Jeanne Birdsall

Jeanne Birdsall (born 1951) is an American photographer and writer of children's books. She is best known for her five-volume series about the Penderwick family. The Penderwicks, the first book in the series, won the 2005 National Book Award for Young People's Literature. The Penderwicks on Gardam Street (Knopf, 2008) Flora's Very Windy Day (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin, 2010), children's picture book illustrated by Matt Phelan The Penderwicks at Point Mouette (Knopf, 2011) Lucky and Squash (Harper/HarperCollins, 2012), picture book illus. Jane Dyer The Penderwicks in Spring (Knopf, 2015) My Favorite Pets: by Gus W. for Ms. Smolinski's Class (Knopf, 2016), picture book illus. Harry Bliss The Penderwicks At Last (Knopf, 2018) The Library of Unruly Treasures (Knopf, 2025)

Collections Philadelphia Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum