Biography

Katherine Hannigan was raised in western New York. She has undergraduate degrees in education and secondary mathematics, and painting. Her graduate degree is in studio art. She has worked as the education coordinator for a Head Start program and, most recently, as an assistant professor of art and design. She is the author of Ida B…and Her Plans to Maximize Fun, Avoid Disaster and (Possibly) Save the World, Emmaline and the Bunny, and True (…Sort Of). Ida B was a New York Times and Book Sense bestseller, a Parent’s Choice Gold Award winner, and it appeared on more than thirty state award lists. She lives in Iowa with a bunch of cats, and the occasional bunny or bird visitor. Her backyard hosts an additional array of creatures, including deer, raccoons, possums, and sometimes a skunk.

• Stories
• The Story of the Real Lulu
• The True Story of Julius, King of the World (plus How to Be a Great Pet Person)
• How Emmaline and the Bunny Was Illustrated

• How to Draw...
• a Hopping-Away Bunny
• a Bunny (and Bunny Parts)
• a True Bird

• Interviews
• Ida B Interview
• Dear True (…Sort Of) Reader
• ReaderKidZ Author Questionnaire

• Video
• True (..Sort Of)

• Audio Excerpts
• Ida B
• True (…Sort Of)

• Discussion Guides
• Ida B
• True (…Sort Of)

• Reviews
• Ida B
• Emmaline and the Bunny
• True (…Sort Of)
  

• The Environment
• The Eco-Audits
• How You Can (Possibly) Save the World

• Teacher Writing Workshop
• PDF