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Paul O. Zelinsky

Author, Illustrator

(1953 - 0)

Paul O. Zelinsky is an American illustrator and writer best known for illustrating children’s picture books. He won the 1998 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing Rapunzel. His website.



Bibliography

The Enchanted Castle (1992)

Jerry and Jimmy and Kathleen (who was never called that, but often simply Cat) are playing in the woods when they come on the castle and are soon caught in the toils of the magic.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Paul O. Zelinsky

Five Children and It (1999)

Five children on holiday discover a sand fairy in a local quarry -- and it grants their wishes, with sometimes surprising results.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Paul O. Zelinsky

Hansel and Gretel (1984)

Two children lost in the woods come upon a cottage made of gingerbread.

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1985

More Rootabagas (1993)

Ten more American fairy tales from the poet of the prairies.

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Paul O. Zelinsky

The Railway Children (2005)

When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the rail workers and passengers who eventual... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): C. E. Brock
Paul O. Zelinsky

Rapunzel (1997)

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your long hair!

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): Paul O. Zelinsky

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1998

Return of the Thief (2020)

Eugenides leads the combined forces of the three Kingdoms against the invading Mede.

Author(s): Megan Whalen Turner
Illustrator(s): Paul O. Zelinsky

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