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Ruby Redfort
Lauren Margot Peachy Child (born Helen Child; 29 November 1965) is an English children's author and illustrator. She is best known for the Charlie and Lola picture book series. Her influences include E. H. Shepard, Quentin Blake, Carl Larsson, and Ludwig Bemelmans. Child introduced Charlie and Lola in 2000 with ''I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato'' and won the annual Kate Greenaway Medal from the CILIP, Library Association for the year's most "distinguished illustration in a book for children". For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named it one of the top ten winning works, which comprised the shortlist for a public vote for the nation's favourite. It finished third in the public vote from that shortlist. Life Lauren Child was born in Berkshire in 1965 and was raised in Marlborough, Wiltshire, where her father led the art department at Marlborough College and her mother taught in a primary school. She was the middle child of three daughters. She chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarice Bean Series
The Clarice Bean series is a series of children's books written and illustrated by English author Lauren Child from 1999. The stories follow schoolgirl Clarice Bean and her challenges navigating the complex ethical, social and philosophical questions children deal with at school and at home, accompanied with friendship drama and mystery solving (inspired by Ruby Redfort of course). A spin-off series titled Ruby Redfort, which the US publisher called a "six-book middlegrade fiction series" in advance, was inaugurated in 2011. Books * ''Clarice Bean, That's Me (Orchard Books, 1999)'' * ''My Uncle Is a Hunkle, Says Clarice Bean'' (Orchard Books, September 2001) * ''Clarice Bean, Guess Who's Babysitting?'' (Candlewick Press, March 2001) —an adaptation of ''My Uncle Is a Hunkle'' for the U.S. market * ''What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean?'' (''Orchard Books'', 2001) * ''Utterly me, Clarice Bean'' (''Orchard Books'', 2002) * ''Clarice Bean Spells Trouble'' (''Orchard Books'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterstones
Waterstones Booksellers Limited, trading as Waterstones (formerly Waterstone's), is a British bookselling, book retailer based in London, England, owned by the American investment group Elliott Investment Management. It operates 311 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and other nearby countries. it employed around 3,500 staff in Britain and Europe. The average Waterstones branch sells a range of approximately 30,000 individual books, as well as stationery and other related products. Founded in 1982 by Tim Waterstone, the bookseller expanded rapidly until being sold in 1993 to WHSmith. In 1998 Waterstones was bought by a consortium of Waterstone, EMI, and Advent International. The company was taken under the umbrella of HMV, which later merged the Dillons the Bookstore, Dillons and Ottakar's brands into the company. Following several poor sets of results for the group, HMV put the chain up for sale. In May 2011 it was announced that A&NN Capital Fund Management, owned by the R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Haydn Taylor
Perry Haydn Taylor (born 1966) is an English creative director, designer and entrepreneur, who lives in Somerset and works in London. He is the founder of big fish a branding design and marketing consultancy. Career Haydn Taylor founded Big Fish in 1994, and its clients have included British brands such as Yeo Valley Organic, Dorset Cereals, and Sipsmith. Haydn Taylor was consultant Creative Director for both Gü and Boden. He is also a shareholder and advisor for Boden. He has invested in and helped to start Sofa.com, Biscuiteers, Cornishware, The Coconut Collaborative, Katherine Hooker, Tom&Co, Chesil Smokery, Alma de Cuba, Tiba Tempeh, GrowUp Vertical Farms, Howdah Snacks and Pooky, a decorative lighting brand. He was part of the startup team for Sofa.com, branding and designing the website at big fish. He cites it as "the most challenging and most successful digital project I've ever worked on". Between 1998 and 2003 Lauren Child worked for big fish whilst creating her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmillan Publishers, Macmillan, and Simon & Schuster. HarperCollins is headquartered in New York City and London and is a subsidiary of News Corp. The company's name is derived from a combination of the firm's predecessors. Harper & Brothers, founded in 1817 in New York, merged with Row, Peterson & Company in 1962 to form Harper & Row, which was acquired by News Corp in 1987. The Scotland, Scottish publishing company William Collins, Sons, founded in 1819 in Glasgow, was acquired by News Corp in 1987 and merged with Harper & Row to form HarperCollins. The logo for the firm combines the fire from Harper's torch and the water from Collins' fountain. HarperCollins operates publishing groups in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pixie
A pixie (also called pisky, pixy, pixi, pizkie, piskie, or pigsie in parts of Cornwall and Devon) is a mythical creature of British folklore. Pixies are speculated to be particularly concentrated in the high moorland areas around Devon and Cornwall, suggesting some Celtic origin for the belief and name. However, the word 'pixie' (under various forms) also appears in Dorset, Somerset and to a lesser extent in Sussex, Wiltshire and Hampshire. Similar to the Irish and Scottish '' Aos Sí'' (also spelled ''Aos Sidhe''), pixies are believed to inhabit ancient underground sites such as stone circles, barrows, dolmens, ringforts, or menhirs. In traditional regional lore, pixies are generally benign, mischievous, short of stature, and childlike; they are fond of dancing and wrestling outdoors, of which they perform through the night. In the modern era, they are usually depicted with pointed ears, often wearing a green outfit and pointed hat. Traditional stories describe them as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie And Lola (TV Series)
''Charlie and Lola'' is a British animated children's television series based on the Charlie and Lola children's picture book series by Lauren Child, produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for CBeebies. It ran for 3 series from 7 November 2005 to 24 April 2008, winning multiple BAFTA Children's Awards throughout its run. The animation uses a collage style that emulates the style of the original books. Synopsis Charlie has a little sister named Lola; he describes her as "small and very funny". Lola often gets caught up in situations that she (inadvertently) causes, whether it's running out of money at the zoo and having to borrow Charlie's to forgetting her entire suitcase when having a sleepover at a friend's house. These situations are sometimes comedic but often reflect real world problems that younger children may face, such as losing a best friend, not getting the preferred part in a school play, or becoming too excited about an upcoming event and accidentally ruining i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hull City Hall
Hull City Hall is a civic building located in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Located in Queen Victoria Square in the city centre, it is a Grade II* listed building. History The hall, which was designed by Hull's City architect Joseph Hirst in the Baroque Revival style, was built between 1903 and 1909. It was not intended to perform an administrative function for Hull's council, as these functions have historically been carried out in the Guildhall. An organ, which was built by the local firm of Forster and Andrews, was installed in time for an opening concert by the composer Edwin Lemare on 30 March 1911. An art gallery was also installed in the building but this was removed to form the Ferens Art Gallery in Queen Victoria Square in 1927. The space created by the removal of the art gallery was instead used to accommodate an archaeological collection amassed by John Robert Mortimer known as the Mortimer Collection and the area re-opened as the Morti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children's Laureate
Children's Laureate, now known as the Waterstones Children's Laureate, is a position awarded in the United Kingdom once every two years to a "writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field". The role promotes the importance of children's literature, reading, creativity and storytelling while promoting the right of every child to enjoy a lifetime of books and stories. Each Laureate uses their tenure to focus on an aspect of children's books – these have included poetry, storytelling, readers with disabilities and illustration. The aim of the Waterstones Children's Laureateship is to celebrate and promote creativity and storytelling, and to inspire all children to read a rich and diverse range of stories. The Laureateship also promotes the importance of children's books, reading and champions the right of every child to enjoy a life rich in books and stories. The post stemmed from a discussion between the poet laureate Ted Hughes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BAFTA
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA, ) is an independent trade association and charity that supports, develops, and promotes the arts of film, television and video games in the United Kingdom. In addition to its annual award ceremonies, BAFTA has an international programme of learning events and initiatives offering access to talent through workshops, masterclasses, scholarships, lectures, and mentoring schemes in the United Kingdom and the United States. BAFTA's annual film awards ceremony, the British Academy Film Awards, has been held since 1949, while its annual television awards ceremony, the British Academy Television Awards, has been held since 1955. Their third ceremony, the British Academy Games Awards, was first presented in 2004. Origins BAFTA started out as the British Film Academy, founded in 1947 by a group of directors: David Lean, Alexander Korda, Roger Manvell, Laurence Olivier, Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, Michael Balcon, Carol Ree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBeebies
CBeebies is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content targeted for children aged six years and under. Its sister channel, CBBC, is intended for older children aged six to twelve. It broadcasts every day from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm, timesharing with BBC Four. History On 20 November 2001, the CBeebies name was officially revealed as part of the split of the already-existing CBBC block and would be used as both a children's block and a digital channel. The CBeebies channel launched on 11 February 2002 alongside the CBBC, CBBC channel, as a spinoff from BBC Children's and Education, the BBC's children's television strand. The first four shows to air on the channel were ''Teletubbies'', ''Binka'', ''Step Inside'' and ''Bits and Bobs''. CBeebies domestically broadcasts from 5:30 am to 7:00 pm, broadcasting six days ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Oldfield
Jenny Oldfield (born 8 August 1949) is an English author who wrote Definitely Daisy, Animal Alert, Home Farm Twins, the Half Moon Ranch series and other pony books. Biography Oldfield was born and brought up in Harrogate, Yorkshire. She says that even as a child she wrote stories and made tiny books, complete with illustrations. Oldfield went on to study English at Birmingham University, where she did research on the Bronte Novels and on Children's Literature. She then worked as a teacher, before deciding to concentrate on writing. She writes novels for both children and adults and, when she can escape from her desk, likes to spend time outdoors. She loves the countryside and enjoys walking, gardening, playing tennis, riding and travelling with her two daughters, Kate and Eve. The ''Horses of Half Moon Ranch'' series Series may refer to: People with the name * Caroline Series (born 1951), English mathematician, daughter of George Series * George Series (1920–1995), Eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
