Press

Awards/Mentions:

River

• The Robin Smith Picture Book Prize 2020

• A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2019

• A Kirkus Best Book of 2019

• A Horn Book Fanfare List of 2019

• A New York Times Notable Picture Book of 2019

• A Washington Post Best Children’s Book of 2019

Big Cat, Little Cat

• Caldecott Honor 2018

• A School Library Journal Best Book of 2017

• A Horn Book Fanfare List of 2017

• A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year

• A Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended Title 2018

• An ALSC Notable Children's Books 2018 

Train

• A Booklist Editor’s Choice of 2013

• Longlisted for 2014 PEN/Steven Kroll Award for Picture Book Writing

Farm

• An ALA Notable Children’s Book of 2011

Beaver is Lost

• A Smithsonian Notable Book of 2010

Beach

• The Society of Illustrators Gold Medal Winner 2006

• A Kirkus Best Book of 2006

Dance!

• A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book 2001
  

Interviews:

Cats and Dogs . . . Together? Talking with Elisha Cooper About the Sublime Yes & No
School Library Journal. (April 1, 2021)

In Support of Indie Bookstores, Dozens of Illustrators Send Art.
Publishers Weekly. (May 21, 2020)

Art in Place: Social Distancing in the Studio.
The Eric Carle Museum.

Illustrator Takes Readers on Trip Down the Hudson.
The Daily Gazette. (Dec. 5, 2019)

On Falling: With Elisha Cooper.
Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast. (Jul. 15, 2016)

The Writer’s Life.
Shelf-Awareness. (Jul. 5, 2016)

Profile.
Kirkus (Jun. 5, 2016)