"Belongs in every library," said School Library Journal.
Well known for his dramatic and historically accurate illustrations, Michael is the illustrator of over sixty-five books and the author of six including Young Thomas Edison, that School Library Journal said, “Belongs in every library.” The Horn Book praised his work as “noteworthy—and handsome—examples of the illustrator as historian.” Michael’s Chapter Book, Elijah and George A Revolutionary Tale, is currently being developed into a Major Motion Picture by Metatron Productions LLC.
In 2013, he was selected for a Top Ten List of Great Author Visits by the Pennsylvania School Library Association. Michael has illustrated a commemorative stamp of Benjamin Franklin for The United States Postal Service, articles for Reader’s Digest, and Picture Books, Chapter Books, and Middle Grade Novels for numerous publishers including Scholastic, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, HarperCollins, Philomel, Puffin Books, McElderry Books, Henry Holt, Holiday House, Beechtree, Atheneum, Disney, and many others. He is the recipient of over fifty awards and nominations, received a Master’s Degree in Illustration from Syracuse University, and is a member of the Society of Illustrators in New York. He lives in Audubon, New Jersey, with his wife, Jane.
Selected Awards and Nominations:
Young Thomas Edison by Michael Dooling
Chosen as a Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People 2006 by the Children’s Book Council and National Council for the Social Studies.
Chosen for Maryland State’s Black-Eyed Susan Picture Book List
Selected as a Children’s Crown Award Nominee by National Christian School Association.
Starred Review School Library Journal
The Memory Coat by Elvira Woodruff
The Carolyn Field Award (Pennsylvania School Library Association Award)
A Smithsonian Magazine Notable Book for Children, 1999
A CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book for Young People, 2000
A Selector’s Choice
Lewis and Clark and Me: A Dog’s Tale by Laurie Myers
The Pennsylvania Young Reader’s Choice Award 2004
Cochecho Reader’s Award 2004
IRA Teacher’s Choice List 2003
IRA Parent’s Choice List 2003
Mountain and Plains Booksellers Association 2002 Book Award Nominee
Texas Christian School’s Association of Children’s Crown Award Nominee 2005
Best Book of 2003 Anne Nixon Center for Children’s Literature
2005 Beverly Clearly Children’s Choice Award
Young Reader Award Winner Pennsylvania
Young Reader Award Honor Book Michigan
Nominated Young Reader Award Texas Bluebonnet
Nominated Young Reader Award Louisiana
Nominated Young Reader Award West Virginia
Nominated Young Reader Award Nevada
Nominated Young Reader Award Arizona
Nominated Young Reader Award Maryland
Nominated Young Reader Award Florida
Nominated Young Reader Award Oregon
The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin by James Cross Giblin
Chosen as an Orbis Pictus Honor Book
A New York Public Library Best Book of Year
A Horn Book Best Book of Year
Starred Review Booklist
Starred Review Horn Book
Starred Review School Library Journal
Mary Anning and the Sea Dragon by Jeannine Atkins
A NCSS-CBC Notable Social Studies Trade book, 2000
Thomas Jefferson: A Picture Book Biography by James Cross Giblin
A Booklist Editor’s Choice
An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists
The Boy Who Saved Cleveland by James Cross Giblin
Chosen for 2007 Kansas State Reading Circle Recommended List
Chosen for 2007 CCBC Choices List
Selected Best Book of Year List by Children’s Book Committee at Bank Street
Selected New Mexico Children’s Choice Award Master List (The Land of Enchantment Book Award) 2008-2009
Selected for Volunteer State Book Award Master Reading List, 2009-2010
Gift of the Magi and Other Stories by O.Henry
American Bookseller’s Pick of the Lists
Anne Hutchinson’s Way by Jeannine Atkins
Named one of the “Top Ten Religion Books for Youth” in Booklist
Included in the 2008 Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended Titles List
Selected for Bank Street College List of The Best Children’s Books of the Year
Walking to School by Eve Bunting
Named Editor’s Choice by Library Media Connection Magazine
George Washington: A Picture Book Biography by James Cross Giblin
A Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
A Book-of-the-Month Club selection
An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists
Starred Review Publisher’s Weekly
Lights on the River by Jane Resh Thomas
America’s Award for Children’s and Young Adult Book Literature/Commended Title 1994
Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
Starred Review Booklist