page_title: Steve Light
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Steve Light / Works
caption_attribution_description: English: Steve Light BookExpo America 2018 at the Javits Convention Center in New York City.
context_page_description: Steve Light is an author and illustrator of children's books and a storyteller. He was born in Staten Island NY. He graduated from the Pratt Institute and then studied with David J. Passalcqua. Light started storytelling while teaching at West Side Montessori in Manhattan. At this time he developed his own storytelling device he calls “storyboxes”. “Steve Light’s Storyboxes” debuted at the New York Toy Fair February 2012 by Guidecraft toys. Light published his first book with Abrams Publishing Puss in Boots and The Shoemaker Extraordinaire.
  Upon graduating from the Pratt Institute, Light worked as an illustrator in the corporate world. He created illustrations for companies such as AT&T, Sony Films, Absolut Vodka and the New York Times Book Review. Light has also designed buttons that were acquired by the Cooper-Hewitt Design Museum.
  He went on to create “Press out and Play” books, a unique building book. Two Hello Kitty and one Uncle Sam books were produced under the “Press out and Play” line.
  In 2003 Light made a Touch-and-Feel book of feelings titled I Am Happy published by Candlewick Press.
context_section_description: Steve Light’s Storyboxes
  Puss in Boots(Harry N. Abrams, 2002) ISBN 978-0-8109-4368-1
  I Am Happy (Candlewick Press, 2003) ISBN 978-0-7636-1753-0
  Press out and Play - Hello Kitty/Uncle Sam https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0810934981
  The Shoemaker Extraordinaire (Harry N. Abrams, 2003) ISBN 978-0-8109-4236-3
  Trucks Go(Chronicle Books, 2008) ISBN 978-0-8118-6542-5
  The Christmas Giant (Candlewick Press, 2010) ISBN 978-0-7636-4692-9
  Trains Go(Chronicle Books, 2012) ISBN 978-0-8118-7942-2
  Zephyr Takes Flight (Candlewick Press, 2012) ISBN 978-0763656959
  Have You Seen My Dragon? (Candlewick Press, 2014) ISBN 978-0763666484
  Have You Seen My Monster? (Candlewick Press, 2014) ISBN 978-0763675134
  Diggers Go (Chronicle Books, 2013) ISBN 978-1452118642
  Planes Go (Chronicle Books 2014) ISBN 978-1452128993
  Boats Go (Chronicle Books 2015) ISBN 978-1452129006
  Cars Go (Chronicle Books 2016) ISBN 978-1452150673
  Swap! (Candlewick Press, 2016) ISBN 978-0763679903
  The Bunny Burrow Buyer’s Book: A Tale of Rabbit Real Estate (POW!, 2016) ISBN 978-1576877524
  Lucky Lazlo (Candlewick Press, 2016) ISBN 978-0763688257
  Have You Seen My Lunchbox? (Candlewick Press, 2017) ISBN 978-0763690687
caption: Light drawing in a fan's book at BookExpo America in 2018
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