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The Yellow Bus

Never Forget Eleanor

Change Sings

Someone Builds the Dream

The Night Before Christmas

If I Was the Sunshine

Theres a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake

LOVE

Good Day, Good Night

Otis and the Scarecrow

Little Tree

An Otis Christmas

Otis and the Kittens

Otis and the Puppy

Otis and the Tornado

Of Thee I Sing

Otis

Nightsong

Drummer Boy

Angela and the Baby Jesus

Toy Boat

Wind Flyers

The Little Engine That Could

When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer

Mr. Peabody’s Apples

I Dream of Trains

The Day the Animals Came

Sluggers Chapter Book Series

My Dog, My Hero

About

About Loren Loren Long, a lifelong Midwesterner, grew up loving to draw and paint. His instantly recognizable and nostalgic style is grounded in American Regionalism, an art movement from the 1930s. After earning a BA from University of Kentucky and attending the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Loren began freelancing in editorial illustration, and his work appeared in such outlets as Time Magazine, Forbes, Atlantic Monthly, Readers Digest, and Sports Illustrated. In 2003, Loren illustrated his first picture book, I Dream of Trains by Angela Johnson. He fell in love with visual storytelling for children, and he’s been making picture books ever since. His catalog of nearly 30 picture books includes titles by the singer Madonna (Mr. Peabody’s Apples), the writer Frank McCourt (Angela and the Baby Jesus), the inaugural poet Amanda Gorman (Change Sings), Newbery-award winner Matt de la Peña (Love and the forthcoming Home), and President Barack Obama (Of Thee I Sing), among others. He’s also written and illustrated his own stories, including the six titles in the bestselling Otis series, which was later adapted into an animated television series with Apple TV+, which he executive produced. His most recent book is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling The Yellow Bus. Thirteen of Loren’s books have appeared on the NYT bestseller list and a retrospective show of his work was mounted by the National Center of Children’s Illustrated Literature in 2021. Loren lives in Cincinnati, where he and his wife have raised two sons and four dogs, including their current rescue dog, Charlie. He serves on the board of literacy nonprofit Queen City Book Bank, whose headquarters feature a mural of his art.