Steven Salerno has three more picture books scheduled for release in 2018!

I have twenty-five picture books published to date, with three more picture books scheduled for release in 2018, and another two titles slated for release in 2019 and 2020.

Watch for these new titles:
> Tim's Goodbye
-written and illustrated by Steven Salerno. (Farrar Straus Giroux)
Margot and her friends mysteriously come together, then, by way of a visual twist within the illustrations, the reader discovers the kids have gathered to express their heartfelt goodbye to a beloved pet that has died.
 
> PASS GO And Collect $200 -The Real Story of How MONOPOLY was Invented
-written by Tanya Lee Stone and illustrated by Steven Salerno. (Christy Ottaviano Books-Henry Holt & Company) non-fiction
How Lizzie Magie invented the basic game concept in 1903 naming it The Landlord's Game, and then independently years later Charles Darrow contributed streamlined changes to the game concept that he renamed MONOPOLY -all of which that lead to its broad popularity and success when distributed by The Parker Brothers game company.

> PRIDE -The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag
-written by Rob Sanders and illustrated by Steven Salerno. (Random House) non-fiction
The story of San Francisco politician and early gay-rights activist Harvey Milk, who was murdered in 1978, including his role in the creation of the colorful iconic Rainbow flag.

TIM's GOODBYE

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cover and two inside illustrations (cropped) for Tim's Goodbye. Margot and her friends mysteriously come together, then, by way of a visual twist within 
the illustrations, the reader discovers the kids have gathered to express their heartfelt goodbye to a beloved pet that has died.
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PASS GO And Collect $200 -The Real Story of How MONOPOLY was Invented

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a couple of the inside illustrations for PASS GO And Collect $200 -The Real Story of How MONOPOLY was Invented -non-fiction: The story of Lizzie Magie, who in 1903, invented the basic concept for a board game named The Landlord's Game. Then years later Charles Darrow independently contributed streamlined changes to this board game concept and to the graphics, which he renamed MONOPOLY. These changes, and the distribution by The Parker Brothers game company all lead to MONOPOLY's broad popularity and commercial success.
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PRIDE -The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag

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a couple of the inside illustrations, and the cover art for PRIDE -The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag -The story of San Francisco politician and early gay activist Harvey Milk, who was murdered in 1978, including his role in the creation of the colorful iconic Rainbow flag.
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"Puppy Princess" -a new picture book title from Little Golden Books/Random House

…posted here is my cover illustration for the new picture book title, Puppy Princess -written by Sue Fliess & illustrated by Steven Salerno. (publication release date: July 2016, Little Golden Books/Random House) 

cover of Puppy Princess -Little Golden Books- illustrated by Steven Salerno

Puppy Princess was my 24th illustrated picture book to date, with three more picture books slated for release in 2017 and 2018. 

When editor Diane Muldrow at Random House offered me this project, I jumped at the chance to illustrate the charming Sue Fliess story for very young readers and to become a part of the “A Little Golden Book” legacy. The illustrations for the book were created with crayon, charcoal, gouache with added digital composing and coloring. Even though the text does not describe the breed of the puppy in the story, when I first received the manuscript the author had noted that the puppy was a King Charles Spaniel, so that is how I depicted the puppy. (And it seems that there are many, many King Charles Spaniels where I live in Manhattan, so every time I was out for a walk I could always see one as additional visual reference in conjunction with the photo reference I had complied during my preliminary sketch stage.)

FYI: Little Golden Books were first published by Simon & Schuster in 1942 (they opened with the simultaneous publication of 12 titles) and since then have published over 200 additional Little Golden Book titles, which have been owned and produced by Random House since 2001. Within those first 12 titles published back in 1942 was the popular book The Poky Little Puppy -which was so popular in fact, that it went on to sell over 15 million copies to date, making it one of the, if not not highest selling individual picture book in history. So needless to say, I am hoping that Puppy Princess will have some of that very same puppy success!

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Eccentric is the New Normal -PANTALOON is back!

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Posted above is one of the illustrated scenes from my latest children's book, PANTALOON, just released by Random publishing house in April of this year. (see earlier posts about this picture book by clicking here and here) 

This is the full view of the actual gouache painting (Winsor & Newton designer gouache on Arches 260 lb hot press paper)... in the final printed book the image is cropped slightly as the image bleeds off the page spread on all sides. Pantaloon, the main character of the story, is an obsessed, antsy, quirky, poodle bent on becoming a baker's assistant just so he can get close to all the pastries and sweets he adores. In this scene he's in the tub, wearing all his favorite hats, lamenting on his failed attempts at becoming the baker's new assistant. Pantaloon is a Kathryn Jackson story, and first published in 1951 as a Simon & Schuster Little Golden Book classic, with wonderful illustrations by Leonard Weisgard. 

The remake of the 2010 book called for all new illustrations, and I had the terrific honor of being able to give my stylistic visual spin on the story ... Look for it in the bookstores!