Anita Jeram (born 1965) is an English author and illustrator of

picture book A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The ima ...

s for children.

Life and career

Growing up in

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

, England, Jeram always enjoyed drawing, but worked a variety of jobs before pursuing a degree course in illustration at Manchester Polytechnic (now

Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester Metropolitan University is located in the centre of Manchester, England. The university has 40,000 students and over 4,000 members of staff. It is home to four faculties (Arts and Humanities, Business and Law, Health and Education ...

). Soon after graduation she wrote her first book, ''Bill's Belly Button'', which was published by

Walker Books Walker Books is a British publisher of children's books, founded in 1978 by Sebastian Walker, Amelia Edwards, and Wendy Boase. In 1991, the success of Walker Books' ''Where's Wally?'' series enabled the company to expand into the American ma ...

in 1991. Other books she has written include ''Contrary Mary'' (1995), ''Bunny, My Honey'' (1999), and ''I Love My Little Storybook'' (2002). As an illustrator, Jeram received recognition for her illustrations in Sam McBratney's '' Guess How Much I Love You'' (1994), which was a picture-book best seller as well as a 1996

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. She has also illustrated several books by

Dick King-Smith Ronald Gordon King-Smith OBE (27 March 1922 – 4 January 2011), known by his pen name Dick King-Smith, was an English writer of children's books. He is best known for '' The Sheep-Pig'' (1983), which was adapted as the movie '' Babe'' (1995) ...

and Amy Hest. In addition to her work on picture books Jeram also publishes greeting cards through Two Bad Mice Publishers Ltd. Jeram lives with her family in Northern Ireland.McLeod, Susanna. . 3 November 2006. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

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* 1965 births Living people English children's book illustrators English women children's book illustrators English children's writers English women children's writers Writers from Portsmouth Date of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) {{England-writer-stub