-s-bookmaking-saga.html "Paul O. Zelinsky's Bookmaking Saga"]. Sally Lodge. July 29, 2010. ''Publishers Weekly''. Retrieved 2014-07-16.</ref>
*<!--new-->''[[Z is for Moose]]'', [[Kelly Bingham]] (2012)
* <!--new--> ''[[Earwig and the Witch]]'', [[Diana Wynne Jones]] (2012)
*<!--new-->''[[Circle, Square, Moose]]'', [[Kelly Bingham]] (2014) – sequel to ''[[Z is for Moose]]''
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Further reading==
* Llanas, Sheila Griffin (2012). ''Paul O. Zelinsky'', Minneapolis, MN: ABDO Pub. Co., {{ISBN|978-1617832505}}, 24 pp., illustrated. {{OCLC|743298815}}
==External links==
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* {{Official website}}
* {{isfdb name|27087}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051028083937/http://friend.ly.net/users/jorban/biographies/zelinskypaul/index.html Biographical sketch from ''The Scoop'']
* [http://www.answers.com/topic/paul-o-zelinsky-children-s-author Essay on Zelinsky and his work]
* [http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/6aa/6aa166.htm Exhibition notes: ''Angels to Ogres'']
* {{LCAuth|n78039346|Paul O. Zelinsky|48|}}
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