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Valeria Petrone

Valeria Petrone is an award-winning illustrator. Her numerous picture books include Red Truck, Blue Boat, and Yellow Copter (all by Kersten Hamilton) and a series by Gianni Rodari (Edizioni El). She does editorial illustration for newspapers and magazines as well as advertising and anima- tion. She also pursues a career as a painter, and her artworks have been exhibited in Italy and abroad. She lives in Milan, Italy.
Merry Christmas, Red Truck
Orange Excavator
Green Tractor
Be a Work in Progress
Kindergarten Phonics Readers Boxed Set
Big Boy Underpants
Yellow Copter
Blue Boat
Big Girl Panties
Red Truck
Lasso the Moon
The Pup Speaks Up

Books

Merry Christmas, Red Truck
Orange Excavator
Green Tractor
Be a Work in Progress
Kindergarten Phonics Readers Boxed Set
Big Boy Underpants
Yellow Copter
Blue Boat
Big Girl Panties
Red Truck
Lasso the Moon
The Pup Speaks Up

Old Wood Boat

Raise the sails and follow the wind across the green sea in this captivating marriage of lyrical prose and intricate illustrations from a renowned West Coast artist. Old wood boat remembers the wind. Dilapidated and parted from the sea, she remembers and waits as her mast cracks and blackberry vines creep across her deck. But

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