Dan Santat
Author of The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend
About the Author
Dan Santat is a Caldecott Medal-winning and New York Times bestselling author. Writer of many picturebooks, his first picturebook was The Guild of Geniuses. (Bowker Author Biography)
Image credit: Santat at the 2018 Texas Book Festival By Larry D. Moore, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74354572
Series
Works by Dan Santat
Dog in Charge 8 copies
Beekle, The Imaginary Friend 2 copies
The Homework Machine 1 copy
The adventrures of beekle 1 copy
Associated Works
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Vs. the Mutant Mosquitoes from Mercury (Ricky Ricotta, No. 2) (2000) — Illustrator, some editions — 1,085 copies
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Voodoo Vultures from Venus (2001) — Illustrator, some editions — 831 copies
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. The Mecha-Monkeys From Mars (2002) — Illustrator, some editions — 730 copies
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. the Jurassic Jack Rabbits from Jupiter (2002) — Illustrator, some editions — 664 copies
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. Uranium Unicorns from Uranus (2005) — Illustrator, some editions — 601 copies
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot Vs. the Stupid Stinkbugs From Saturn (2003) — Illustrator, some editions — 600 copies
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. The Naughty Nightcrawlers From Neptune (Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot #8) (2016) — Illustrator — 214 copies
Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot vs. The Unpleasant Penguins from Pluto (2016) — Illustrator — 160 copies
Oh No! Not Again!: (Or How I Built a Time Machine to save History) (Or at Least My History Grade) (An Oh No! Picture… (2012) — Illustrator, some editions — 98 copies
Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They… (2017) — Contributor — 89 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Education
- Art Center College of Design
- Agent
- Jodi Reamer (Writers House)
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Reviews
A First Time for Everything by Dan Santat
I'm not sure what to say about this. It's an autobiographical coming-of-age story about a trip to Europe and it waa just very sweet. I liked it a lot and there just isn't much to complain about here.
½
A dragon sneezes every time they roar, and a phoenix encourages them to rest. In the end, the two curl up for a restorative snooze. The gentle message may inspire new thoughts on toughness and strength, as well as caretaking. Santat's green- and orange-toned full-bleed illustrations are full of motion. Endpapers are black and white (a dragon on the front, phoenix on the back). Author's note about the symbolism of dragons and phoenixes in Chinese mythology.
See also: Be A Good Dragon by Kurt Cyrus (another picture book about a dragon with a cold)… (more)
See also: Be A Good Dragon by Kurt Cyrus (another picture book about a dragon with a cold)… (more)
This book is less about avoiding the cringey disastrous moments and more about finding out in your soul that they don't matter. That those stories that shape us when we are young will still have some hold on us, but that getting out of your comfort zone can help put things into perspective in a beautiful way. I loved this book -- the travel, the awkward teens, the way things really do change when you get out the in the world, the adventures that become epic memories (some of them terrible). Charming, funny, sweet, authentic.… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 30
- Also by
- 29
- Members
- 8,382
- Popularity
- #2,877
- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
- 522
- ISBNs
- 181
- Languages
- 7