Steve Metzger
Steve Metzger is the award-winning author of many children’s books, including Detective Blue (SLJ starred review) and Pluto Visits Earth (Children’s Choice Book Awards Nominee). The first book in his graphic-novel series, The Bumble Brothers (illustrated by Brian Schatell), was published in Fall 2022. While growing up, he enjoyed being silly, which sometimes got him in trouble at school. Now that he’s a grown-up, he (mostly) keeps out of trouble by writing silly books. Steve lives with his family in New York City.
What was your favorite book as a child?
When I was a young child, I loved The Red Carpet by Rex Parkin. It’s a wild, rhyming read-aloud about a carpet that keeps rolling…and rolling…and rolling all through the town…
Awards and honors:
The Way I Act: (Parenting Press) Winner of the Gold Award in the illustrated children’s book category of Book Design of the Publishers Association of the West; Approved for classroom use by the California Reading Association.
Detective Blue: (Scholastic) Starred Review (SLJ); Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Nominee; IRA-CBC Children’s Choice Nominee: Kansas Bill Martin Jr. Children’s Book Award Nominee; Colorado Children’s Book Nominee.
Pluto Visits Earth!: (Scholastic) ABC Best Books for Children catalog.
Yes, I Can Listen: (Chicago Review Press) Eureka! Honor Award from the California Reading Association.
Bank Street Alumni Association Award
Location:
What cool travel spots would you most highly recommend?
Nothing too exotic here: Jamaica, Venice, Paris, Florence, Yellowstone National Park, and the Grand Canyon.
Published Books:
We’re Going on a Leaf Hunt (Scholastic, 2005)
The Great Turkey Race (Scholastic, 2006)
The Mixed-Up Alphabet (Scholastic, 2007)
Skeleton Meets the Mummy (Scholastic, 2010)
The Way I Act (Parenting Press, 2011)
The Dancing Clock (Tiger Tales, 2011)
Detective Blue (Scholastic, 2011)
The Ice Cream King (Tiger Tales, 2011)
Pluto Visits Earth! (Scholastic, 2012)
The Turkey Train (Scholastic, 2012)
Lincoln and Grace: Why Abraham Lincoln Grew a Beard (Scholastic, 2013)
This Is the House that Monsters Built (Scholastic, 2016)
Toto’s Story (self-published chapter book, 2016)
Princess Kitty (HarperCollins, 2017)
Yes, I Can Listen! (Chicago Review Press, 2019)
Turn Off Your Silly Phone! (Koehler Books, 2020)
Thankful Animals, Thankful Me (Familius, 2022)
The Bumble Brothers: Crazy for Comics! (Reycraft, 2022)
The Bumble Brothers: The Not-So-Secret Clubhouse! (Reycraft, 2023)
The Bumble Brothers: Frabbit: Birth of a Superhero! (Reycraft, 2025)
Forthcoming Books:
Visit Steve at:
www.stevemetzgerbooks.com
www.facebook.com/stevemetzgerbooks
www.twitter.com/SMetzgerbooks
Goodreads: Steve Metzger
Available for School Visits:
My program (PreK – 5th Grade) features:
Award-winning picture books, including The Way I Act, Detective Blue, and Yes, I Can Listen!
Science connections are made with Pluto Visits Earth!
The power of writing is emphasized through Lincoln and Grace: Why Abraham Lincoln Grew a Beard.
The six traits of writing, especially “point of view,” is communicated through Toto’s Story: My Amazing Adventures with Dorothy in Oz.
An engaging PowerPoint presentation: the process of how a picture book is created–from idea to publication.
Published Books
