Kathryn Otoshi
The Power of Literacy - Counting Together!
Kathryn Otoshi is a children's book author and illustrator living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to this, Otoshi worked at George Lucas. Industrial Light & Magic (Star Wars) as the Graphic Design & Multimedia Art Director. Her book, One, winner of 15 awards, including the E.B. White Read Aloud Honor Book and the Teacher's Choice Award, is an anti-bullying book which introduces colors, numbers, and counting while playing on larger themes of acceptance, tolerance, and the power of one voice. Her newest book, Zero, is about finding value in ourselves and in others. Otoshi's other books include What Emily Saw, Simon & the Sock Monster, Marcello the Movie Mouse, The Saddest Little Robot, and Maneki Neko: the Tale of the Beckoning Cat.

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