Kate Berube (Bear uh bee) grew up wanting to be an artist in a cow-filled Connecticut town. She earned her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Like so many artists, Kate's career trajectory wasn't a straight line - she's been a nanny, a tax preparer in Massachusetts, a scenic painter in NYC, a decorative painter in Chicago, and a bookseller in Portland.

Kate's debut picture book as an author and illustrator is HANNAH AND SUGAR, published by Abrams Books For Young Readers. Kate illustrated THE SUMMER NICK TAUGHT HIS CATS TO READ, by Curtis Manley - to be published July 2016 by Simon & Schuster's Paula Wiseman Books. Kate now lives in Portland, Oregon.

Visit her website at www.kateberube.com and her blog at www.kateberube.blogspot.com.

Books by Kate Berube

The Summer Nick Taught His Cats to Read

Written by Curtis Manly with illustrations by Kate Berube - Children's 4-8, Fiction, Picture