Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited

Susan Stockdale has written and illustrated a number of children's picture books, including Stripes of All Types, Bring On the Birds, Fabulous Fishes, and Carry Me. Her books celebrate nature with exuberance and charm and have won awards from the American Library Association, Parents' Choice, and the National Science Teachers Association. Stockdale lives in Maryland and speaks frequently at schools and conferences.

"A lovely, interactive exploration of stripes and a good introduction to some new animals." —Kirkus Reviews
"This engaging introduction to patterns in nature is a visual delight." —School Library Journal
"This attractive picture book, one of the few to focus on stripes in nature, offers images that a motivated teacher could use for discussion." —Booklist online
"Bouncy, alliterative rhyme and gorgeous illustrations." —Children's Book Council
"This science concept book is appropriate for early readers not only to look at the stripes themselves but how patterns work in nature as well. Placed in their natural habitats, Stockdale has created captivating illustrations." —Reading Today Online
"Stockdale pairs precise acrylic illustrations with equally tidy verse to depict 19 striped animals...Appended pages discuss the ways stripes benefit each creature and also provide a guessing game for readers to match stripes with their respective animals." —Publishers Weekly
"In Susan Stockdale's Stripes of All Types, simple, rhyming text with just a few descriptive words on every page converge into a satisfying twist that the very young can discover and enjoy... The simplicity and boldness with which the animals are depicted make this an excellent nature book." —Parents' Choice
"This engaging, educational book should prove as popular as her other nonfiction titles Bring on the Birds and Fabulous Fishes." —Washington Parent
"Carefully crafted illustrations and lyrical text." —PBS Reading Rockets
"Stockdale's swathes of blocky color are one of the most attractive things about her books. They're definite enough to identify the different animals, but still have a unique, stylized look. Her style is especially suited to patterns, like stripes! It's hard to decide on a favorite picture." —Jean Little Library blog
"Stockdale, inspired by research as well as her own life experience growing up in Florida, creates colorful, vivid picture books about animals and their habitats. Her passion for her work came through easily as she shared her experience of researching, writing and illustrating Stripes of All Types using an equally lively, inspiring manner with the students. In her latest book, she brings to life a patterned parade of animals, showing young readers some of the many reasons stripes are found so often in nature." —Princeton Patch online
"Throughout this book, readers will find bold bright artwork paired with a lyrical rhyming text that is rich with expressive words. At the back of the book the author provides her readers with further information about the nineteen animal species mentioned in the book." —Through the Looking Glass blog

"There is so much to learn and kids will eat up all the information, unaware they have just devoured a lesson on wild animals. What I really liked is the information packed in after the poetic lesson on striped animals." —Kid Lit Reviews blog
"This visually stunning picture book...incorporates art, poetry and science all into one highly attractive package." —Growing with Science blog
"A versatile, informative book that has the additional value of being graphically beautiful." —Children's Literature