Don Brown

Don Brown (born 1949) is an American author and illustrator of children's books. Awards and honors Sixteen of Brown's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Kid Blink Beats the World (2004), The Good Lion (2005), Bright Path (2006), Teedie (2009), A Wizard from the Start (2010), Gold! Gold from the American River! (2011), Henry and the Cannons (2013), The Great American Dust Bowl (2014), He has Shot the President! (2014), Drowned City (2015),Aaron and Alexander (2016), The Unwanted (2018), Up and Down (2018), Rocket to the Moon (2019), Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 (2020), and In the Shadow of the Fallen Towers (2021). Many of Brown's books have also been included on lists of the best books of the year. In 2013, Henry and the Cannons was included on School Library Journal's list of the best nonfiction books of the year, and The Great American Dust Bowl was included on lists of the best books of year by Kirkus Reviews and Horn Book. In 2015, Aaron and Alexander was included on School Library Journal's list of the best books of year. Additionally, Drowned City was included on lists of the best books of the year by Booklist, Chicago Public Library, Horn Book Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, New York Public Library, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal. In 2018, Unwanted was included on lists of the best books of the year by Horn Book Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, the New York Public Library, and Shelf Awareness. In 2019, Rocket to the Moon was on Kirkus Reviews's best books of the year. Publications