Mike Venezia
Mike Venezia is a children's book author and illustrator born in New York City, who spent his early years moving between New York and Chicago due to his family's ties in both cities. He began his writing career in 1978, creating and illustrating books for Childrens Press (Grolier/Scholastic), and is known for his engaging biographies of famous figures in the 'Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists' and similar series. He continues to produce educational literature for young readers.
New York City, USA
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Children's Nonfiction
Biography
Art
Frida Kahlo
Michelangelo
Salvador Dali
Van Gogh
Diego Rivera
Salvador Dali
Johann Sebastian Bach (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)
George Gershwin (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers)
Leonardo Da Vinci
Mary Cassatt
Daniel Hale Williams: Surgeon Who Opened Hearts and Minds
Giotto (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Igor Stravinsky (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers: Previous Editions)
George W. Bush: Forty-Third President 2001-Present
Benjamin Franklin: Electrified the World with New Ideas
Bill Clinton: Forty-Second President 1993-2001
Andrew Jackson: Seventh President, 1829-1837
James McNeill Whistler (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
El Greco (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
Albert Einstein: Universal Genius
Richard M. Nixon: Thirty-Seventh President 1969-1974 (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents)
John F. Kennedy: Thirty-Fifth President 1961-1963 (Getting to Know the U.S. Presidents)
Mary Leakey: Archaeologist Who Really Dug Her Work
Faith Ringgold