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Balloons Over Broadway by Melissa Sweet6/27/2023 ![]() Sweet has illustrated more than eighty children’s books and was awarded the Caldecott Honor for The Right Word and A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, both written by Jen Bryant. She researched her informational books by traveling and noting the details of everyday life. Sweet has used mixed media, including sketchbooks, ink, watercolor, acrylic, photography, cartoons, newspaper articles, and multiple typefaces. She studied at Endicott College and Kansas City Art Institute. In her teens, she attended art school, focusing on pottery, but when she became acquainted with Maurice Sendak’s drawings in Little Bear, she realized she wanted to illustrate children’s books. ![]() ![]() “ Melissa Sweet was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey. ![]()
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