
Sarah Dillard studied art at Wheaton College and illustration at Rhode Island School of Design. Her author illustrated books include the popular Mouse Scouts series, the critically-acclaimed young graphic reader, Extraordinary Warren and its sequel, Extraordinary Warren Saves the Day. Her latest picture book I Wish it Would Snow was on the CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People list for 2019. It’s sequel I Don’t Like Rain will be released in the spring of 2020. Sarah is inspired by the beautiful mountain she lives on, and doesn’t feel a day is complete without a walk in the woods. For further inspiration she dips into her collection of vintage children’s books, including Margaret Wise Brown’s The Little Fur Family, Maurice Sendak’s Nutshell Library, and the Beatrix Potter books. She hopes to create picture books that transport young minds into magical worlds, just as she was as a child. Sarah lives in Vermont with her husband and chocolate lab.
Awards / Honors
- 2022 Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, Best Fruit Books – Blueberry Cake
- 2021 Junior Library Guild Selection, Blueberry Cake
- 2017 Bank Street’s Best Children Books of the Year – Mouse Scouts: Camp Out
- 2015 Kansas State Reading Circle Primary Title, Extraordinary Warren
- 2015 WSRA “Just One More Page!” Pick, Extraordinary Warren
- 2015 WSRA “Just One More Page!” Pick, Extraordinary Warren Saves the Day
- 2014 Junior Library Guild Selection, Extraordinary Warren
- 2010 Gold Award for the National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Storytelling competition – Perfectly Arugula