Biography
Mike Lowery is an artist living in Atlanta, Georgia, with a beautiful German lady named Katrin and his incredible genius daughter, Allister. Mike’s work has been seen on everything from greeting cards to children’s books to gallery walls all over the world, and he is Professor of Illustration at the Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta. He lives in an atomic ranch house surrounded by trees, where he likes to draw little animals in party hats and other silly stuff.~His illustration clients include: Digitas, Hallmark, Simon & Schuster, Bilingual Readers (Madrid), Random House, Walker Books for Young Readers, Nick Jr. Magazine, Galison/Mudpuppy, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, Viking, Macmillan, American Greetings, Disney and Kids Can Press, as well as many graphic design and advertising agencies. He has been featured and interviewed in the Washington Post and the Washington City Paper, and a few years ago he showed 16 of his tiny drawings in a show in Beijing.
Awards
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The Day Dad Joined My Soccer Team
2019 - Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College, Listed
2018 - Best Books for Kids and Teens, The Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner
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The Way Downtown
2018 - Bank Street College, Best Children’s Books of the Year, Winner
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A Squiggly Story
2018 - Blue Spruce Award, Ontario Library Association, Commended
2018 - PICTURE THIS Recommendation List, WSRA Children’s Literature Committee, Listed
2017 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, Starred Selection, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner
2017 - CLEL Bell Award, Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy, Commended
2017 - Teachers' Choices Reading List, International Literacy Association, Winner
2016 - Best Picture Books of 2016, Kirkus Reviews, Winner
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The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten
2015 - Blue Spruce, Forest of Reading, Winner
2014 - Best Books of the Year for Children and Young Adults, Bank Street Children's Book Committee, Winner
2013 - Best Books for Kids & Teens, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner
Picture Books
Another Squiggly Story, 2022
The Day Dad Joined My Soccer Team, 2018
A Squiggly Story, 2016
The Day My Mom Came to Kindergarten, 2013Non-fiction
The Way Downtown, 2017