MIKE CICCOTELLO is the author-illustrator of the picture books TWINS, BEACH TOYS VS. SCHOOL SUPPLIES, the forthcoming LEONARD BUILDS A HAUNTED HOUSE and LEONARD GROWS A HAUNTED GARDEN (FSG/Macmillan). He is also the illustrator of Bridget Heos’s TREEMENDOUS and her SCIENCE BUDDIES series (Crown/Penguin Random House), as well as CROC & GATOR, a chapter-book written by Lisa Katzenberger (Pixel+Ink). Mike is the host of DRAW WITH MR. MIKE, a drawing show for children, and he is also a member of SCBWI and the Rutgers University Council on Children’s Literature (RUCCL). He lives with his wife and twin boys in New Jersey.
For book related queries, please contact Mike’s literary agent, Rachel Orr at rko(a)prospectagency.com.
For school visits or organization events, please contact Mike’s booking agent, Allyson Hickey by clicking here.
Honors
2025 – Blue Hen Award, I’M A VOLCANO
2023 – Bill Martin Jr. Picture Book Award, BEACH TOYS VS. SCHOOL SUPPLIES
2021 RUCCL – Success Story Speaker
2019 3X3 – International Picture Book Show No.16, Honorable Mention
2018 NJ SCBWI – Annual Juried Art Show, 1st Place Published
2018 3X3 – International Picture Book Show No.15, Honorable Mention
2018 SCBWI – Bologna Book Fair Exhibition, Finalist
2017 NJ SCBWI – Annual Juried Art Show, Members’ Choice Award
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