Public Profile

ABOUT CARRIE ANN PEARSON

• Carrie Pearson feels that being a children’s book author represents the best merger of her education, occupations, and passion. She holds a BA in early childhood education from the University of Michigan, taught at the University’s preschool, and then moved into the business world for 15+ years. She is now a full-time children’s book author and owner of a consulting business in the children’s book industry. She is a Regional Advisor for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Michigan chapter and a member of Michigan Reading Association, Society of Midland Authors, and Upper Peninsula Publishers
  and Authors Association among other literacy-focused organizations. Carrie is the proud recipient of the Michigan Reading Association’s Gwen Frostic Award for literacy development in 2019.

  Carrie is the author of three traditionally published nature-themed
  picture books, A WARM WINTER TAIL (gold Gelette Burgess Award, Nature for All
  Ages), A COOL SUMMER TAIL, and STRETCH TO THE SUN: FROM A TINY SPROUT TO THE TALLEST TREE ON EARTH (silver Eureka Award for outstanding nonfiction). A picture book biography about medical trailblazer, Dr.Virginia Apgar, is in production, and a nonfiction picture book about how real-life princesses are changing the world is expected fall 2022. Carrie would love to be social with you on Twitter @carrieapearson, Pinterest
  carrieapearson, Instagram @carrieapearson.author, and Facebook carrieapearson and
  through her website www.carriepearsonbooks.com

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