He and his family live in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.Ĭopyright 2000 by Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers. Young studied at the University of Illinois, the Art Center of Los Angeles, and Pratt Institute in New York City. He received the 1990 Caldecott Medal for his book Lon Po Po, and his much-lauded collaboration with anthologist Nancy Larrick, Cats Are Cats, was named one of the Ten Best Illustrated Books of 1988 by The New York Times. Young has been illustrating children's books for more than twenty years and has won many awards. There are things that words do that pictures never can, and likewise, there are images that words can never describe." "A Chinese painting is often accompanied by words," he explains "they are complementary. He cites the philosophy of Chinese painting as an inspiration for much of his work. Caldecott medalist Ed Young was born in Tientsin, China, and brought up in Shanghai.
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