LOREN LONG

Picture Book Illustrator & Author

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It's a privilege to create art and stories for children and the adults that read to them.
Take a look around, and be sure to click into the media section for some personal insights into my work.
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Otis!

Get Rolling with Otis!

Books

The Yellow Bus

The Yellow Bus

Never Forget Eleanor

Never Forget Eleanor

Change Sings

Change Sings

Someone Builds the Dream

Someone Builds the Dream

The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas

If I Was the Sunshine

If I Was the Sunshine

Theres a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake

Theres a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake

LOVE

LOVE

Good Day, Good Night

Good Day, Good Night

Otis and the Scarecrow

Otis and the Scarecrow

Little Tree

Little Tree

Otis and the Kittens

Otis and the Kittens

An Otis Christmas

An Otis Christmas

Otis and the Puppy

Otis and the Puppy

Otis and the Tornado

Otis and the Tornado

Of Thee I Sing

Of Thee I Sing

Otis

Otis

Nightsong

Nightsong

Drummer Boy

Drummer Boy

Angela and the Baby Jesus

Angela and the Baby Jesus

Toy Boat

Toy Boat

Wind Flyers

Wind Flyers

The Little Engine That Could

The Little Engine That Could

When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer

When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer

Mr. Peabody’s Apples

Mr. Peabody’s Apples

I Dream of Trains

I Dream of Trains

The Day the Animals Came

The Day the Animals Came

Sluggers Chapter Book Series

Sluggers Chapter Book Series

My Dog, My Hero

My Dog, My Hero

About

About Loren

Loren Long is the author and illustrator of the New York Times bestselling picture books Otis, Otis and the Tornado, Otis and the Puppy, An Otis Christmas, Otis and the Scarecrow and Otis and the Kittens. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling illustrator of President Barack Obama's picture book Of Thee I Sing, Matt de la Pena’s Love, the re-illustrated edition of The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper, and Mr. Peabody's Apples by Madonna. Loren's new edition of Clement C. Moore’s The Night Before Christmas is a modern, more inclusive take on the classic. His most recent works are Someone Builds the Dream by Lisa Wheeler and the much anticipated picture book, Change Sings written by Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman. The Otis series has been developed as an animated television series, Get Rolling With Otis, on Apple TV, which Loren Executive Produced. To learn more, please visit LorenLong.com, @lorenlong or @thelorenlong on IG.

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Archive

Babe Ruth: The Called Shot—Official World Series Program, 2002 - client: Major League Baseball
Eight Ball, Corner Pocket -personal work
Cassius Clay: Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like a Bee - client: Sports Illustrated
The Babe - personal work
Bailey’s Boys - client: Sports Illustrated
Batman (What Mothers Need to Know About Sons) - client: Reader’s Digest
Black Clouds Over Slieve Bernagh - client: Henry Holt
Coney Island (My Mother’s Smile) - client: Reader’s Digest
Flashdance - client: Delta Airlines — Sky Magazine
Frogland - client: Dellas Graphics Calendar
The Heart of the Greyhound — Cincinnati Heart Mini-Marathon Poster - client: Cincinnati Chapter, American Heart Association Gold Medal Winner, Society of Illustrators
Harlem Slow Dance - client: Dellas Graphics Calendar
Charlie Hayden - client: Atlantic Monthly
The Herring Chokers - client: Boy’s Life
Shoeless Joe - client: Holiday Inn Express Navigator Magazine
Miles’ Song — book jacket - client: Houghton Mifflin
1869 Red Stockings - personal work
The Prevailing Human Spirit (9-11) - Included in Society of Illustrators Prevailing Human Spirit Show; Chosen to hang in the lobby of the United Nations Building
Stella’s World - personal work
The Sweet Science - personal work Gold Medal Winner, Society of Illustrators
The Tee Shot - personal work
The Dream - client: Reader’s Digest
Eureka! — Christmas Catalog Cover - client: Land’s End
Wood-Fired American Cuisine — restaraunt mural - client: Marve Cooper & Associates

Contact

Thank you for your interest. Due to my hectic schedule, I am no longer able to answer e-mails. However, you can always send a letter to my mailbox:

Loren Long
P.O. Box 43038
Cincinnati, Ohio 45243

 

Agent

Steven Malk
smalk@writershouse.com

Writers House


School Visits, Book Fairs, Conferences:

Phil Bildner

hello@theauthorvillage.com

https://theauthorvillage.com/