About
the Author
Nancy Patz has written and illustrated extremely popular picture books, including PUMPERNICKEL TICKLE AND MEAN GREEN CHEESE, MOSES SUPPOSES HIS TOESES ARE ROSES, GINA FARINA AND THE PRINCE OF MINTZ and BABIES CAN’T EAT KIMCHEE! (with Susan L. Roth.) The newest is THERE’S A DRAGON IN THE TREEHOUSE AND HE WON’T COME DOWN!
WHO WAS THE WOMAN WHO WORE THE HAT? won the Sydney Taylor Award of The Association of Jewish Libraries and the Selectors’ Choice Award of the Children’s Book Council and The Council for the Social Studies, among other national awards.
18 STONES, with portraits by Nancy Patz and prose poems by Susan L. Roth, was first exhibited in the 2010 Jewish Museum of Maryland exhibit, NANCY PATZ: HER INWARD EYE.
Born in Baltimore, Patz attended public schools and Goucher College, graduating from Stanford University. Her illustrations, paintings, drawings and prints have been regularly exhibited in museums and galleries. She lectures widely in schools and teachers’ groups on the art of the picture book.
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Published Works:
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There’s a Dragon in the Treehouse and He Won’t Come Down! ,2025
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The Elephant with a Knot in His Trunk (co-author) Dr. Stuart Sheer), 2017
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PRISM: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Holocaust Educators, 2014
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18 Stones (co-author: Susan L. Ruth), 2011
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Babies Can’t Eat Kimchee (co-author: Susan L. Ruth), 2007
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Who Was the Woman Who Wore the Hat? , 2003
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Pumpernickel Tickle and Mean Green Cheese, 1978(1st Edition), 2000(2nd Edition)
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The Family Treasury of Jewish Holidays (co-author: Malka Drucker), 1994
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To Annabella Pelican Thomas Hippopotamus, 1991
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No Thumpin, No Bumpin, No Rumpus Tonight!, 1990
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Sarah Bear and Sweet Sydney, 1989
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Gina Farina and the Prince of Mintz, 1986
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Moses Supposes His Toeses Are Roses and 7 Silly Old Rhymes, 1983
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Nobody Knows I Have Delicate Toes, 1980