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Sharon Vargo
Sharon Vargo has illustrated numerous books for children. She is author/illustrator of Señor Felipe's Alphabet Adventure, a Bank Street Best Children's Book of 2002. Her whimsical acrylic paintings have also appeared in magazines, textbooks, limited edition prints, and as murals. She has illustrated and written crafts and games for the well-known Highlights For Children Magazines, and has had an original poem chosen to be included in a new Lee Bennett Hopkins anthology, Hamsters, Shells and Spelling Bees-School Poems published by HarperCollins. Sharon is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators-SCBWI and is currently serving as Indiana's Illustration Coordinator. She is also a member of the Picture Book Artists Association- PBAA, an organization of professional children's book illustrators from around the world. She is one of many professional artists who participate in Robert's Snow for Cancer's Cure, an online charity auction of artists' snowflakes. Originally from NJ, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Communication Design from Pratt Institute. Sharon works from her home studio, just north of Indianapolis, Indiana.
Sharon Vargo's client list includes: Lerner Publishing Group, The Millbrook Press, Millbrook /Hasbro Inc, Houghton Mifflin, Rand McNally, World Book, Creative Pages Inc., Scott Foresman, Ligature, Simon and Schuster, Modern Curriculum, MKR Designs, Pearson Learning, Zainer Blouser, Kane Publishing, Silver Burdett Ginn, Silver Editions, L’attitude Galley-Boston Children’s Hospital, Harcourt School Publishing, Ballard & Tighe, Highlights, Highlights High Five and more…..
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