About

Emma Pedersen

Emma Pedersen is an illustrator and concept artist with a love for visual storytelling and character design. With BFAs from the Ontario College of Art and Design in drawing and painting, and from Sheridan College in illustration, Emma specializes in children’s illustration. Her first picture book is Queenie Quail Can’t Keep Up (2019). Emma lives in Toronto, Ontario, with her partner and a beloved, and smelly, little dog.

Books by Emma Pedersen

Can I Come, Too?

An Adventure with the Grumpy Faces

by (author) Nadia Sammurtok
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

My Visit to Kimmirut

by (author) Monica Ittusardjuat
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

Liitia’s One-Ski

by (author) Jeffrey Kehraj & Kahlan Miron
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

Meeka Loves Nature: Insects

Inuktitut (RO)

by (author) Danny Christopher
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

Sea Snooze

Inuktitut

by (author) Sarabeth Holden
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

Sea Snooze

by (author) Sarabeth Holden
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

My Trip to Pond Inlet

Bilingual English / Inuktitut Edition

by (author) Solomon Awa
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 5 to 7
Grades: k to 2

Meeka Loves Nature: Insects

Bilingual Inuinnaqtun and English Edition

by (author) Danny Christopher
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

The Ugly Place

Bilingual Audiobook

narrator Laura Deal
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 6 to 8
Grades: 1 to 3

A Real Friend

English Edition

by (author) Shawna Thomson
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 9 to 11
Grades: 3 to 5

My Ten Painted Nails

Bilingual Inuktitut and English Edition

by (author) Jennifer Jaypoody
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 0 to 3
Grades: p

A Real Friend

Inuktitut Edition

by (author) Shawna Thomson
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 9 to 11
Grades: 3 to 5

What Can Ataata Fix?

Bilingual Inuktitut and French Edition

by (author) Nadia Sammurtok
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

Benny the Bananasaurus Rex

by (author) Sarabeth Holden
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p

The Ugly Place

by (author) Laura Deal
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 6 to 8
Grades: 1 to 3

I Frown, I Smile, I Laugh

English Edition

by (author) Inhabit Education Books
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

Sad Words

English Edition

by (author) Inhabit Education Books
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

Songs to Make You Smile!

Bilingual Inuktitut and English Edition

by (author) Arvaaq Press
illustrated by Amiel Sandland, Ali Hinch, Sigmundur Thorgeirsson & Emma Pedersen

Ages: 3 to 5
Grades: p to k

Spencer the Siksik Makes a New Friend

Inuktitut Edition

by (author) Nadia Sammurtok & Shawna Thomson
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 6 to 8
Grades: 2

Looking for Friends

Inuinnaqtun Edition

illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 5 to 7
Grades: 1

Sometimes We Need Help

Bilingual Inuktitut and English Edition

by (author) Jessie Hale
illustrated by Emma Pedersen

Ages: 7 to 9
Grades: 2 to 4

A World of Mindfulness

by (author) Erin Alladin
illustrated by Suzanne Del Rizzo, Rebecca Bender, Gabrielle Grimard, Tara Anderson, François Thisdale, Scot Ritchie, Miki Sato, Tamara Campeau, Emma Pedersen, Carmen Mok, Aino Anto, Sue Macartney, Amélie Dubois & Andrea Blinick

Resources: Resources
Ages: 3 to 6
Grades: p to 1