Bill Thomson

Bill Thomson is the celebrated creator of Chalk and Fossil and the illustrator of Baseball Hour , Karate Hour , Soccer Hour , and Building with Dad , all written by Carol Nevius. Thomson's books have received many accolades: the National Parenting Publications Gold Award, designation as a Notable Children's Book by the American Library Association, a Teachers' Choices selection from the International Reading Association, a Booklist Editors' Choice, the Connecticut Book Award for Children's...See more

Bill Thomson is the celebrated creator of Chalk and Fossil and the illustrator of Baseball Hour , Karate Hour , Soccer Hour , and Building with Dad , all written by Carol Nevius. Thomson's books have received many accolades: the National Parenting Publications Gold Award, designation as a Notable Children's Book by the American Library Association, a Teachers' Choices selection from the International Reading Association, a Booklist Editors' Choice, the Connecticut Book Award for Children's Illustrator, Kentucky's Bluegrass Award, Ohio's Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award, and the Prix Livrentête in Paris, France. Thomson's artwork has also received more than seventy-five awards in the country's most prestigious juried illustration competitions. Thomson lives with his family in Southington, Connecticut, and is also a professor of illustration at the University of Hartford. To see more of his artwork, visit www.billthomson.com. See less