Education
Saint Olaf College.
Saint Olaf College.
He contributed to children"s literature as a children"s illustrator. He was United States. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2012. Yo! Yes? Rashka was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.
Though he grew up in suburban Chicago, Illinois, he spent part of his childhood in Austria, his mother"s homeland.
He is a graduate of Saint Olaf College. Now he currently lives in New York City.
Raschka is the author and illustrator of Charlie Parker Played Be Bop, an introduction to the saxophone player and composer Charlie Parker (Scholastic, 1997). Two of his books have met with controversy: Happy to Be Nappy, written by bell hooks, and his own Arlene Sardine.