Sonia Sanchez has illustrated numerous picture books, including Evelyn del Rey is Moving Away, written by Meg Medina, which was a Kirkus, SLJ, and PW Best Book of 2020. Her Bubbles...Up by Jacqueline Davies received 3 starred reviews. Here I Am, written by Patti Kim, earned two starred reviews, was a Kirkus Best Book of 2015, and for which Sonia received an Eisner Award nomination for Best Paint/Multimedia Artist. She is also the illustrator of Green Green: A Community Gardening Story, Sister Day!, and The Wonderful Habits of Rabbits. The New York Times has called her work "lively." Sonia lives with her husband and a sleepyhead cat in a blue house near the Mediterranean Sea.
