About
Paulette Bogan fell in love with art during a family outbreak of chicken pox when her mother handed Paulette and her siblings paintbrushes and encouraged them to paint a mural on the playroom wall. For Paulette, this was the start of her artistic career.
Paulette is the author and illustrator of over a dozen books for young readers, including Bossy Flossy, Virgil & Owen, and Virgil & Owen Stick Together. Her book, Lulu the Big Little Chick, was awarded the CBC Children's Choice Book Award. Virgil & Owen was chosen as one of Bank Street College's Best Children's Books of the Year, Under Five. Chicks and Salsa, written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Paulette, was featured on the PBS Children's Show: Between the Lions.
Watch for The Lots of Time Machine coming out in July 2024!
Paulette has been an illustrator for forty years and has illustrated for many publications, including The New York Times, Business Week, Scholastic Magazines, Publishers Weekly, and many others. She also taught illustration concepts at Parsons School of Design, her alma mater. Paulette is known for her lively presentations in schools and bookstores that thoroughly engage children. AND she can draw the fastest chicken in New York City!
Two Lions
The Lots-Of-Time Machine coming out 7.2.2024
The Collective Book Studio
The Unsinkable Gus Davis
Holt BFYR
Bossy Flossy
Bloomsbury Kids Books
Virgil & Owen
Virgil & Owen Stick Together
Lulu The Big Little Chick
Chicks and Salsa (illustrator)
Buffalo Wings (illustrator)
Momma's Magical Purse
Goodnight Lulu
Putnam BFYR
Spike in Trouble
Spike in the Kennel
Spike in the City
Spike
Featured Work
The Lots-of-Time Machine
Fifi the raccoon is trying desperately to get her family to play with her. But everyone is too busy, busy, busy! What’s a girl to do? Together with her dog, Felix, Fifi comes up with an idea―one that will bring them all together and give them lots of time to play: it’s a lots-of-time machine! But what happens when Fifi’s brilliant idea doesn’t go quite as planned? Can Fifi and her family find a way to be busy…together? Find out in this endearing and relatable family story.
Other Works
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The Unsinkable Gus Davis written by Laurie Trumble Davis
2023
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Bossy Flossy
2016
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Virgil & Owen Stick Together
2016
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Virgil & Owen
2015
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Lulu The Big Little Chick
2009
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Buffalo Wings written by Aaron Reynolds
2009
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Chicks and Salsa written by Aaron Reynolds
2007
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Momma's Magical Purse
2004
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Goodnight Lulu
2003
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Spike in Trouble
2003
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Spike in the City
2002
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Spike in the Kennel
2001
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Spike
1998
Awards and Recognition
- Lulu The Big Little Chick Bloomsbury 2009 2010 CBC, Children’s Choice Book Award: K to 2nd Grade Book of the Year Won the Children's Book category at the London Book Festival 2011 Honorable Mention at the New England Book Festival 2011 Honorable Mention at the New York Book Festival 2012
- Virgil & Owen was chosen as one of Bank Street College's Best Children's Books of the Year, Under Five, Mom’s Choice Award 2016 Gold Medal
- Chicks and Salsa, written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Paulette, was featured on the PBS Children's Show: Between the Lions 2009 First Place “Golden Camera Award”, A 2005 BookSense Pick
- Virgil & Owen Stick Together Mom’s Choice Award 2016 Gold Medal
- Goodnight Lulu Bloomsbury 2003 A Children’s Book of the Month Main Selection Brought to life on stage at the Sunset Playhouse in Milwaukee
- Spike In The Kennel Putnam 2002 IRA-CBC Children’s Choice Award
- Spike In The City Putnam 2001 CBC Children’s Choice Award Society Of illustrators Children’s Book original Art Show
