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Cecelia Carolina Bell [1 ] (born December 26, 1970, in Richmond, Virginia ) is an American author, cartoonist, and illustrator. Most well known for her graphic novel El Deafo , Bell's work has appeared in The Atlantic , Vegetarian Times , Newsweek , the Los Angeles Times , Working Woman , Esquire and many other publications.
Biography
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Bell suffered hearing loss as a child due to a case of meningitis . As a result, she had to get used to using bulky and prominent hearing devices around her school-age peers.
Bell attended the Paier College of Art as an art major and went on to get a graduate degree in illustration and design at Kent State University in 1991. She became a freelance commercial artist, illustrator, and designer for an array of projects before beginning her career as a full-time author-illustrator.
Career
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El Deafo
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El Deafo is based on Bell's own childhood. She wanted there to be a handbook for hearing people so they knew how to understand and communicate with deaf people without being disrespectful. The project eventually evolved into a graphic novel where children who were deaf could see themselves positively represented in a book.
Bell uses the imagery of everyone illustrated as rabbits as a visual metaphor. When she was growing up, she felt like she was the only "rabbit" whose ears didn't work, in doing so she shows being deaf as a power. She also shows and talks about how being deaf isn't something negative.[2 ]
The title of the graphic novel comes from the idea that Cece feels powerful like a superhero with the assistance of her Phonic Ear , the hearing aid she uses in order to hear her teachers at school.[3 ]
Personal life
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Awards and honors
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Bell won the Newbery Medal Honor[5 ] and Eisner Award [6 ] for El Deafo .
Five of Bell's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Sock Monkey Rides Again (2007),[7 ] El Deafo (2014),[8 ] Rabbit & Robot and Ribbit (2016),[9 ] Smell My Foot!: Chick and Brain (2019),[10 ] and Egg or Eyeball? (2020),[11 ]
In 2014, El Deafo was named one of the best books of the year by The Horn Book Magazine ,[12 ] Kirkus Reviews ,[13 ] the Los Angeles Public Library ,[8 ] Publishers Weekly , and School Library Journal .[8 ] It was also a New York Times Notable Children’s Book.[8 ]
In 2019, Smell My Foot! was named one of the best books of the year by the Chicago Public Library and School Library Journal .[10 ]
Publications
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As author and illustrator
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Standalone books
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Busy Buddies: Silly Stuff That Goes Together (2006, Candlewick Press, ISBN 978-0-7636-2776-8 )
Food Friends: Fun Foods That Go Together (2006, Candlewick Press, ISBN 978-0-7636-2777-5 )
Bee-Wigged (2008, Candlewick Press, ISBN 978-0-7636-3614-2 )
Itty Bitty (2009, Candlewick Press, ISBN 978-0-7636-3616-6 )
El Deafo (2014, Harry N. Abrams , ISBN 978-1-4197-1020-9 )
I Yam a Donkey! (2015, Clarion Books , ISBN 978-0-5440-8720-0 )
Chuck and Woodchuck (2016, Candlewick Press, ISBN 978-0-7636-7524-0 )
You Loves Ewe! (2019, Clarion Books, ISBN 978-1-3285-2611-3 )
Sock Monkey trilogy (2003-2006)
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Sock Monkey Goes To Hollywood: A Star Is Bathed (2003, Candlewick Press , ISBN 978-0-7445-9850-6 )
Sock Monkey Boogie Woogie: A Friend Is Made (2004, Candlewick Press, ISBN 978-0-7636-2392-0 )
Sock Monkey Rides Again (2006, Candlewick Press, ISBN 978-0-7636-3089-8 )
Rabbit & Robot duo (2012-2016)
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The Sleepover (2012, Candlewick Press , ISBN 978-0-7636-7935-4 )
Rabbit and Robot and Ribbit (2016, Candlewick Press, ISBN 978-0-7636-7935-4 )
Inspector Flytrap trilogy (2016-2017)
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Inspector Flytrap with Tom Angleberger (2016, Amulet Books , ISBN 978-1-4197-0948-7 )
Inspector Flytrap in The President’s Mane Is Missing with Tom Angleberger (2016, Harry N. Abrams , ISBN 978-1-4197-0955-5 )
Inspector Flytrap in The Goat Who Chewed Too Much with Tom Angleberger (2017, Harry N. Abrams, ISBN 978-1-4197-0956-2 )
Chick and Brain duo (2019-2020)
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Smell My Foot! (2019, Candlewick Press , ISBN 978-0-7636-7936-1 )
Egg or Eyeball? (2020, Candlewick Press, ISBN 978-1-5362-0439-1 )
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As illustrator
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References
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^ NPR Staf "'El Deafo': How A Girl Turned Her Deafness Into A Superpower" Archived March 10, 2018, at the Wayback Machine "All Things Considered", December 14, 2014
^ Hilboldt Allport, Brandy (March 21, 2013). "Read All About It: Author in orbit again with winsome activity book" . The Florida Times-Union . Retrieved April 15, 2013 .
^ a b Communications and Marketing Office (February 6, 2015). "American Library Association announces 2015 youth media award winners" . American Library Association . Archived from the original on November 28, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ a b "2010-Present" . Comic-Con International: San Diego . December 2, 2012. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ "Sock Monkey Rides Again by Cece Bell" . Junior Library Guild . Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ a b c d "El Deafo by Cece Bell" . Junior Library Guild . Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ "Rabbit & Robot and Ribbit by Cece Bell" . Junior Library Guild . Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ a b "Smell My Foot!: Chick and Brain by Cece Bell" . Junior Library Guild . Archived from the original on August 9, 2020. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ "Egg or Eyeball?: Chick and Brain by Cece Bell" . Junior Library Guild . Archived from the original on November 30, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ "Horn Book Fanfare 1938 to present" . The Horn Book . Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ a b "El Deafo" . Kirkus Reviews . July 22, 2014. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023. Retrieved April 2, 2023 .
^ "2012 Cybils Finalists" . Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved March 23, 2023 .
^ "Awards: NAIBA Books of the Year" . Shelf Awareness . August 5, 2015. Archived from the original on October 21, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ a b "(Theodore Seuss) Geisel Award Winners & Honor Books, 2006 – present" (PDF) . Association for Library Service to Children . Archived (PDF) from the original on November 10, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2018 .
^ "2014 Cybils Winners" . Archived from the original on March 24, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023 .
^ "El Deafo" . Goodreads . Archived from the original on April 3, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ "Awards: Thurber; Maine Readers' Choice; Kirkus Prize" . Shelf Awareness . October 1, 2014. Archived from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ "Awards: Hellenic Winners; Guardian Children's Fiction" . Shelf Awareness . July 15, 2015. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ "David Almond Wins Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2015" . Publishers Weekly . November 19, 2015. Archived from the original on August 15, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ "NCTE Charlotte Huck Award® Outstanding Fiction for Children Winner List" (PDF) . National Council of Teachers of English . Archived (PDF) from the original on April 3, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ "Children's Choice Book Award Finalists Announced" . Publishers Weekly . February 19, 2015. Archived from the original on November 11, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ Asselin, Janelle (May 22, 2015). "2015 Eisner Award Nominations Announced" . ComicsAlliance . Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ "Meet Our Previous Winners" . The Judy Lopez Memorial Award . Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ "El Deafo | Awards & Grants" . American Library Association . April 12, 2015. Archived from the original on December 6, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2023 .
^ "2016 Cybils Finalists" . Children's and Young Adult Book Lover's Literary Awards . Archived from the original on November 5, 2022. Retrieved March 25, 2023 .
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