Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Yvonne Pearson is the author of the picture books Too Many Hugs: A Book About Consent (Bushel and Peck 2023), Little Loon Finds His Voice (Collective
Yvonne Pearson is the author of the picture books Too Many Hugs: A Book About Consent (Bushel and Peck 2023), Little Loon Finds His Voice (Collective Book Studio 2021), and Sadie Braves the Wilderness (Minnesota Historical Society Press 2017). She has also written 15 non-fiction children’s books. She is the author of a chapbook, This Rocking Motion of Time (Finishing Line Press 2023). Her poetry has also appeared in Split Rock Review, Talking Stick, Main Street Rag, Wolf Head Quarterly, Open to Interpretation, Chrysalis, Sidewalks, Literary Mama, and other publications. She is a 2018 Loft-McKnight Writing Fellow and has received two Minnesota State Arts Board grants, the Loft Creative Non-Fiction Award, and the Shabo Award in children’s literature.
She worked as a social worker and freelancer for many years, writing books, magazine articles newsletters, and curriculum. She has three grown children, three grandchildren, and lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her husband.
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