The imaginary adventures that follow include one in which a bite of his Aunt Bubbles' angel food cake causes him to fly one in which Stuart talks to a garbage man who has turned into a cat and one in which the boy plays lets pretend with a gorilla. In order to prepare, he decides to have an adventure, and for that, he needs a cape. In Stuart's Cape, young Stuart is nervous about entering the third grade in a new town. The "Stuart" books use the same tongue-in-cheek sense of humor as Dumbstruck. "Pennypacker makes a winning debut with this witty, quixotic novel," wrote a contributor to Publishers Weekly. With the help of Aunt Zilpa, who has a three-hundred-pound pet ostrich, and her neighbor Pearletta Swicegood, who is addicted to television game shows, Ivy sets off on her quest. Pennypacker's first children's book, Dumbstruck, is a wild adventure tale of Ivy, who must search for her lost parents after they mysteriously disappear. Regarding her inspiration, she told Margolis: "I'm attracted to stories about things that strike me as unfair-and I just have to write something to correct that unfairness." Along with her children's books, Pennypacker has also written an adult novel, My Enemy's Cradle, under the name Sara Young. "I came to a realization that I needed the world of visual art more than the world of visual art needed me," she recalled to Rick Margolis in School Library Journal in describing this "profound turning point." While home-schooling her children, Pennypacker had the opportunity to study the wealth of picture books being published, and she decided to embark on a career in writing. In 1997, however, she decided that a career in the fine arts was not to be.
SidelightsĪlthough she has been a published author since the early 1990s, Sara Pennypacker initially focused on her work as a watercolorist. (As Sara Young) My Enemy's Cradle, Harcourt (Orlando, FL), 2008. The Talented Clementine, illustrated by Marla Frazee, Hyperion (New York, NY), 2007.
Pierre in Love, illustrated by Petra Mathers, Orchard (New York, NY), 2007. Stuart Goes to School, illustrated by Martin Matje, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2003.Ĭlementine, illustrated by Marla Frazee, Hyperion (New York, NY), 2006. Stuart's Cape, illustrated by Martin Matje, Orchard ( New York, NY), 2002. Writingsĭumbstruck, illustrated by Mary Jane Auch, Holiday House ( New York, NY), 1994. Awards, Honorsīoston Globe/Horn Book Award, 2007, for Clementine.
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