Marsha Chall

Writer in Residence

Biography

Marsha Wilson Chall is the author of a chapter book for children and many picture books, including Up North at the Cabin, an American Booksellers Pick of the Lists and winner of an International Reading Association Teacher's Choice Award; Bonaparte, a Smithsonian Notable Book for Children and winner of a Parents' Choice Silver Honor Award; and One Pup's Up, a Bank Street College of Education Best Books, a Fred Rogers' Best Books for Babies, and winner of a National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Award. Her picture book, A Secret Keeps (2012), was the recipient of the 2008 McKnight Artist Fellowship for Children's Literature. her newest book is The Secret Life of Figgy Mustardo. She has taught writing at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis and at Metropolitan State University in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Publications

The Secret Life of Figgy Mustardo
Katherine Tegen Books

A Secret Keeps
Lerner Publishing

Up North at the Cabin
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard

Sugarbush Spring
HarperCollins

Pick a Pup
Margaret K. McElderry

Rupa Raises the Sun
DK Publishing

Prairie Train
HarperCollins

One Pup's Up
Margaret K. McElderry

Mattie
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard

Happy Birthday, America!
HarperCollins

Bonaparte
DK Publishing