Parker Curry

Parker Curry is a New York Times bestselling child author best known for coauthoring the picture book Parker Looks Up with her mother, Jessica Curry, inspired by a viral photograph of her gazing in awe at Michelle Obama’s official portrait. That book’s success led to an ongoing series of early-reader titles about Parker’s everyday adventures, including Level 1 Ready-to-Read books such as Parker Dresses Up and Parker Grows a Garden, created with Jessica Curry as part of the “A Parker Curry Book” collection.

As described in publisher and retailer materials, Curry is portrayed as a dynamic, curious young mind with a love of ballet, art, fashion, and inspiring others, and as a voracious learner who enjoys sewing, writing, mathematics, and reading. Her collaborative body of work with Jessica Curry now includes multiple Parker-themed titles and boxed sets for beginning readers, all growing out of that original extraordinary museum moment with Michelle Obama’s portrait.