Lynne Cherry

Lynne Cherry (born January 5, 1952) ["Lynne Cherry". "Contemporary Authors Online". Gale. October 11, 2006. Retrieved on August 7, 2008.] is an American writer and illustrator of nature-themed children's books.

Born in Philadelphia, Cherry attended the Tyler School of Art and Yale University. She has served as director of the Center for Children's Environmental Literature, [Kay Johnson. " [http://books.google.com/books?id=q8oYWI7KFi0C&pg=PA50&dq=%22lynne+cherry%22+awards&lr=&sig=ACfU3U3nvQ9cYSoijnV-2WEDNiEjaWfPZw#PPA50,M1 Writing with Authors Kids Love] ". Prufrock Press, 1989. 50.] and has also been an artist-in-residence for the Princeton Environmental Institute, the World Wildlife Fund, and the Smithsonian Institution. One of her best-known books is "The Great Kapok Tree", a picture book about the Amazon rainforest. Other books include "Flute's Journey" (a book about bird migration) and "A River Ran Wild" (which discusses the cleanup of the Nashua River in Massachusetts). [" [http://www.princeton.edu/pr/news/02/q1/0114-cherry.htm Artist-in-residence Lynne Cherry draws on Princeton for inspiration] ". January 14, 2002. Retrieved on July 16, 2008.]

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