Special Storytime: Robin Preiss Glasser and Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman

Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman is the author of several books for children, including the award-winning You Can’t Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum and its sequels created with her sister Robin Preiss Glasser of Fancy Nancy fame, and the critically acclaimed Superhero Joe books, illustrated by Ron Barrett. Her most recent books are Gloria’s Promise: A Ballet Dancer’s First Steps, and Flower Girls: A Story of Sisters, both co-authored with her sister Robin. Jacqueline lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, NY with her husband, writer Larry Weitzman.

Robin Preiss Glasser has had two careers, the first as a professional ballet dancer and the second as a children’s book illustrator. With over 100 books to her credit, and winner of the Children’s Book Council’s “Illustrator of the Year Award” in 2013, Robin is best known as the illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series. Robin’s most recent books are The Verts, written by international best-selling novelist Ann Patchett, and Flower Girls, which she co-authored with her sister, Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman. Find Robin on Instagram @robinglasser.