Rebecca Cobb
Rebecca Cobb is an English children's book writer and illustrator who grew up in Buckinghamshire and Somerset and lives in Falmouth, Cornwall. After graduating Falmouth University, she worked with The Child Bereavement Charity, Continuum International Publishing Group, The Guardian, The Independent, Mabecron Books, Marion Boyars Publishers, Waitrose & Partners and You Magazine and she has collaborated with several authors such as Julia Donaldson, Nicola Davies, Mariesa Dulak, Katherine Woodfine, Richard Curtis and Helen Dunmore.
Rebecca Cobb
- Name
- Rebecca Cobb
- Birthplace
- Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England
- Occupation
- Children's book writer and illustrator
- Education
- Falmouth University
- Born
- 1982 · Buckinghamshire.
- Fields
- illustration · children's and young adult literature
- Languages
- English
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Rebecca Cobb is an English children's book writer and illustrator who grew up in Buckinghamshire and Somerset and lives in Falmouth, Cornwall. After graduating Falmouth University, she worked with The Child Bereavement Charity, Continuum International Publishing Group, The Guardian, The Independent, Mabecron Books, Marion Boyars Publishers, Waitrose & Partners and You Magazine and she has collaborated with several authors such as Julia Donaldson, Nicola Davies, Mariesa Dulak, Katherine Woodfine, Richard Curtis and Helen Dunmore.
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• Name — Rebecca Cobb • Birthplace — Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England • Occupation — Children's book writer and illustrator • Education — Falmouth University • Website — rebeccacobb.co.uk
Works
Works
• Tongue Twisters to Tangle Your Tongue (2005) • Missing Mummy: A Book About Bereavement (2011) • The Paper Dolls (2012) (with Julia Donaldson) • The Empty Stocking (2012) (with Richard Curtis) • A table! (2012) • Lunchtime (2012) • Aunt Amelia (2013) • Na caraidean (2013) (with Julia Donaldson) • Snow Day (2014) (with Richard Curtis) • The Something (2014) • There's an Owl in My Towel (2016) (with Julia Donaldson) • It's a Little Baby (2016) (with Julia Donaldson) • The Everywhere Bear (2017) (with Julia Donaldson) • The Day War Came (2018) (with Nicola Davies) • Hello Friend! (2019) • That Christmas (2020) (with Richard Curtis) • Aunt Amelia's House (2021) • Elisabeth and the Box of Colours (2022) (with Katherine Woodfine) • Who Lives Here? With Lift-The-flap-fun! (2023) (with Julia Donaldson) • There's a Tiger on the Train (2024) (with Mariesa Dulak) • That Christmas and Other Stories: The Inspiration Behind the Hit Netflix Film (2024) (with Richard Curtis) • A Wild Walk to School (2024)
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1982
Rebecca Cobb was born on 1 January 1982.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q27576218: Rebecca Cobb
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- “Rebecca Cobb”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Award — Category — Work — Result • 2013 — The Waterstones Children's Book Prize — Best Picture Book — Lunchtime • 2014 — The Heart of Hawick Children’s Book Award — Best Picture Book — The Empty Stocking (with Richard Curtis) • 2014 — The Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal for Illustration — The Paper Dolls (with Julia Donaldson) • 2019 — The Jane Addams Children's Book Award — The Day War Came (with Nicola Davies)
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