Jill Esbaum is the author of more than 50 books for kids, including fiction and nonfiction picture books, a graphic early reader series (Thunder & Cluck), and many nonfiction series books for National Geographic Kids and other publishers. Published in 2022 was Jack Knight’s Brave Flight (Calkins Creek), illustrated by Stacey Innerst, which earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly and was named a Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. More fiction and nonfiction picture books are forthcoming, including Stinkbird Has a Superpower and Parrotfish Has a Superpower (Putnam, 2023/2024, both illus by Bob Shea), Bird Girl–Gene Stratton Porter Shares Her Love of Nature with the World (Calkins Creek, 2024, illus by Rebecca Gibbon), and more.
Open to work for hire and IP work in board books, picture books, and chapter books. Special interests in animals.
