Children's book Illustrator

Poly Bernatene

Biography

Poly Bernatene was born in 1972 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and has been drawing ever since. He graduated from Buenos Aires’s art school, where he developed a great interest in managing different techniques in his work, which has always been based on experimentation and diversity. Poly’s work is constantly changing and developing as he looked for new ways to tell stories. He has worked in advertisement, animation, and comics. During the last fifteen years, he established an exciting career as a professional illustrator, having published more than sixty children’s books in eleven countries.

The Bookshop Girl
Skyfishing
Still Life
The Strangers
The Adventures of Lettie Peppercorn
The Dead Family Diaz
The Second Spy
Ribbit!
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The Bookshop Girl
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · January 1, 2018

The Bookshop Girl

By Poly Bernatene · With Sylvia Bishop

A girl who can't read must save her family from losing a magical bookstore.

144 pages· 20,940 words· Est. 3 hour read
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The Shadows

Chapter Book · Ages 10–12 · 2010

A girl discovers a sinister world within paintings, facing a dark power that threatens her new home.

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Spellbound

Chapter Book · Ages 10–12 · 2011

A spellbook may free Morton from Elsewhere, but it might find Olive first.

The Strangers

Chapter Book · Ages 10–12 · 2013

On Halloween, Olive faces strangers and lost secrets. Can she trust new magic or old foes?

Ribbit!

Picture Book · Ages 2–5 · 2012

A pig surprises frogs by saying 'RIBBIT!' What does he want?

The Princess and the Pig

Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2011

A princess and a piglet swap lives, sparking a fairy tale twist.

The Second Spy

Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2012

A hidden secret threatens to trap Olive in a mysterious world forever.

At a glance

Book Stats

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Authored

13

Illustrated

8

Collaborators

Picture books

5

Chapter books

7

Board books

1

Publishing timeline

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All Poly Bernatene Books

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The Bookshop Girl

Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2018

A girl who can't read must save her family from losing a magical bookstore.

Skyfishing

Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2017

A girl and her grandpa catch imaginary fish from their city window.

Still Life

Chapter Book · Ages 10–12 · 2014

A hidden threat emerges, forcing Olive to confront dark secrets and save her world from destruction.

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$858

The Strangers

Chapter Book · Ages 10–12 · 2013

On Halloween, Olive faces strangers and lost secrets. Can she trust new magic or old foes?

The Adventures of Lettie Peppercorn

Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2012

A mysterious alchemist offers a girl the key to her family's secrets and a chance to change the world.

The Dead Family Diaz

Picture Book · Ages 4–6 · 2012

A skeleton boy fears the living until a surprising friendship changes everything.

Sale price
$858

The Second Spy

Chapter Book · Ages 9–12 · 2012

A hidden secret threatens to trap Olive in a mysterious world forever.

Ribbit!
Sale price
$1597

Ribbit!

Picture Book · Ages 2–5 · 2012

A pig surprises frogs by saying 'RIBBIT!' What does he want?

The Princess and the Pig
Sale price
$1797

The Princess and the Pig

Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2011

A princess and a piglet swap lives, sparking a fairy tale twist.

Sale price
$858

Spellbound

Chapter Book · Ages 10–12 · 2011

A spellbook may free Morton from Elsewhere, but it might find Olive first.

Sale price
$858

The Shadows

Chapter Book · Ages 10–12 · 2010

A girl discovers a sinister world within paintings, facing a dark power that threatens her new home.

The Santa Trap

Picture Book · Ages 6–9 · 2009

A spoiled boy tries to catch Santa Claus to get the presents he wants.

The Tickle Tree

Board Book · Ages 2–4 · 2008

Children embark on a whimsical journey through a land of tickle trees and luminous frinks.

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Collaborators

The authors and illustrators who share the credits across Poly Bernatene's books.

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Jacqueline West

Author / 5 shared books

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