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Timothy Young

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Born

in Belleville, New Jersey, The United States

April 12, 1963

Website

https://creaturesandcharacters.com

Twitter

TimSYoung

Genre

Children's Books, Art

Influences

The Usual...Suess, Sendak, Steig. And later Tolkien, Asimov, Bradbury ...more

Member Since

August 2008

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Timothy Young always wondered as a child who made the toys he played with, who wrote and illustrated the books he read and who made the cartoons he watched. He grew up to be one of the people who got to do all of them.

Aside from being an author/illustrator he has also designed toys, worked in animation and built puppets. He has also illustrated books for other authors.

His career highlights include being the Head Model-Maker for the Penny cartoons on the first season of Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, designing and building Muppets for Jim Henson Productions and sculpting the very first Simpsons character toys. He has been the design director for two toy companies and worked under contract with dozens of others.

Tim has visited hundreds of schools and ...more

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Average rating: 4.16 · 893 ratings · 403 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	I Hate Picture Books! 4.36 avg rating — 417 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Angry Little Puffin 4.07 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Untitled 3.80 avg rating — 89 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	If You Give the Puffin a Muffin really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'm Looking for a Monster! 4.24 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	They're Coming! 3.84 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Do Not Open the Box 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I'm Going to Outer Space 3.88 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadows on My Wall 3.65 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	P Is for Puffin: The ABCs of Uncommon Animals 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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43 Schools

From January through the beginning of May I have visited students from 43 schools, the most ever in any one school year. Among that group were 3 school systems where I visited multiple schools; 10 schools in the Hamilton, NJ school district, 4 schools in the Syracuse area and 14 schools in the Red Clay district of Delaware. I enjoyed every visit immensely. I can’t included details on every school

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Timothy liked Stephanie Tournas's review of P Is for Puffin: The ABCs of Uncommon Animals: "Uncommon animals around the world are showcased in this ABC book. Each page features an illustration, a few facts, pronunciation, and an acorn at the bottom of the page, to show the relative size of the animal, which I thought was a clever touch. And" Read more of this review »
Sep 29, 2025 02:54PM · see review
Timothy liked Kim Hampton's review of P Is for Puffin: The ABCs of Uncommon Animals: "Loved the animals in this book! And especially loved that they had a pronunciation guide! "
Sep 29, 2025 02:53PM · see review
Timothy liked Ilana's review of P Is for Puffin: The ABCs of Uncommon Animals: "Me and my son, we were fascinated about the animals featured in this book. With maybe 3 notable exceptions, I was completely unaware of those animals and I am glad to have been given the chance to discover it. It is a recommended read for pre-school " Read more of this review »
Sep 29, 2025 02:53PM · see review
Timothy liked Beka Griffin's review of The Angry Little Puffin: "Super cute! and filled with correct science information about the difference between penguin and puffin!"
Sep 29, 2025 02:48PM · see review
Timothy made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add to my profile topic " Thank you Martin, Happy Holidays! "
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