Getting her background in art and design, she would focus on watercolor for a number of years throughout her education, something which would come to later define her. It would also give her stories and the way she told them a very strong visual style, making them a lot more vibrant and far more colorful in the process. Focusing herself not only on reading and writing, but watercolor and art as well, she would learn to express herself creatively in a variety of different ways, something which would shape her novels in the years to come. With a strong interest in storytelling from an early age, the future author to be Sara Pennypacker was born and raised within America, where she harbored a strong passion for literature from very early on.

Not only is her language rich and vibrant, but so are her designs, given that she also has a background in art, having been a painter prior to becoming a writer.

Knowing and understanding her audience, she has been able to carve a niche within the industry, largely due to her comprehending what it is that children want in their stories and communicating with them in a way that resonates with them. (Mar.A world renowned author of children’s literature, the writer and illustrator Sara Pennypacker is an American novelist who has been writing children’s books for a number of years now to much success, with a global following behind her work.

Illustrator’s agent: Rosemary Stimola, Stimola Literary. Author’s agent: Steven Malk, Writers House. Strongly recalling elements of Roald Dahl’s Matilda, this archly narrated satire from Pennypacker ( Here in the Real World) slyly integrates potent themes such as fairness, responsibility, and trust. Learning that her greedy parents are responsible for many of Nutsmore’s financial struggles, Leeva resolves to keep her identity a secret while attempting to set things right. When an opportunity to meet more new people arises, Leeva jumps at it, soon encountering hazmat-suit-wearing, risk-averse Osmund and good-natured, familially obligated Fern. Though Leeva, raised on soap operas and periodical Nutsmore Weekly, is seldom allowed to leave her home, she sets out each day, seeking to answer the question “What are people for?” She first visits the Nutsmore library next door, where a kindly librarian and her nephew introduce the girl to the astonishing worlds of literature, friendship, and freshly baked cookies. Leeva desires to attend school, but her fame-absorbed mother, the town’s mayor, and her money-obsessed father, its treasurer, forbid her from going, an act that proves the last straw.

Thoughtful Leeva Thornblossom, who’s “somewhere between eight and nine,” lives a life of servitude to her dreadful parents.

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