When Patrick Girouard was growing up his teachers constantly scolded him for drawing monsters, robots and aliens during class. Many years later he illustrated his first book, 'Halloween Holiday Grab Bag', and put those hours of practice to good use. Since then he has illustrated over one hundred books for children. They include 'Yikes- Lice!', winner of Science Books and Films Best Books, and 'I Have a Weird Brother Who Digested a Fly', a Society of School Librarians rnInternational Honor Book. Patrick's clients include Sesame Street Magazine, National Geographic World, Kid City, Spider, Weekly Reader, USA Today and Click. His work can be found on greeting cards, games, toys, puzzles, odd scraps of paper, the margins of newspapers, and his Mom's refrigerator door. Patrick loves coffee and hates writing about himself in the third person. For information on school visits please contact Patrick directly via e-mail at patrick@pgirouard.com.