Kelly Leigh Miller
Born:
Connection to Illinois: Miller lives in Chicago. Biography: Kelly Leigh Miller is a cartoonist and an author-illustrator. She writes and illustrates her own books and illustrates books written by other authors. She spent her childhood drawing and making up stories in Louisville, Ky, studied art at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD, and now resides in Chicago, IL, where she illustrates and writes professionally. Her ideas usually come from daydreaming with her sketchbook and past adventures. When she's not drawing or writing, she enjoys reading a good book, playing video games, watching spooky movies, and exploring museums! She is represented by Thao Le of Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency.
Awards:
- Time to Recharge, Harper! Illinois Reads Book Selection, Illinois Reading Council, 2022
E-Mail: kellyleighmiller@gmail.com
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Web: https://www.kellyleighmiller.com/
Selected Titles
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Avatar: The Last Airbender Chibis Volume 1--Aang's Unfreezing Day ISBN: 1506726615 OCLC: Dark Horse Books 2022 Can you imagine not knowing your own birthday? That's the situation for Aang, who was frozen in an iceberg for a hundred years! Luckily his friends Katara, Toph, Sokka, and Zuko have a plan to surprise him with a new special day to celebrate. But they'll have to be careful while they prepare--it's a surprise! |
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Chicago, Baby! ISBN: 1797207199 OCLC: Chronicle Books 2022 In rhyming text, a toddler and her family explore the city of Chicago. |
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Cloud Puppy (1) ISBN: 1665932120 OCLC: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2024 Narwhal and Jelly meets The Amazing World of Gumball in this first book in a delightful graphic novel chapter book series about Cloud Puppy—part puppy, part cloud, and all adorable—and her forays into friendship, adventure, and all things geeky!Meet Cloud Puppy! Her hobbies include making rainbows, super sniffing, and, of course, reading the Pretty Princess Warrior Dragonetta series with her best friend, Berry Rose. After Cloud Puppy finds out that her favorite author will be a guest at the local comic book convention, she and Berry Rose decide to attend in homemade costumes.But when they both insist on dressing up as the same character, Cloud Puppy and Berry Rose have their first fight ever! Now, they’re going to the convention separately. Will these feuding friends be able to make amends? |
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Game On! (2) (Cloud Puppy) ISBN: 1665932155 OCLC: Atheneum Books for Young Readers 2025 Cloud Puppy—part puppy, part cloud, and all adorable—explores the immersive world of video games with her friends inthis second book in a delightful graphic chapter book series that’s Narwhal and Jelly meets The Amazing World of Gumball!Cloud Puppy loves playing Valley of Runes, a cozy farming video game. But when Jack says that his favorite games are better, Cloud Puppy begins to feel badly about the things that she likes…until she learns that Jack has never even played Valley of Runes!Cloud Puppy challenges her picky pal to a trade to share their favorite games. But Jack has other plans: he thinks it will be fun to surprise Cloud Puppy with a scary simulator. But it’s his first time playing it, too, and it’s more frightening than he thought! Can the friends find a game they both enjoy without getting too spooked? |
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I Am a Wolf ISBN: 0525553290 OCLC: Dial 2019 A dog who insists she is a wolf finds the perfect home with a young girl who sees past her prickly personality -- |
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I Love My Fangs! ISBN: 1534452109 OCLC: Simon & Schuster 2020 Young Dracula loves his fangs and is very upset after one falls out--especially when the Tooth Fairy tries to take it away.-- |
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I Love My Fur! ISBN: 1534478957 OCLC: Simon & Schuster 2021 Big Foot loves his soft, shiny fur so much it begins to affect his relationships with his friends. |
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I Love My Magic! ISBN: 1534497692 OCLC: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023 In this endearing companion to I Love My Fangs! and I Love My Fur!, a little witch who over-uses her magic must discover whether she can get by without her wand.Willow LOVES her magic! It’s her favorite part of being a witch; it’s sparkly, it’s fun, and it’s very useful! Maybe even…too useful?When her wand is taken away after one too many shortcuts, how will Willow be able to get through the day? Can a witch be a witch without magic? |
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Stella, Star Explorer ISBN: 1534497676 OCLC: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2022 Stella loves the wonders of Outer Space, but it is only when she meets a fellow space traveler looking for a planet that her eyes are opened to the wonders of Earth. |
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Time to Recharge, Harper! ISBN: 0525553304 OCLC: Dial 2021 Harper learns that even busy young robots need to recharge now and then. |