Emma Chichester Clark
Emma Chichester Clark (born 15 October 1955) is a British children's book illustrator and author. She has published over 60 books and is best known for her series of picture books about a child's toy called Blue Kangaroo.
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Emma Chichester Clark
- Name
- Emma Chichester Clark
- Born
- 15 October 1955
- Occupation
- * Illustrator
- Education
- Chelsea School of Art Royal College of Art
- Awards
- Mother Goose Award (1988)
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Fields
- young adult literature
- Languages
- English
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Emma Chichester Clark (born 15 October 1955) is a British children's book illustrator and author. She has published over 60 books and is best known for her series of picture books about a child's toy called Blue Kangaroo.
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• Name — Emma Chichester Clark • Born — 15 October 1955 • Occupation — * Illustrator • author • Education — Chelsea School of Art Royal College of Art • Genre — Children's literature • Awards — Mother Goose Award (1988) • Parents — Robin Chichester-Clark Jane Helen Goddard • Website — https: emmachichesterclark.co.uk
Life
Life
Daughter of Robin Chichester-Clark and Jane Helen Goddard, Chichester Clark studied graphic design at Chelsea Art School in the 1970s. After two years working in a design studio, she studied illustration under Quentin Blake at the Royal College of Art. Her book Listen to this won the 1988 Mother Goose Award for best newcomer.
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Written and illustrated
Written and illustrated
• “Catch That Hat”, 1988 • Listen to this, 1987. • Piper, 1995. • Little Miss Muffet counts to ten, 1997. • I love you, Blue Kangaroo!, 1998. • It was you, Blue Kangaroo!, 2001 • Where are you, Blue Kangaroo!, 2002 • What shall we do, Blue Kangaroo?, 2002 • No more kissing!, 2002. • Up in heaven, 2004. • Will and Squill, 2005. • Goldilocks and the three bears, 2010.
Illustrated
Illustrated
• Boo! stories to make you jump by Laura Cecil. 1990. • The minstrel and the dragon pup by Rosemary Sutcliff. 1993. • Greek myths by Geraldine McCaughrean. 1993. • Greek gods and goddesses by Geraldine McCaughrean. 1993. • Too tired by Ann Turnbull. 1993. • The frog princess by Laura Cecil. 1995. • Something rich and strange: a treasury of Shakespeare's verse. 1005. • Roman myths by Geraldine McCaughrean. 1998. • Puss in Boots and other cat tales by Montena Mondadori. 2001. • Not last night but the night before by Colin McNaughton. 2009. • The Orchard Book of Grimm's Fairy Tales by Saviour Pirotta. 2011 • The Pied Piper of Hamelin 2011 • Toto: The Dog-Gone Amazing Story of the Wizard of Oz 2017 • Time and the clockmice etcetera by Peter Dickinson
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