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Polly Dunbar (born 1977) is an English author-illustrator. She is best known for her self-illustrated books ''

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children's television series) and ''Hello, Mum'' – an illustrated memoir of motherhood and her first book for adults. She has also illustrated other authors' books: ''Bubble Trouble'' by

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, ''

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'' by David Almond, ''Can Bears Ski?'' by poet

Raymond Antrobus Raymond Antrobus is a British poet, educator and writer, who has been performing poetry since 2007. In March 2019 he won the Ted Hughes Award for new work in poetry.Michael Morpurgo Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo ('' né'' Bridge; 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as ''War Horse'' (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytell ...

, and ''While We Can't Hug'' by

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.In Conversation: Raymond Antrobus and Polly Dunbar
from ''

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'' ''Hello, Mum'' is Polly's first book for grown-ups, a visual diary about early motherhood. She is the daughter of children's book writer

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and moved to Stratford upon Avon at eight months old. She went to school there until she was eleven and moved to Norwich with her family. There she attended

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and

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, now known as Norwich University College of the Arts. She started writing and illustrating at age 16, when she published two books – which she describes as "cartoon books inspired by teenage antics".Illustrator's Gallery: Polly Dunbar
from ''Book Trust Children's Books'' She went to

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and graduated in 1999 with a degree in illustration. She lives in Waveny Valley,

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with her partner and their two sons.

Career

Polly Dunbar's ''Dog Blue'' and ''Flyaway Katie'', both as author-illustrator, were published in 2004.Take 3: Illustrators
from ''Books For Keeps'' The following year she illustrated ''Shoe Baby'', written by her mother, author

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'' is her most critically acclaimed book to date, winning the

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in the pre-school category and the silver award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize for children under five years old. She is also the illustrator for ''Here's A Little Poem'' which was on the IBBY honour's book list for 2008, and ''Bubble Trouble'' by Margaret Mahy, which won a

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in 2009. Dunbar was named "Most Promising New Illustrator" in ''

s Cuffie Awards in 2004. In 2008, she was featured in ''

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''s list of "The best new picture book illustrators". In 2008 Booktrust named her one of the Ten Best Illustrators, and in 2011 she became their fourth writer in residence. In 2020, Dunbar illustrated ''Can Bears Ski?'' by award-winning poet

, and ''While We Can't Hug'' by

. In 2021 her first adult book, ''Hello, Mum'', was published by

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Adaptations

Her ''Tilly and Friends'' books became a

...

animated television series, which aired on

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in 2012. She co-founded ''Long Nose Puppets'' in 2006. Since then, the company has performed puppet adaptations of her books ''

'', ''Flyaway Katie'', ''Shoe Baby'', ''Arthur's Dream Boat'', and soon ''While We Can't Hug''. Their production of ''Shoe Baby'' won Best Children’s Show at Brighton Fringe Festival.

Bibliography

*''Henry VIII, Hole Story'', Scholastic 2002 *''Cleopatra, Hole Story'', Scholastic 2002 *''Scrooge, Hole Story'', Scholastic 2002 *''Flyaway Katie'',

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2004 *''Dog Blue'',

2004 *''

'',

2007 *''Arthur's Dream Boat'',

2012 *''Something Fishy'', Two Hoots 2018 *''A Lion is a Lion'',

2018 *''Red Red Red'',

2019 *''Hello, Mum'',

2021

Help series

*''Help I've forgotten my Brain'', Kingfisher 1996 *''Help I'm out with the in-crowd'', Kingfisher 1996

Tilly series

:all published via

:adapted into

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series 2012 cartoon Tilly and Friends on

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. *"Hello Tilly" 2008, MIDI edition 6 September 2012 about a human girl *"Happy Hector" 2008, MIDI edition 6 September 2012 about a pig boy *"Pretty Pru" 2008, MIDI edition 6 September 2012 about a bird girl *"Where's Tumpty?" 2008, MIDI edition 6 September 2012 about an elephant boy *"Doodle Bites" 2008, MIDI edition 6 September 2012 about a girl crocodile *"Goodnight, Tiptoe" 2008, MIDI edition 6 September 2012 about a boy bunny *"Let's Get Wheeling!" 1 August 2013 *"Listen to Me!" 1 August 2013 *"Star Party" 1 August 2013 *"The Best Day Ever" 1 August 2013 *"What's Everyone Doing?" 3 April 2014 *"Who's Hiding?" 3 April 2014 *"Doctor Tilly" 3 July 2014 *"Tumpty's Plane" 3 July 2014 Sticker Activity Books: *"Dressing Up" 3 October 2013 *"Play All Day" 3 October 2013

As illustrator

*''A Saucepan on his Head, Collected Nonsense Poems'' written by M Baars and S Ellis,

2001 *''The Dragon Test'' written by

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2003 *''Hal the Highway Man'' written by June Crebbin,

2003 *''Lucy and the Fire Stone'' written by June Crebbin,

2004 *''Hal the Pirate'' written by June Crebbin,

2004 *''Looking after Louis'' written by Lesley Ely, Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2004 *''Shoe Baby'' written by

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2005 *''Down the Back of the Chair'' written by

, Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2006 *''

'' written by David Almond,

2007 *''Measuring Angels'' written by Lesley Ely, Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2007 *''Here's a Little Poem'' edited by

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and Andrew Fusek Peters

2007 *'' Bubble Trouble'' written by

, Frances Lincoln Children's Books 2008 *''The Boy Who Climbed into the Moon'' written by David Almond,

2010 *''A Cat Called Penguin'', Holly Webb (author), 2011 *''Pat-a-Cake Baby'' written by

2015 *''I Will Not Wear Pink'' written by

2017 *''The Hug'' written by

2019 *''While We Can't Hug'' written by

2020 *''Owl or Pussycat?'' written by

Michael Morpurgo Sir Michael Andrew Bridge Morpurgo ('' né'' Bridge; 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as ''War Horse'' (1982). His work is noted for its "magical storytell ...

David Fickling Books David Fickling Books Ltd (DFB) became an independent publishing house in July 2013 following 12 years with Scholastic and then Random House. They have published several prize-winning and bestselling books including ''Lyra's Oxford'' (from the ...

2020 *''Can Bears Ski?'' written by

Raymond Antrobus Raymond Antrobus is a British poet, educator and writer, who has been performing poetry since 2007. In March 2019 he won the Ted Hughes Award for new work in poetry.Candlewick Press Candlewick Press, established in 1992 and located in Somerville, Massachusetts, is part of the Walker Books group. The logo depicting a bear carrying a candle is based on Walker Books's original logo. Sebastian Walker launched Walker Books fro ...

2020 *''The Longer the Wait, the Bigger the Hug'' written by

2021 *''The Kiss'' written by

2022The Kiss

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunbar, Polly Living people British children's writers British children's book illustrators Writers who illustrated their own writing Alumni of the University of Brighton Alumni of Norwich University of the Arts English illustrators 1977 births