Patrick Girouard is a talented artist and illustrator who was growing up his teachers constantly scolded him for drawing monsters in class. Many years later he illustrated his first book, Halloween Holiday Grab Bag, and got to put those same monsters to good use. Since then he has illustrated over one hundred books for children. They include Yikes- Lice!, winner of Science Books and Films Best Books 1999, and I Have a Weird Brother Who Digested a Fly, a Society of School Librarians International Honor Book.In the days since, he has created artwork for magazines, including Sesame Street Magazine, National Geographic World, Kid City, Spider, Weekly Reader and USA Today, to name but a few. Patrick has also illustrated books for many well renowned publishers that include Child’s World, Compass Point, Scholastic, Inc, Oxford University Press, Albert Whitman and Co and many others. Girouard's work can be found on greeting cards, games, toys and puzzles, and in over one hundred books for children. His books include Yikes-Lice! (Albert Whitman & Co., 2002), a winner of Science Books and Films Best Books Award, and I Have a Weird Brother Who Digested a Fly (Albert Whitman & Co., 1999), a Society of School Librarians International Honor Book.
