About Holly Meade
Lived 1956 – 2013 (aged 56). Holly Meade was an American children's writer, writer and illustrator.
Holly Meade (b. Winchester, Massachusetts, September 14, 1956 - d. June 28, 2013) was an American artist best known for her woodblock prints and for her illustrations for children's picture books.
Meade's illustrations for Hush!: A Thai Lullaby (1996, Orchard Books,) by Minfong Ho won a 1997 Caldecott Honor for illustration.
John Willy and Freddy McGee (Marshall Cavendish, 1998,) which Meade both wrote and illustrated, was an honoree for the Charlotte Zolotow Award for Creative Writing.
Career Meade worked in "drawing, collage, printmaking, basket making, and fabric design." Some of her prints are in the permanent collection of the Portland Museum of Art.
Her book John Willy and Freddy McGee was a 1999 Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book.
Selected bibliography The follow is a selection of some of the works Meade published.
Author and Illustrator
2001 A Place to Sleep 2001 The Rabbit's Bride by the Brother's Grimm 2003 John Willy and Freddy McGee 2005 Inside, Inside, Inside 2011 If I Never Forever Endeavor
Illustrator
1992 This is the Hat by Nancy Van Laan 1994 Rata-Pata-Scata-Fata: A Caribbean Story by Phillis Gershator 1994 Small Green Snake by Libba Moore Gray 1995 Sleep, Sleep, Sleep by Nancy Van Laan 1996 Pie's in the Oven by Betty G. Birney 1996 Hush!: A Thai Lullaby by Minfong Ho 1997 Cocoa Ice by Diana Appelbaum 1998 Boss of the Plains by Laurie Carlson 2000 Steamboat! The Story of Captain Blanche Leathers by Judith Heide Gilliland 2000 When Papa Snores by Melinda Long 2002 On Morning Wings by Reeve Lindbergh 2004 Blue Bowl Down by C. M. Millen 2004 Peek!: A Thai Hide-and-Seek by Minfong Ho 2005 Hop! by Phyllis Root 2005 Quack! by Phyllis Root 2007 Sky Sweeper by Phillis Gershator 2007 Virginnie's Hat by Dori Chacaonas 2007 That's What Friends are For by Florence Parry Heide 2008 On the Farm by David Elliott 2009 And then Comes Halloween by Tom Brenner 2011 Naamah and the Ark at Night by Susan Campbell Bartoletti 2013 In the wild by David Elliot 2014 In the Sea by David Elliot
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Who was Holly Meade?
American artist and illustrator (1956-2013)
When was Holly Meade born?
Holly Meade was born on 14 September 1956.
When did Holly Meade die?
Holly Meade died on 28 June 2013.
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Holly Meade was a children's writer, writer and illustrator.
What nationality was Holly Meade?
Holly Meade was American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Holly Meade. https://biography.guide/holly-meade/
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