Jago (born Jago Silver on 12 November 1979) is a British children's book

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. He attended

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from 2000 to 2003. He has produced

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s for a variety of publishers: Barefoot Books,

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, Mantra Lingua and

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. '' The Jesus Storybook Bible'', written by

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and illustrated by Jago has sold two million copies in 19 languages. In 2015 it was included in the

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(ECPA) Top 100 Best-sellers list. In September 2014 Jago exhibited commissioned work at ''The Cruel & Curious Sea'' exhibition in the

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maintained barns of Stowe Barton in North Cornwall.

Awards

*''The Jesus Storybook Bible'' – 2010 ALA Notable Award *''The Jesus Storybook Bible'' – 2009 NAPPA Award Winner *''The Jesus Storybook Bible'' – Gold Moonbeam Children's Book Award from Independent Publisher (2007) * "Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim" – Sydney Taylor Honour Award for Young Readers * "Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim" –

National Jewish Book Award The Jewish Book Council (Hebrew: ), founded in 1944, is an organization encouraging and contributing to Jewish literature.AOI Silver Award – Student Section, AOI Images 28 Annual 2004

Published work

* ''Always Remember'' with Cece Meng Philomel Books 2016 * ''An Ambush of Tigers: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns'' with Betsy R. Rosenthal Millbrook Picture Books 2015 * ''Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing'' with Sally Lloyd-Jones

2012 * ''Mowen & The Runaway Moon'' (A Productions for BBC/

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) 2012 * ''Oh No, Jonah!'' by Tilda Balsley

Kar-Ben Publishing Kar-Ben Publishing, an award-winning children’s book publisher providing a growing Jewish library for children, is a division of Minneapolis-based Lerner Publishing Group. Similar publishers that also specialize in the genre include: Apples & H ...

, 2012 * ''Mr Aesop's Story Shop'' by Bob Hartman Lion UK, 2011 * ''Children of God Storybook Bible''

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(illustrated 3 stories) Zondervan * ''The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg'' by Shaun Chatto Mantra Lingua 2007 * '' The Jesus Storybook Bible'' by

– Zondervan, 2007 * ''The Longest Story In The World'' 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 ...

–

, 2007 * ''Fox Fables'' – Mantra Lingua, April 2006 * ''Fig’s Giant'' by

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, Oct. 2005 * ''Myron’s Magic Cow'' by Marlene Newman – Barefoot Books, Sept. 2005 * ''Hansel and Gretel'' by Manju Gregory – Mantra Lingua, June 2005 * ''The Little Red Hen'' by LR Hen – Mantra Lingua, May 2005 * ''Tom and the Giant'' by Will Coleman – Brave Tales Books, May 2005 * ''Lutey and the Mermaid'' by Will Coleman – Brave Tales Books, May 2005 * ''Madgy Figgy’s Pig'' by Will Coleman -Brave Tales Books, May 2005

References

External links

Jago illustration official websiteAn interview with Jago
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