Karen Ackerman

Song and Dance Man (1988) Karen Ackerman (born October 10, 1951, Cincinnati, Ohio)[1] is an American author of children's books.

She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and she graduated from Woodward High School in 1969.

Her picture-book Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell, won the 1989 Caldecott Medal.

[3] The book was adapted into a children's theater production at the Sunset Playhouse in Elm Grove, Wisconsin in 2019.

[4] Caldecott Medal, 1989, for the book Song and Dance Man, illustrated by Stephen Gammell, Knopf, 1988[5]