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Greg Pizzoli

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Greg Pizzoli


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Greg Pizzoli is the author and illustrator of The Watermelon Seed, winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, Number One Sam, Templeton Gets His Wish, Tricky Vic: The Impossibly True Story of the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower, and coming in April 2016, Good Night Owl. He lives in Philadelphia.

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It can be difficult as an artist to be compared to other artists. It can make your work feel sort of like a game - like you get points for style, or heart, or humor.

But sometimes people compare you to your heroes, and while it can feel absurd, it also feels pretty damn good.

For the record, I'm not comparing my work to the work of the late and great Arnold Lobel - author and illustrator of some of Read more of this blog post »
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Published on June 15, 2016 12:22
Average rating: 3.9 · 25,575 ratings · 4,593 reviews · 73 distinct worksSimilar authors
The Watermelon Seed

4.09 avg rating — 5,354 ratings — published 2013 — 15 editions
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The Book Hog

4.16 avg rating — 2,077 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions
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Good Night Owl

3.71 avg rating — 1,859 ratings — published 2016 — 8 editions
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Tricky Vic: The Impossibly ...

4.10 avg rating — 1,344 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions
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Pizza!: A Slice of History

4.24 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 2022 — 3 editions
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Baloney and Friends

3.89 avg rating — 827 ratings10 editions
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Number One Sam

3.79 avg rating — 847 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions
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Lucky Duck

4.05 avg rating — 656 ratings4 editions
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Mister Kitty Is Lost!

4.08 avg rating — 467 ratings2 editions
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The Quest for Z: The True S...

3.86 avg rating — 459 ratings5 editions
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“I love watermelon!
Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!”
Greg Pizzoli, The Watermelon Seed

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