Jon Klassen

Canadian writer and illustrator

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September 2023 Illustrated 'How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney', published by Penguin Random House.
July 2023 Published 'The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale', published by Candlewick.
October 2022 Illustrated 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff', published by Orchard Books.
September 2021 Illustrated 'Pax, Journey Home' by Sara Pennypacker, published by Balzer + Bray, and 'Egg Marks The Spot' by Amy Timberlake, published by Algonquin.
April 2021 Published 'The Rock from the Sky', published by Candlewick.
September 2020 Illustrated 'Skunk and Badger' by Amy Timberlake, published by Algonquin.
2019 Released a boxed set of 'I Want My Hat Back', 'This Is Not My Hat', and 'We Found a Hat' through Candlewick Press.
March 2019 Published 'Circle', the third book in the Shape Trilogy with Mac Barnett, published by Candlewick.
May 2018 Published 'Square', the second book in the Shape Trilogy with Mac Barnett, published by Candlewick.
October 2017 Illustrated 'The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse' by Mac Barnett, published by Candlewick.
March 2017 Published 'Triangle', the first book in the Shape Trilogy with Mac Barnett, published by Candlewick.
October 2016 Published 'We Found a Hat', the third book in his Hat Trilogy, with Candlewick Press.
February 2016 Illustrated 'Pax' by Sara Pennypacker, published by Balzer + Bray.
October 2015 Illustrated 'The Nest' by Kenneth Oppel, published by Simon & Schuster.
April 2015 Illustrated 'The Unmapped Sea', though Book V of the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series was illustrated by a different artist.
October 2014 Illustrated 'Sam and Dave Dig a Hole' by Mac Barnett, published by Candlewick.
September 2014 Illustrated 'The Witch's Boy' by Kelly Barnhill, published by Algonquin.
December 2013 Illustrated 'The Interrupted Tale', the fourth book in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series by Maryrose Wood.
April 2013 Illustrated 'The Dark' by Lemony Snicket, published by Little, Brown.
March 2013 Illustrated 'The Watch that Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic' by Allan Wolf, published by Candlewick.
2012 Received a Caldecott Honor for 'Extra Yarn'.
October 2012 Published 'This Is Not My Hat', the second book in his Hat Trilogy, with Candlewick Press.
March 2012 Illustrated 'House Held Up By Trees' by Ted Kooser, published by Candlewick.
March 2012 Illustrated 'The Unseen Guest', the third book in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series by Maryrose Wood.
January 2012 Illustrated 'Extra Yarn' by Mac Barnett, published by Balzer + Bray.
September 2011 Published his first solo picture book 'I Want My Hat Back' through Candlewick Press, which was named one of the '10 Best Illustrated Children's Books for 2011' by The New York Times Book Review.
July 2011 Illustrated 'Vanished' by Sheela Chari, published by Hyperion.
February 2011 Illustrated 'The Hidden Gallery', the second book in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series by Maryrose Wood.
2010 Awarded the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration for the picture book 'Cats' Night Out' by Carolyn Stutson.
March 2010 Illustrated 'Cats' Night Out' by Carolyn Stutson, published by Simon & Schuster.
February 2010 Illustrated 'The Mysterious Howling', the first book in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series by Maryrose Wood.

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