Mike Artell is an award-winning children's book author, illustrator
and television cartoonist. Mike's books include nationally
recognized lift-the-flap board books for small children and
non-fiction books for older children. Mike has also written and
illustrated teacher and parent resource books on subjects as
diverse as ecology, parties, drawing and young authorship. In
addition to his work as an author and illustrator, Mike also has
extensive experience as- A musician who plays guitar, bass,
keyboard and blues harmonica.
A storyteller who regularly performs original poems and tales.
A newspaper editorial cartoonist.
A magazine and greeting card writer and cartoonist.
A keynote speaker for major educational conferences.
A marketing consultant/board member for several high technology
companies.
The host of his own television cartooning show.
Each year, Mike shares his books and his writing/drawing techniques
with thousands of students at dozens of schools across the country.
During that same year, Mike typically writes and illustrates 2
books, conducts 6 teacher workshops, addresses 10 educational
conferences and visits 6 libraries or children's museums.
Mike also conducts "author/illustrator in residence" programs at
schools. Mike has personally guided more than 4,000 students
through the process of writing and illustrating their own picture
books. For this work, Mike was recognized by the Northshore (LA)
chapter of the International Reading Association for "exemplary
service in the promotion of literacy."
Several of Mike's books have been award-winners. Most recently,
Mike's astronomy book for children, Starry Skies, was named a 1998
Best Science Book For Children by Science Books and Films magazine,
a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. Mike's books have also been named "Pick of the Lists" by
Publisher's Weekly, "Top 100" by Curriculum Administrator Magazine
and "Teacher's Choice" by Learning Magazine.
"This retelling of the traditional story is Cajun both in language and lesson. Emphasizing devotion to family and extending others the benefit of the doubt, it also conveys the very Cajun notion that there are few situations that cannot be improved with a big pot of gumbo among friends." —Kirkus Reviews
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