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He was born in Staten Island New New York
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Zephyr Takes Flight
(Soar along on a clever girl’s flight of fancy in a whimsi...)
Soar along on a clever girl’s flight of fancy in a whimsical ode to free spirits, inventiveness, and flying pigs. Zephyr is a girl who loves airplanes. She draws pictures of them, makes them out of paper, builds them out of junk, and hopes one day to fly one of her own. But when Gramma, Daddy, and Mom are too busy to play airplane with her, Zephyr’s excess enthusiasm gets her sent to her room — where she discovers a secret door that leads to the most wondrous place she’s ever seen! Lovers of flying machines and gadgets, along with adventurers of all kinds, will be buoyed by this lighthearted tale of a little girl who finds her wings.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076365695X/?tag=2022091-20
The Christmas Giant
(Creative thinking (and some clever recycling) help save t...)
Creative thinking (and some clever recycling) help save the day in a sweet Christmas story that celebrates the shared pleasures of friendship. Humphrey is a giant, and Leetree, his best friend, is an elf. Together they love making wrapping paper for all of Santa’s presents. But this year Santa has asked them to grow a Christmas tree, and the pair couldn’t be more excited! They take great care with their project, planting and watering, snipping and pruning. Finally, the tree is wrapped and ready, and Humphrey and Leetree set off to deliver it. But when disaster strikes, the giant and the elf must come up with a way to make things right. From a small idea comes a big plan—and a surprise no one in Christmastown will soon forget!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076364692X/?tag=2022091-20
The Christmas Giant by Steve Light (2010-09-14)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01K3NNEWY/?tag=2022091-20
Zephyr Takes Flight by Steve Light (2012-10-09)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MSK307F/?tag=2022091-20
The Shoemaker Extraordinaire by Steve Light (2003-03-01)
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The Shoemaker Extraordinaire
(Hans Crispin, a traveling shoemaker extraordinaire, has a...)
Hans Crispin, a traveling shoemaker extraordinaire, has a very unusual talent. When he arrives in a village, he crafts one-of-a-kind shoes for the villagers to make their lives easier and more fun. His shoes make them taller, or more energetic, or even more confident! But in town, the local cobbler becomes jealous and tricks Hans into paying a visit to a hungry giant, claiming he needs a new pair of shoes. But what the giant really wants is to have Hans for dinner! Steve Light's inspired, original tale, illustrated with the brightly colored cloth-and-paper collages, will charm children with its clever twist. A special art and design element of this book is that the art is made from paper hand-printed using the soles of shoes.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0810942364/?tag=2022091-20
The Christmas Giant by Steve Light (2010-09-14)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M1P8M4D/?tag=2022091-20
Trains Go
("The big steam train goes, CHUGGA chugga chugga CHUGGA ch...)
"The big steam train goes, CHUGGA chugga chugga CHUGGA chugga chugga CHOO CHOOOOOOO!" The diesel train goes, "zooosh zooosh ZOOOOOOOOSH ding ding ding!" The American goes, "clang clang clang TOOT TOOT!" All aboard! Take a trip on eight noisy trains as they huff, puff, and toot-toot their way through this lively board book! Perfect for the young train enthusiast.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811879429/?tag=2022091-20
(Zephyr Takes Flight ) Author: Steve Light Nov-2012
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0140EJAJI/?tag=2022091-20
Trucks Go
(The garbage truck goes, "BRRRRRRRR SCREETCH BEEP-BEEP-BEE...)
The garbage truck goes, "BRRRRRRRR SCREETCH BEEP-BEEP-BEEP CRUNCH CRUNCH CRUNCH" The fire engine goes, "WHEE-OOO WHEE-OOO WHEE-OOO" The cement truck goes, "VERRRRP JIGGA JIGGA VRRRRUMMMMM" Seven popular vehicles grumble, roar, and crunch their way through this very simple, graphically appealing board book. Perfect for the young truck enthusiast.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811865428/?tag=2022091-20
Steve Light
Edit ProfileEducation
He graduated from the Pratt Institute and then studied with David J. Passalcqua.
Career
Light started storytelling while teaching at West Side Montessori in Manhattan. At this time he developed his own storytelling device he calls “storyboxes”. “Steve Light’s Storyboxes” debuted at the New York Toy Fair February 2012 by Guidecraft toys.
Light published his first book with Abrams Publishing Puss in Boots (2002) and The Shoemaker Extraordinaire (2002).
Upon graduating from the Pratt Institute, Light worked as an illustrator in the corporate world. He created illustrations for companies such as American Telephone & Telegraph Company, Sony Films, Absolut Vodka and the New York Times Book Review.
Light has also designed buttons that were acquired by the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum. He went on to create “Press out and Play” books, a unique building book
Two Hello Kitty and one Uncle Sam books were produced under the “Press out and Play” line.
In 2003 Light made a Touch-and-Feel book of feelings titled I Am Happy published by Candlewick Press. When Light returned to publishing he wrote and illustrated Trucks Go with Chronicle Books in 2008 followed by Trains Go in 2012. Light then returned to Candlewick Press to write and illustrate The Christmas Giant which received a Publisher’s Weekly starred review.
His newest book Zephyr Takes Flight October
2012 is also published by Candlewick Press. Light designed the opening titles for Arian Moayed’s short independent film Overdue.
Light has told stories from his books and storyboxes in the Milwaukee Art Museum as well as many Libraries and schools in the Tri-State Area. Most of Steve Light"s ideas come from his drawings which he loves to do and does everyday.
Steve Light loves to draw mostly with fountain pens, he loves sharing his passion for these vintage drawing tools with children and adults alike.
Works
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Trains Go
("The big steam train goes, CHUGGA chugga chugga CHUGGA ch...)
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Trucks Go
(The garbage truck goes, "BRRRRRRRR SCREETCH BEEP-BEEP-BEE...)
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The Christmas Giant
(Creative thinking (and some clever recycling) help save t...)
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Zephyr Takes Flight
(Soar along on a clever girl’s flight of fancy in a whimsi...)
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The Shoemaker Extraordinaire
(Hans Crispin, a traveling shoemaker extraordinaire, has a...)
- The Christmas Giant by Steve Light (2010-09-14)
- Zephyr Takes Flight by Steve Light (2012-10-09)
- The Shoemaker Extraordinaire by Steve Light (2003-03-01)
- The Christmas Giant by Steve Light (2010-09-14)
- (Zephyr Takes Flight ) Author: Steve Light Nov-2012
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Trains Go
