Brian Lies
Brian Lies is the author/illustrator of over 30 children’s books, including his NY Times best-selling bat series (Bats at the Beach, etc.), his 2019 Caldecott Honor-winning The Rough Patch, and 2025’s Cat Nap. His work in book and editorial illustration has won many awards, and he is acclaimed as a visiting author, working with elementary schools throughout the United States.
He was the featured artist at the 2023 Abilene CALF Festival (www.abileneCALF.org). A graduate of Brown University, Brian lives with his family and two cats in Duxbury, Massachusetts, where he works, tends a large vegetable garden, and enjoys reading, cooking, and woodworking.
Diffy
Cat Nap
Little Bat / Up All Night
Little Bat in Night School
Got to Get to Bear’s!
The Rough Patch
Gator Dad
Bats in the Band
Bats at the Ballgame
Bats at the Library
Bats at the Beach
Hamlet and the Magnificent Sandcastle
Hamlet and the Enormous Chinese Dragon Kite
Mega Mammals! by Melissa Stewart
Meet the Mini Mammals! by Melissa Stewart
Wombat Said Come In by Carmen Agra Deedy
Malcolm Under the Stars by W.H. Beck
Malcolm at Midnight by W.H. Beck
MORE by I.C. Springman
Deep in the Swamp by Donna M. Bateman
Finklehopper Frog Cheers by Irene Livingston
Lucky Duck by Ellen Weiss
Spy Hops and Belly Flops: Curious Behaviors of Woodland Animals by Lynda Graham-Barber
Popcorn by Elaine Landau
See the Yak Yak by Charles Ghigna
Where Are the Bears? by Kay Winters
The Midnight Fridge by Bruce Glassman
Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Missing Schoolhouse by Eth Clifford
Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Bashful Beaver by Eth Clifford
The Poet’s Pen by Betty Bonham Lies
Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Missing Whoooo by Eth Clifford
Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Nosy Otter by Eth Clifford
George and the Dragon Word by Dianne Snyder
Flatfoot Fox and the Case of the Missing Eye by Eth Clifford
