Zelinsky is the illustrator of Anne Isaac's Dust Devil and the creator of The Wheels on the Bus, a now-classic interactive book. His Rapunzel rendition won the Caldecott Medal in 1998. Paul received Caldecott Honors for Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel and Gretel, and Swamp Angel, all written by different authors. Paul O. has been in business since 1991. In northern Brooklyn, New York, Zelinsky has shared an apartment with his wife Deborah.