Marisabina Russo, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, is an award winning children’s book author and illustrator. She began her career as a freelance illustrator contributing spots and covers to The New Yorker as well as many other magazines and newspapers. Her first picture book, THE LINE UP BOOK, won the International Reading Association Award in 1986 and celebrates 40 years in print in 2026. She has written and illustrated 32 picture books and young adult novels including LITTLE BIRD TAKES A BATH, I WILL COME BACK FOR YOU; A FAMILY IN HIDING DURING WORLD WAR II (A Junior Library Guild Selection and Oppenheim Portfolio Platinum Award winner), ALWAYS REMEMBER ME; HOW ONE FAMILY SURVIVED WORLD WAR II (American Library Association Notable Book), A VERY BIG BUNNY (Junior Library Guild Selection, Bank Street Best Books), and THE BUNNIES ARE NOT IN THEIR BEDS. Russo’s most recent book is a graphic memoir, WHY IS EVERYBODY YELLING? GROWING UP IN MY IMMIGRANT FAMILY. Her books have been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, and Hebrew.
Find Marisabina online at www.marisabinabooks.com.
