Rebecca Green

Rebecca Green was born in Owosso, Michigan. She has also lived in Osaka, Nashville, Phoenix, and Denver.{{Cite web |last=Trimble |first=Lynn |title=Rebecca Green Returns to Phoenix to Paint New Mural at The Lodge on Grand Avenue |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/rebecca-green-returns-to-phoenix-to-paint-new-mural-at-the-lodge-on-grand-avenue-6580761 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Phoenix New Times |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2015-11-20 |title=Rebecca Green - Artist Interview |url=https://wowxwow.com/artist-interview/rebecca-green-ai |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=WOW x WOW |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.myblankpaper.com/about-copy |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=Rebecca Green Illustration |language=en-US}} She graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design with a bachelor of fine arts in illustration in 2010.{{Cite web |title=How to Make Friends with a Ghost: Alum s New Book Weaves Offbeat Humor, Quirky Illustrations |url=https://kcad.ferris.edu/news/how-to-make-friends-with-a-ghost-alums-new-book-weaves-offbeat-humor-quirky-illustrations.html |access-date=2023-05-04 |website=kcad.ferris.edu}}

Green was named 21 of 100 creative forces in Phoenix in the Phoenix New Times.{{Cite web |last=Lawton |first=Claire |title=21: Rebecca Green |url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/21-rebecca-green-6563357 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Phoenix New Times |language=en}}

She has illustrated more than one dozen books written by other authors. She has written and illustrated one book, How to Make Friends with a Ghost (Tundra Books, 2017), which the Jim Henson Company began developing for a series in 2021.{{Cite web |title=Ghost book to be developed as stop-motion series by Jim Henson Company |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/rebecca-green-book-be-developed-stop-animation-series-1285741 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}

Green is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.{{Cite web |title=SCBWI {{!}} Public Profile |url=https://www.scbwi.org/members-public/rebecca-green1 |access-date=2023-05-03 |language=en-US}}

Publishers Weekly wrote of Green's illustrations in Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet (Kids Can Press, 2018): "The stylized colored-pencil illustrations from Green offer realistic scenes of Bangladeshi village life in muted hues and portray the closeness of Iqbal’s family"; Kirkus Reviews wrote, "Green's illustrations are earthy and colorful and perfectly capture the soul of the story".

Publishers Weekly called her illustrations in A Year with Mama Earth (Eerdmans, 2019) as "stylized, textural". Kirkus Reviews noted her work in Becoming a Good Creature (HMH Books, 2020) was "visually pleasing illustrations... rendered in a warm, earth-hued palette, and they have an uncomplicated design that effectively complements the story’s wise, authentic narrative".

Kirkus Reviews said Green's work in Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer (Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2020) was "muted, stylized". About the same book, Publishers Weekly said, "mixed media illustrations by Green in dusky pastels provide period atmosphere with fancy costumes, dramatic lighting, and figures that look just a bit like marionettes".

The woodcut and German expressionistic appearance of the illustrations in Kafka and the Doll (Viking, 2021) made an impression on one reviewer. A starred review by Booklist noted, "Green tops off her muted scenes of button-eyed figures in, alternately, autumnal and far-flung settings."

In a starred review for A Bear Far from Home (Anne Schwartz/Random, 2022), Booklist wrote, "Green’s marvelous folk-style illustrations take their cues from medieval artwork, framing scenes with thick, gold borders and flowery flourishes". In another review, her work was noted for "presenting varied human skin tones throughout"; the review continues, "Green’s stylized gouache and pencil renderings complement through their use of ornate, medieval-inspired borders and floral flourishes".

Kirkus Reviews said Green's work in Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers: A Story Inspired by Loujain Alhathloul (minedition, 2022) was "beautifully representational".

Kirkus Reviews commented that her first book as both writer and illustrator, How to Make Friends with a Ghost (Tundra Books, 2017), had "a sophisticated, rather adult aesthetic."

• The Great Hibernation. Written by Tara Dairman. Wendy Lamb/Random, 2017.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/tara-dairman/the-great-hibernation/ |title=The Great Hibernation |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Great-Hibernation-Tara-Dairman/pid=8900021 |title=Great Hibernation by Tara Dairman |publisher=Booklist Online |url-access=subscription}}
• The Unicorn in the Barn. Written by Jacqueline Ogburn. HMH Books, 2017.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jacqueline-ogburn/the-unicorn-in-the-barn/ |title=The Unicorn in the Barn |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Unicorn-in-the-Barn-Jacqueline-K-Ogburn/pid=8523551 |title=Unicorn in the Barn by Jacqueline K. Ogburn |publisher=Booklist Online |url-access=subscription}}
• The Glass Town Game. Written by Catherynne M. Valente. McElderry, 2017.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/catherynne-m-valente/the-glass-town-game/ |title=The Glass Town Game |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}{{Cite web |date= |title=The Glass Town Game by Catherynne M Valente |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781481476966 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/The-Glass-Town-Game-Catherynne-M-Valente/pid=8859030 |title=Glass Town Game by Catherynne M. Valente |publisher=Booklist Online}}
• From Far Away. Written by Robert Munsch & Saoussan Askar. Annick Press, 2017.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/robert-munsch/from-far-away/ |title=From Far Away |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}
• How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals. Written by Sy Montgomery. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sy-montgomery/how-to-be-a-good-creature/ |title=How to Be a Good Creature |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}{{Cite web |date= |title=How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals by Sy Montgomery1 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780544938328 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Publishers Weekly}}
• Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet. Written by Elizabeth Suneby. Kids Can Press, 2018.{{Cite web |date= |title=Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet by Elizabeth Suneby |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781771387200 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/elizabeth-suneby/iqbal-and-his-ingenious-idea/ |title=Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Iqbal-and-His-Ingenious-Idea-How-a-Science-Project-Helps-One-Family-and-the-Planet-By-Elizabeth-Suneby/pid=9328694 |title=Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet, by By Elizabeth Suneby. {{!}} Booklist Online}}{{Cite journal |title=Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea |url=https://www.slj.com/?reviewDetail=iqbal-and-his-ingenious-idea-how-a-science-project-helps-one-family-and-the-planet |journal=School Library Journal}}
• A Year with Mama Earth. Written by Rebecca Grabill. Eerdmans, 2019.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rebecca-grabill/a-year-with-mama-earth/ |title=A Year with Mama Earth |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}{{Cite web |date= |title=A Year With Mama Earth by Rebecca Grabill |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780802855053 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/A-Year-with-Mama-Earth-By-Rebecca-Grabill/pid=9723113 |title=Year with Mama Earth by Rebecca Grabill |publisher=Booklist Online |url-access=subscription}}
• Becoming a Good Creature. Written by Sy Montgomery. HMH Books, 2020.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sy-montgomery/becoming-good-creature/ |title=Becoming a Good Creature |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}
• Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer. Written by Lisa Robinson. Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2020.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lisa-robinson/madame-saqui/ |title=Madame Saqui |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer by Lisa Robinson |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780525579977 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Madame-Saqui-Revolutionary-Rope-Dancer-By-Lisa-Robinson/pid=9729843 |title=Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer by Lisa Robinson |publisher=Booklist Online |url-access=subscription}}
• Kafka and the Doll. Written by Larissa Theule. Viking, 2021.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/larissa-theule/kafka-and-the-doll/ |title=Kafka and the Doll |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/Kafka-and-the-Doll-By-Larissa-Theule/pid=9742582 |title=Kafka and the Doll by Larissa Theule |publisher=Booklist Online}}
• A Bear Far from Home. Written by Susan Fletcher. Anne Schwartz/Random, 2022.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/susan-fletcher/a-bear-far-from-home/ |title=A Bear Far from Home |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}{{Cite web |date= |title=A Bear Far from Home by Susan Fletcher |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780593181898 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Publishers Weekly}}{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/A-Bear-Far-from-Home-By-Susan-Fletcher/pid=9763262 |title=Bear Far from Home by Susan Fletcher |publisher=Booklist Online}}{{Cite web |last=Ritter |first=Cynthia K. |title=Review of A Bear Far from Home |url=https://www.hbook.com/story/review-of-a-bear-far-from-home-nov22 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=The Horn Book}}
• Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers: A Story Inspired by Loujain Alhathloul. Written by Lina Alhathloul and Uma Mishra-Newbery. minedition, 2022.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/lina-al-hathloul/loujain-dreams-of-sunflowers/ |title=Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}{{Cite web |date= |title=Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers: A Story Inspired by Loujain AlHathloul by Uma Mishra-Newbery, Lina Al-Hathloul |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781662650642 |access-date=2023-05-03 |website=Publishers Weekly}}

• How to Make Friends with a Ghost. Tundra Books, 2017.{{Cite book |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/rebecca-green/how-to-make-friends-with-a-ghost/ |title=How to Make Friends with a Ghost |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=http://www.booklistonline.com/How-to-Make-Friends-with-a-Ghost-Rebecca-Green/pid=9050318 |title=How to Make Friends with a Ghost by Rebecca Green |publisher=Booklist Online |url-access=subscription}}

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• [https://www.svslearn.com/3pointperspectiveblog/3pp94 Rebecca Green] on the School of Visual Storytelling Podcast

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