Scott Menchin is the illustrator of the picture book
Wiggle by Doreen Cronin as well as
Man Gave Names to All the Animals, an award-winning children’s book based on a hit song by Bob Dylan. He has created illustrations for
TIME,
Newsweek, the
New York Times,
Rolling Stone, and other publications, as well as for several major companies. Scott Menchin lives in New York City.
I was raised by a band of wild gypsies who played music day and night but didn’t know how to read or write. I taught myself how to read so I could read menus. I love restaurants. And I taught myself how to write so I could make books. I learned how to draw when my gypsy family visited a museum and left me there. I ate leftover french fries and slept in the broom closet at night and copied my favorite paintings during the day. I lived in the museum until I was old enough to make children’s books and buy a real house. My only hobby is seeing how long I can go without blinking.
I have worked on books about happiness, legs, bunnies, chickens, dogs, lots of dogs, but I still haven’t done any books about witches, vegetables, or badly behaved children. I still have time.
Three Things You Might Not Know About Me:
1. I cannot sleep with my socks on.
2. I hate cottage cheese.
3. I love music but I’m a terrible musician. (I think that’s why my gypsy family left me at the museum.)
