Gene Barretta is an award-winning author and illustrator of children’s books. Among his honors are the Carolyn W. Field Award, the Bank Street Cook Prize Honor, and a 2021 NAACP Image Award nomination. His books include, “The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver,” “The Bat Can Bat: A Book of True Homonyms,” “Lincoln and Kennedy: A Pair to Compare,” “Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin,” “Neo Leo: The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo Da Vinci,” “Dear Deer: A Book of Homophones,” and “Timeless Thomas: How Thomas Edison Changed Our Lives.”

Gene has contributed illustration and animation to Sesame Street and Between the Lions.  He has also designed characters for The Jim Henson Company. He lives in Bryn Mawr, PA. For more information on Gene and his work, please visit:

www.genebarretta.com