Bob Staake, author portrait

Bob Staake

Bob Staake's 2006 Golden Book The Red Lemon was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book of the Year. His 2008 Golden Book The Donut Chef received glowing reviews from The Wall Street Journal and Publishers Weekly. In addition to his work with Random House, Bob's titles include Mary Had a Little Lamp (Bloomsbury), Look! A Book! (Little Brown), and Cars, Galore (Candlewick). Outside of his work in children's publishing, Bob's illustrations have also been seen on several popular New Yorker covers, including the 11/17/08 "Reflection" cover that is officially the most popular New Yorker cover of all time. In 2008, Bob was the recipient of Time magazine's 2008 Best Magazine Cover award.
Lost
I Can Be Anything!
The Runaway No-wheeler
I'm a Snowplow
Welcome to Bobville
Can You See Me?
The Book of Gold
Margaret Wise Brown's The Steam Roller
Beachy and Me
We Planted a Tree
My Pet Book
The Donut Chef
Robots, Robots Everywhere!
Bluebird
The Red Lemon
Little Golden Book Freewheelin Favorites
I'm a Monster Truck
I'm a Truck
One Hundred Shoes

Books

Lost
I Can Be Anything!
The Runaway No-wheeler
I'm a Snowplow
Welcome to Bobville
Can You See Me?
The Book of Gold
Margaret Wise Brown's The Steam Roller
Beachy and Me
We Planted a Tree
My Pet Book
The Donut Chef
Robots, Robots Everywhere!
Bluebird
The Red Lemon
Little Golden Book Freewheelin Favorites
I'm a Monster Truck
I'm a Truck
One Hundred Shoes

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