Tedd Arnold

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Tedd Arnold (born January 20, 1949 in Elmira, New York, United States) is a children's book writer and illustrator. He has written and illustrated over 100 books, and he has won the Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor for his books "Hi! Fly Guy!" (2006), "I Spy Fly Guy" (2010), and "Noodleheads See the Future" (2018). He currently lives outside of Gainesville, Florida.

Background[]

Tedd graduated from the University of Florida with a BFA.^[1] He worked as a commercial illustrator before beginning his career writing children's books. Arnold met his wife, Carol, while living in Florida. Carol, a former kindergarten teacher, encouraged him to write and illustrate children's books. His sons, Walter and William, served as the inspiration for some of his characters and stories.

Awards[]

Tedd's first book, No Jumping on the Bed! was an IRA-CBC Children's Choice book and was also selected as a Parents Magazine 50 All-Time Best Children's Book. He is a three-time winner of the ALA's Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor for Hi! Fly Guy and for I Spy Fly Guy, and Noodleheads See the Future^[1]

Novels for older teens[]

• Rat Life (Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Novel, 2008)

Children's books written and illustrated by Tedd Arnold[]

• Noodlehead Nightmares (2016)
• Noodleheads See the Future (2017) - 2018 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor Book
• Noodleheads Find Something Fishy (2018)
• Noodleheads Fortress of Doom (2019)
• Why Fly Guy? (2017)
• Dirty Gert
• Fix This Mess
• Vincent Paints His House
• Parts
• More Parts
• Even More Parts
• Hi! Fly Guy (2005) - 2006 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor Book
• Super Fly Guy (2006)
• Shoo, Fly Guy! (2006)
• There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed Fly Guy (2007)
• Fly High, Fly Guy (2008)
• Hooray for Fly Guy (2008)
• I Spy Fly Guy (2009) - 2010 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor Book
• Fly Guy Meets Fly Girl
• Buzz Boy and Fly Guy (2010)
• Fly Guy vs. the Flyswatter
• Ride, Fly Guy, Ride
• There's a Fly Guy in my Soup
• Fly Guy and the Frankenfly
• Fly Guy's Amazing Tricks
• A Pet for Fly Guy
• Prince Fly Guy
• Fly Guy's Ninja Christmas
• Fly Guy's Big Family
• Fly Guy and the Aliens
• Attack of the 50 Foot Fly Guy
• Fly Guy Presents: Sharks
• Fly Guy Presents: Space
• Fly Guy Presents: Dinosaurs
• Fly Guy Presents: Firefighters
• Fly Guy Presents: Insects
• Fly Guy Presents: Bats
• Fly Guy Presents: Snakes
• Fly Guy Presents: The White House (2016)
• Fly Guy Presents: Weather (2016)
• Fly Guy Presents Castles
• Fly Guy Presents Police
• Fly Guy Presents Garbage (2019)
• Fly Guy Presents Monster Trucks (2019)
• Huggly Goes to School
• Huggly's Big Mess
• Huggly Gets Dressed
• Huggly's Pizza
• Huggly's Trip to the Beach
• Huggly's Snow Day
• Huggly Goes Camping
• Huggly Takes a Bath
• Huggly's Halloween
• Huggly's Thanksgiving Parade
• Huggly and the Toy Monster
• Huggly's Christmas
• Huggly's Sleep Over
• Huggly's Valentines
• Bialosky's Bedside Books--a collection of the following books:
• Bialosky's Bedtime
• Bialosky's House
• Bialosky's Bumblebees
• Bialosky's Big Mess
• The Simple People
• No More Water in the Tub!
• Green Wilma, Frog in Space
• Catalina Magdalena Hoopensteiner Wallendiner Hogan Logan Bogan Was Her Name
• The Twin Princes
• No Jumping on the Bed! (1987)
• My First Drawing Book
• Help I'm Falling to Bits
• My First Play House
• My First Play Town
• Sounds
• Opposites
• Actions
• Colors
• Ollie Forgot
• Mother Goose's Words of Wit and Wisdom

Illustrator, or collaboration only[]

• Detective Blue by Steve Metzger
• The Yuckiest, Stinkiest, Best Valentine Ever by Brenda Ferber
• Axle Annie and the Speed Grump by Robin Pulver
• Lasso Lou and Cowboy McCoy by Barbara Larmon Failing
• My Dog Never Says Please by Suzanne Williams
• Giant Children by Brod Bagert
• My Working Mom by Peter Glassman
• Looking for Zebra: Hotel Zoo: Happy Hunting from A to Z by Ron Atlas
• Inside a House That Is Haunted by Alyssa Capucilli
• Tracks by David Galef
• My First Gamebook by Katy Dobbs
• My First Baking Book by Rena Coyle
• My First Computer Book by David Schiller, David Rosenbloom
• My First Camera Book by Anne Kostick
• Inside a Zoo in the City by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
• The Roly Poly Spider by Jill Sardegna
• Inside a Barn in the Country: A Rebus Read-Along Story by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
• Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? Harry Bliss, David Catrow, Marla Frazee, Jerry Pinkney, Chris Raschka, Judy Schachner, David Shannon, Mo Willems Jon Agee
• Manners Mash-Up
• Dinosaur Dig: Cooperative Game-In-A Book by Liza Schafer, Vincent Ceci, Jacqueline Swensen
• Guys Write For Guys Read by Jon Scieszka

References[]

• Keller, James, The Big Book of Picture-Book Authors & Illustrators, Scholastic, 2001, pp. 10–11. ISBN 0-439-20154-3
• McElmeel, Sharron L., Children's Authors and Illustrators Too Good to Miss: Biographical Sketches and Bibliographies, Libraries Unlimited, 2004, pp. 6–10. ISBN 1-59158-027-7
• "Tedd Arnold." Children's Authors. Answers Corporation, 2006. Accessed 25 September 2008,
• Biography: Tedd Arnold, Scholastic Corporation. Accessed 25 September 2008

External links[]

• Official website
• Tedd Arnold at Library of Congress Authorities, with 82 catalog records