Emma Chichester Clark (born 15 October 1955)
is a British
children's book
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
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.
[Joanna Carey]
Croc on ice (with curlicues)
''The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'', 17 December 2005.
Life
Daughter of
Robin Chichester-Clark
Sir Robert "Robin" Chichester-Clark (10 January 1928 – 5 August 2016) was Member of Parliament for Londonderry in the British House of Commons from 1955 until February 1974, and to date was the last member representing a seat in Northern Ire ...
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
Sir Quentin Saxby Blake, (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and children's writer. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl, which are among his most popular works. For his ...
at the
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City. It is the only entirely postgraduate art and design university in the United Kingdom. It o ...
. Her book ''Listen to this'' won the 1988
Mother Goose Award
The Mother Goose Award was an award annually presented to "the most exciting newcomer to British children's book illustration."
It was inaugurated in 1979 and last awarded in 1999. Sponsored by Books for Children booksellers, award winners receive ...
for best newcomer.
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Works
;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
* ''Boo! stories to make you jump'' by Laura Cecil. 1990.
* ''The minstrel and the dragon pup'' by Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff (14 December 1920 – 23 July 1992) was an English novelist best known for children's books, especially historical fiction and retellings of myths and legends. Although she was primarily a children's author, some of her novel ...
. 1993.
* ''Greek myths'' by Geraldine McCaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean ( ; born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist. She has written more than 170 books, including ''Peter Pan in Scarlet'' (2004), the official sequel to ''Peter Pan'' commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, t ...
. 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
References
External links
*
Plumdog blog
*
Emma Chichester Clark: A life in pictures
''The Guardian'', 6 May 2011
Emma Chichester Clark
at Answers.com
Interview by the Federation of Children's Book Groups
(March 2013)
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1955 births
British children's book illustrators
British children's writers
Alumni of the Royal College of Art
British women illustrators
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
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