Brenda Clark
She was born in Toronto and studied illustration at Sheridan College. She now lives in Port Hope. Several books in the Franklin series have received awards from the Canadian Children's Book Centre.
Brenda Clark
- Name
- Brenda Clark
- Born
- 10 February 1955
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Education
- Sheridan College
- Occupation
- Illustrator
- Nationality
- Canada.
- Honours
- Member of the Order of Canada.
- Languages
- English.
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She was born in Toronto and studied illustration at Sheridan College. She now lives in Port Hope. Several books in the Franklin series have received awards from the Canadian Children's Book Centre.
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Brenda Clark (born 1955) is a children's writer, illustrator and writer, of Canadian nationality. The children's writer was educated at Sheridan College.
Languages used include English. Honours include Member of the Order of Canada.
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An animated television series Franklin based on the Franklin the Turtle books appeared on Canadian and American television. Canada Post issued a stamp featuring Franklin the Turtle in 2012. A second television series Franklin and Friends appeared in more than fifteen countries. Clark was named to the Order of Canada in 2014.
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• Name — Brenda Clark • Born — 10 February 1955 • Birthplace — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Education — Sheridan College • Occupation — Illustrator
Selected work
Selected work
• Sadie and the Snowman (1985), text by Allen Morgan • Franklin in the Dark (1986), text by Paulette Bourgeois • Big Sarah's Little Boots (1987), text by Paulette Bourgeois • Little Fingerling (1989), text by Monica Hughes, received a book award from the Toronto chapter of the Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire • My Dog: A Scrapbook of Drawings, Photos and Facts (1993), text by Marilyn Baillie • Puddleman (1994), text by Ted Staunton
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Brenda Clark is recorded as writer and illustrator.
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1955
Brenda Clark born at Toronto.
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- 1.Kids Can Press. Brenda Clark.
- 2.Holmes, Gillian. Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999-2000. 184–85. 1999. 0-920966-55-1.
- 3.Franklin the turtle turns 25 - and gets a new TV series. Globe and Mail. March 3, 2011.
- 4.Sheridan College. Brenda Clark named to the Order of Canada. Alumni News.
- 5.General, The Office of the Secretary to the Governor. The Governor General of Canada.
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