Realistic+fiction


 * "Definition:** Realistic fiction, although untrue, could actually happen. Some events, people, and places may even be real".

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__Authors, illustrators and books of realistic fiction:__
Molly Bang wrote and illustrated __When Sophie Gets Angry__.



**"Molly Bang** (born 1943) is an illustrator , born in Princetown New Jersey. She lives in California, after having lived for some time in Massachusetts Bang began writing children's books after a failed stint as a reporter for the Baltimore //Sun//. At first illustrating folk tales, she turned eventually to her own stories, which carry an emotional intensity rare in children's illustration. The ability to carry emotion in pictures is of particular interest to her; her one book for adults, //Picture This// (1991) is specifically about the practical ways pictures work. Her wordless picture book //The Grey Lady and the Strawberry Snatcher// is notable for its use of negative space and the way Bang contrasts bright colors against gray." [|Source]



Betsy Byars wrote __The Summer Of The Swans__. **"Betsy Cromer** **Byars** (born August 7, 1928) is an American author of children's books. Her great realistic fiction childrens book summer of the swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal . She has also received a National Book Award, for //The Night Swimmers// (1980), and an Edgar Award , for //Wanted...Mud Blossom// (1991). In 1987 she received the Regina Medal , for lifetime achievement, from the Catholic Library Association." [|Source]

Wrote\illustrated __A Dog On His Own__ "MJ started out writing middle grade novels, and had nine of them published before branching out into writing and illustrating picture books. Herm spent forty years as a graphic artist, editorial cartoonist, and digital artist in the newspaper business. Now Herm and MJ co-illustrate their realistic picture books, combining MJ’s paintings or sculptures with Herm’s digital magic." [|Source]
 * Mary Jane (MJ) Auch and Herm Auch** are a husband and wife author/illustrator team.

__**Clara Vulliamy**__- She Illustrated the Big Milly-Molly-Mandy Storybook "After graduating from art school, Clara began a career as a portrait painter and illustrator for magazines and newspapers. For the past fifteen years or so, since having children of her own, her work has been devoted to children’s books. In addition to illustrating books for other authors, Clara writes and illustrates her own picture books. These tend to be about real children, with themes that “seem small from the outside but feel huge inside”, such as losing a beloved toy, or starting school. Of her more than twenty published books, //Small// is probably Clara’s favorite, although she admits that her favouite book is “always the one I’m doing now, or the next one…” She finds it exhilarating to face the blank paper at the beginning of a project and to breathe life into a character for the very first time. Lately, Clara’s ideas have taken a more magical, fantastic turn. Her recent projects include writing and illustrating //Hop into Bedtime// (forthcoming from Penguin), as well as illustrating //Keep Love in Your Heart, Little One//, a picture book written by Giles Andreae (Orchard)." [|Source]

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