Jon Klassen CM (born November 29, 1981) is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children’s books and an animator. He won both the American Caldecott Medal and the British Kate Greenaway Medal for children’s book illustration, recognizing the 2012 picture book This Is Not My Hat, which he also wrote. He is the first person to win both awards for the same work.
Books in order of publication:
As author and illustrator
The Hat Trilogy
I Want My Hat Back (Candlewick, Sep 2011)
This Is Not My Hat (Candlewick, Oct 2012)
We Found a Hat (Candlewick, Oct 2016)
The Rock from the Sky (Candlewick, Apr 2021)
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale (Candlewick, July 2023)
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