In 1978 Cosgrove sold Serendipity Press to Penguin/Putnam and began focusing on multimedia literature for children. Three months later, Cosgrove established his own publishing company, Serendipity Press, where he was the author, publisher, shipping clerk, and janitor. The next year, a large New York publishing company offered Stephen a contract, but he refused and continued on in his search for a publisher. His goal in writing these books was to create interesting, fun, affordable books that contained a moral in each story. In 1973, Cosgrove teamed with illustrator Robin James, and wrote his first four books which began the Serendipity Series: 'Serendipity', 'Wheedle on the Needle', 'The Dream Tree', and 'The Muffin Muncher'. In 1963, he received a scholarship for and attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. Growing up, Cosgrove was greatly influenced by Aesop’s Fables. He attended Borah High School in Boise, Idaho.

The series was adapted into a 26-episode anime, Serendipity the Pink Dragon.Ĭosgrove was born in Metaline Falls, Washington and raised in Kennewick, Washington, then Burley and Boise, Idaho. He is known for Serendipity, a series of children's books. Cosgrove (born July 26, 1945) is a children's author and toy designer. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.Stephen E. Through the years, she has created a wide variety of artwork from animal portraits to wildlife paintings and has illustrated over 75 children's books, and is published worldwide. She has loved art and animals all her life and has been drawing ever since she could hold a pencil. Robin James is a gifted illustrator and a native of the Pacific Northwest. He is also the winner of multiple Children’s Choice Awards.

Cosgrove has been honored by Idaho State Legislators for career achievement and has won the Coors Lumen Award for family values.

His complete works have sold close to 100 million copies. Since then, he has written more than 300 books, some under his own name and others using pseudonyms, ranging from picture books to young adult thrillers. Teaming with Seattle illustrator Robin James, Cosgrove went on to create four titles that became the foundation of his best-selling Serendipity series, which have sold over 80 million copies worldwide. Consequently, he decided to write his own stories.

Shopping at bookstores for his three-year-old daughter, he was frustrated by the dearth of fun-to-read picture books that also convey positive values. At the time, he was working as vice-president of an investment company. Stephen Cosgrove is one of the best-selling children’s book authors of all time.

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