I'm As Quick As a Cricket

Don Wood was born in Central Valley, California in 1945. He received a B. A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara and did graduate work in art at the California College of Arts and Crafts. He was illustrating magazines when his wife Audrey Wood started writing children's picture books. He decided to illustrate her book Moonflute. He enjoyed it so much that he has been illustrating children's picture books ever since. His other illustration credits include The Napping House, Elbert's Bad Word, Quick as a Cricket, and The Full Moon at the Napping House. He wrote and illustrated Into the Volcano. With his wife, he co-wrote and illustrated The Big Hungry Bear, Piggies, and Merry Christmas, Big Hungry Bear!

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