| Veronika Martenova Charles, born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, was a popular teenage pop recording artist in eastern Europe before settling in Toronto and becoming an author and illustrator of children's books. Since 1991, she has been writing and illustrating children's books full-time.
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Don't Eat That!. Tundra Books, 2008
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Don't Enter The House!. Tundra Books, 2008
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Don't Forget!. Tundra Books, 2008
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Don't Talk To Strangers!. Tundra Books, 2008
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Don't Touch That!. Tundra Books, 2008
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Don't Open The Door!. Tundra, 2007
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Don't Go Into The Forest!. Tundra, 2007
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Don't Go Near The Water!. Tundra, 2007
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Don't Go In There!. Tundra, 2007
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Don't Walk Alone At Night!. Tundra, 2007
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The Birdman. Tundra, 2006
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Maiden of the Mist (A Legend of Niagara Falls). Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2003
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Necklace of Stars. Toronto: Stoddart, 1996.
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Stretch, Swallow & Stare. Stoddart Kids, 1996
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Hey! What's That Sound?. Toronto: Stoddart, 1994.
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The Crane Girl. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1992; New York: Orchard Books, 1992.
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| Finalist, ASPCAA Henry Bergh Children's Book Award for The Birdman, 2007
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| Finalist, Governor General's Literary Prize (Illustration Category) for The Birdman, 2006
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| Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" Award for Maiden of the Mist (A Legend of Niagara Falls), 2002
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| Honour Title, Storytelling World Award, for Maiden of the Mist (A Legend of Niagara Falls), 2002
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| Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" Award for Don't Open the Door!, 2001
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| Best Picture Books, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for Stretch, Swallow & Stare, 1999
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| Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" Award for Necklace of Stars, 1998
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| Canadian Children's Book Centre "Our Choice" Award for Hey! What's That Sound?, 1995.
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| Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College, New York City for The Crane Girl, 1994.
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| Finalist, Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrators Award for The Crane Girl, 1993.
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