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Melissa Sweet

Melissa Sweet is the illustrator of many acclaimed children’s books, including her collaboration with Judy Sierra on Schoolyard Rhymes. She is also the author and illustrator of Carmine: A Little More Red. She lives in Rockport, Maine.
A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott
Schoolyard Rhymes
Mrs. Harkness and the Panda

Books

A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin
Unbound: The Life and Art of Judith Scott
Schoolyard Rhymes
Mrs. Harkness and the Panda

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