Nancy Sippel Carpenter is an American illustrator of children's picture books.
Carpenter's mother was an art teacher.
[1] Carpenter worked as a graphic reporter for Associated Press and illustrator for the New York Times.
[2][3] She has published dozens of children's picture books with authors such as Anna Quindlen, Karen Hesse, and Jane Yolen.
[4][5][6] Carpenter's books have won several awards, including: for Sitti's Secrets (Four Winds Press, 1994), a Notable Children's Books designation from the American Library Association (ALA) and Jane Addams Children's Book Award; for Apples to Oregon (Atheneum, 2004), a Golden Kite Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and ALA Notable Children's Books designation; for Emma Dilemma (Clarion Books, 2011), an ALA Notable Children's Books designation; and for Queen Victoria's Bathing Machine (Simon & Schuster, 2014), an ALA Notable Children's Books designation.