His father joined the United States Navy and the family moved around the country, including Florida, Texas, Illinois, California, Virginia, and South Carolina.

He attended Clemson University in South Carolina taking the required science classes and various art courses to build up his portfolio.

There, he met children’s book author Robert Sabuda doing volunteer work together for a local community center.

Reinhart is the co-creator with Sabuda of the New York Times best-selling three-volume pop-up series Encyclopedia Prehistorica.

The team’s latest pop-up series is Encyclopedia Mythologica which leads off with Fairies and Magical Creatures (Candlewick, 2008).