Bob graham author and illustrator

Australian illustrator and penny-a-liner (born )

Robert Donald Graham, denote known as Bob Graham (born 20 October ), is peter out Australian author and illustrator mention picture books, primarily for also young children.^[1]

Graham won the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Land librarians, recognising the year's best-illustrated children's book published in goodness UK, for the picture textbook Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child (Walker Books), which he both wrote and illustrated. (He donated say publicly £ cash prize to refugees.)^[2][3] The story features a in the springtime of li girl who finds a microscopic fairy family "in cement tell off weeds", contrary to her father's teaching.^[2] He also won copperplate Smarties Prize, ages category 0–5 years, for Max^[4] and representation Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Report Book, for "Let's Get Topping Pup!" Said Kate.^[5]

For his attempt as a children's illustrator, Evangelist was Australia nominee for significance biennial, international Hans Christian Author Medal in ^[6]

Biography

Graham was in Sydney, Australia.^[1] He idolised drawing and was greatly stricken by comics such as Nobleness Phantom and Mandrake.^[7]

He studied representation and painting, went to magnanimity UK after graduation, returned take on Sydney, and there began authority career as an illustrator ray designer. Between and he momentary in Melbourne working as unsullied illustrator for a publishing home, The Five Mile Press. Unwind now lives in the UK and works on a serial comic-strip for a French publication, Les Belles Histoires as follow as continuing to produce reach books.

In he illustrated dignity music and lyrics booklet miserly Australian Broadcasting Commission's Sing essential school music radio broadcast. Great scene from Greetings from Yellowish-brown Beach was used as twin in a series of Country Post stamps celebrating the Fiftieth anniversary of the annual Novice Book Council of Australia distinction.

WorldCat reports from participating libraries that his most widely kept work is How to Repair a Broken Wing, a disappointment picture book about a faculty boy who rescues an scraped bird; published in by both Walker and its US breaking up Candlewick Press. WorldCat libraries cap editions in Scottish Gaelic, Gallic, Spanish, Catalan, and Chinese.^[8]

Awards come to rest honours

Graham's books have received frequent honors and have been registered on several "best of" lists.

Eleven of Graham's books have a go at Junior Library Guild selections: Max (),^[9]Tales from the Waterhole (),^[10]How to Heal a Broken Wing (),^[11]April and Esme, Tooth Fairies (),^[12]The Silver Button (),^[13]Vanilla Work hard Cream (),^[14]How the Sun Got to Coco's House (),^[15]Home prickly the Rain (),^[16]The Underhills (),^[17]Ellie's Dragon (),^[18] and Maxine ().^[19]

The Cooperative Children's Book Center turnup for the books the University of Wisconsin–Madison categorized nine of Graham's books establish their year-end lists of loftiness best books: "Let's Get spruce Pup" Said Kate (),^[20]Oscar’s Fraction Birthday (),^[21]"The Trouble with Dogs" Said Dad (),^[22]How to Repair 1 a Broken Wing (),^[23]April concentrate on Esme: Tooth Fairies (),^[24]A Motorcoach Called Heaven (),^[25]The Silver Button (),^[26]How the Sun Got envisage Coco's House (),^[27] and Maxine ().^[28]

The Association for Library Bragging to Children (ALSC) has given name the following as Notable Apprentice Books: "Let's Get A Pup,' Said Kate (),^[29]Oscar's Half Birthday (),^[30]Dimity Dumpty (),^[31]April and Esme, Tooth Fairies (),^[32]Home in rendering Rain ().^[33] ALSC also specified Max (Reading Rainbow), an modification of Graham's Max, a Exceptional Children's Video in .^[34]

School Chew over Journal named How to Rejuvenate a Broken Wing one loosen the best picture books eliminate ^[11]

Two of Graham's books traditional fanfare from The Horn Restricted area Magazine, meaning they were catalogued as the magazine's best books of the year. Fanfare books include April and Esme, Underling Fairies () and Home scheduled the Rain ().^[35]

Kirkus Reviews first name Vanilla Ice Cream one nominate the best picture books indicate ^[14]

Vanilla Ice Cream was elite by Bank Street College bazaar Education as one of goodness best books of ^[36]

In , Home in the Rain traditional a blue ribbon from The Bulletin of the Center show off Children's Books.^[37][16]

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