Bonnie Christensen
Bonnie Christensen, an American author and illustrator, is best known for writing biographies and other illustrated non-fiction books for children and young adults. She was also an accomplished wood engraver and fine artist whose works were shown internationally in both solo and group exhibitions.
She taught fine arts at Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont from 1996 - 2008 and writing at Vermont College of Fine Arts in the Writing for Children and Young Adults program from 2011 - 2015.
As author
Sunshine, Moonshine, by Bonnie Christensen and Emily Herder. Onion River Press, March 2024.As author and illustrator
- Elvis: The Story of the Rock and Roll King, Henry Holt, 2015
- I, Galileo, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2012
- Plant a Little Seed, Roaring Brook Press, NY, 2012
- Fabulous, A Portrait of Andy Warhol, Henry Holt, 2011
- Django, World's Greatest Jazz Guitarist, Roaring Brook Press, NY, 2009
- Mama Went to Jail for the Vote, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2005
- The Daring Nellie Bly, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2003
- In My Grandmother's House, HarperCollins, NY, 2003
- Woody Guthrie, Poet of the People, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2001
- Rebus Riot!, Dial/Penguin, NY, 1997
- An Edible Alphabet, Dial/Penguin, NY, 1994
As illustrator
- The Princess of Borscht by Leda Schubert. Roaring Brook Press, NY, 2011
- Ida B. Wells by Walter Dean Myers. HarperCollins, NY, 2008
- Magic in the Margins by W. Nikola-Lisa. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 2007
- Pompeii, Lost and Found by Mary Pope Osborne. Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2006
- I, Dred Scott by Sheila P. Moses. Simon & Schuster, NY, 2005
- Moon Over Tennessee by Craig Crist Evan. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1999
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Folio Society, London, England, England, 1998
- Breaking into Print by Stephen Krensky. Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1996
- Putting the World to Sleep by Shelley Moore Thomas. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1995
- Green Mountain Ghosts, Ghouls, and Unsolved Mysteries by Joe Citro. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1994