Author/Illustrator Spotlight : Zachariah O’Hora

April 13, 2018

Zacharia O’Hora is the illustrator of the New York Times best seller Wolfie the Bunny. His debut as an author, Stop Snoring Bernard! won the 2011 Society of Illustrators Founders Award and was the 2012 State of PA Dept of Ed One book. His follow up, Not Fits Nilson! was named the Huffington Post Best Children’s Book of 2013, a Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2013, a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing and was given the PALA Carolyn W. Field Award. His book My Cousin Momo! was named by the Boston Globe a Best Picture Book of 2015 and was a Junior Library Guild Selection. His latest book The Not So Quiet Library hits shelves July 19th. He lives and works in Narberth, PA with his wife, two sons and two cats. Check out his website here.

O’Hora has a bright, bold style that livens up any book he illustrates. Books he’s written are imaginative, fun and funny. He lives local and incorporates some town-scenes inspired by the borough as well as small nods to his Philadelphia-based author-illustrator friend Greg Pizzoli.

O’Hora is the featured author for 2018’s One Book Every Young Child. He will tour around the state promoting literacy to the youngest readers as well as…

…be AT THE RADNOR MEMORIAL LIBRARY! Come see him April 24 at 2:00PM! Register here!

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