Jannell Cannon

Janell Cannon, (1957-) is an American children's writer and illustrator.

Janell was born Nov 3, 1957 in St. Paul, Minnesota, daughter of Burton H. and Nancy A. Cannon. She attended Burnsville High School graduating in 1975. After high school she moved to California, and from 1981 to 1993 she was a graphic artist for the Carlsbad Library.

Works

*"Stellaluna" (first Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1993), in several editions ISBN 0-15-280217-7, ISBN 0-15-200812-8, ISBN 0-15-200286-3, ISBN 0-590-48379-X, ISBN 0-15-201530-2
*"Trupp: A Fuzzhead Tale", Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1995.
*"Verdi", Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 1997.
*"Crickwing", Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2000.
*"Little Yau", Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2002.
*"Pinduli", Harcourt (San Diego, CA), 2004.

Janell Cannon was born and raised in Minnesota.

Reviews

*Booklist, April 15, 1995, Carolyn Phelan, review of "Trupp: A Fuzzhead Tale", p. 1505; April 15, 1997, Susan Dove Lempke, review of "Verdi", p. 1434; October 15, 2000, Connie Fletcher, review of "Crickwing", p. 434.
*Kirkus Reviews, April 1, 1997, review of "Verdi", p. 551.
*New York Times Book Review, July 2, 1995, Margalit Fox, review of "Trupp", p. 13.
*Publishers Weekly, April 26, 1993, review of "Stellaluna", p. 78; February 20, 1995, review of "Trupp", p. 204; April 24, 1995, "Queen of the Night," p. 19; February 17, 1997, review of "Verdi", p. 219; May 1, 2000, "Going Batty for "Stellaluna", " p. 27; August 7, 2000, review of "Crickwing", p. 95.
*School Library Journal, June, 1993, Marianne Saccardi, review of "Stellaluna", p. 70; July, 1995, Virginia Opocensky, review of "Trupp", p. 55; May, 1997, Nina Lindsay, review of "Verdi", p. 93; November, 2000, Barbara Buckley, review of "Crickwing", p. 110.

References

*"Janell Cannon." Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults, 2nd ed., 8 vols. Gale Group, 2002. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006. http://scplweb.santacruzpl.org:2117/servlet/BioRC