Gerald Hembdon Seymour Rose (27 July 1935 – 5 May 2023) was a British illustrator of children's books. He won the 1960

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from the

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, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a

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, for ''Old Winkle and the Seagulls'', written by his wife Elizabeth (Liz) Rose and published by

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Biography

Gerald Rose was born in

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on 27 July 1935. His father was from England and his mother was from

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, adopted by a missionary and educated in Hong Kong. During the

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, his father became a prisoner of war, and his sister and mother were interned at Stanley civilian detention camp. After the war, he and his sister grew up in their father's home town of

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. Rose attended the Lowestoft School of Art and the

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. He married Elizabeth Pretty in 1955, after they met as art students. They had three children and were together until her death in 2020. Gerald and Elizabeth Rose began to produce children's books, with she writing and he illustrating. ''How St. Francis Tamed the Wolf'' was published by Faber in 1958. Gerald was a commended runner-up for the Greenaway Medal next year, when the librarians introduced the distinction, recognising ''Wuffles Goes to Town''. In 1979 Gerald Rose won the Premio Critici in Erba in Italy for ''"Ahhh!" said Stork'' (Faber, 1977). Rose lived in

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, in his later years. He died on 5 May 2023, at the age of 87.

Selected works

* ''How St. Francis tamed the wolf'' by Elizabeth Rose (

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, 1958) * ''Wuffles goes to town'' by Elizabeth Rose (Faber, 1959) —commended for the Greenaway Medal * ''Old Winkle and the seagulls'' by Elizabeth Rose (Faber, 1960) —Greenaway Medal winner * ''The emperor's oblong pancake'' by Peter Hughes ( Abelard-Schuman, 1961) * ''Story of the Pied Piper'' by Barbara Ireson (Faber, 1961) * ''Charlie on the run'' by Elizabeth Rose (Faber, 1961) * ''Punch and Judy carry on'' by Elizabeth Rose (Faber, 1962) * ''The big river'' by Elizabeth Rose (Faber, 1962) * ''Dan McDougall and the bulldozer'' by Lydia Pender (Abelard-Schuman, 1963) * ''The gingerbread man'' by Barbara Ireson (Faber, 1963) * ''St. George and the fiery dragon'' by Elizabeth Rose (Faber, 1963) * ''Nessie the mannerless monster'' by

Ted Hughes Edward James Hughes (17 August 1930 – 28 October 1998) was an English poet, translator, and children's writer. Critics frequently rank him as one of the best poets of his generation and one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. He wa ...

(Faber, 1964) * ''The giant who drank from his shoe and other stores'' by Leónce Bourliaguet (Abelard-Schuman, 1965) ‡ * ''A sword to slice through mountains, and other stories'' by Leónce Bourliaguet (Abelard-Schuman, 1967) ‡ : ‡ ''The Giant'' and ''A Sword'' are fairy tales selected from ''Le Marchand de nuages'' (French language), translated by John Buchanan Brown * ''The hopping basket'' by Paul Jennings (Macdonald, 1965) * ''The cat and the devil'' by

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(Faber, 1965) * ''Baron Brandy's boots'' by Peter Hughes (Abelard-Schuman, 1966) * ''The sorcerer's apprentice'' by Elizabeth Rose (Faber, 1966) * ''Alexander's flycycle'' by Elizabeth Rose (Faber, 1967) * ''Jabberwocky, and other poems'' by

Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and reluctant Anglicanism, Anglican deacon. His most notable works are ''Alice ...

(Faber, 1968); U.S. title, ''The Walrus and the Carpenter, and other poems'' (1969) * ''The Dong with a luminous nose and other poems'' by

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(Faber, * ''The great oak'' by Elizabeth Rose (Faber, 1970) * ''Androcles and the lion'' by Elizabeth Rose (Faber, 1971) * ''The Little Car'' by

Leila Berg Leila Berg (born Leila Goller, Salford, 12 November 1917 – 17 April 2012) was an English children's author, editor and play specialist. She was well known as a journalist and a writer on education and children's rights. Berg was a recipient of ...

, Methuen, 1972) * ''Albert and the green bottle'' by Elizabeth Rose (Faber, 1972) * ''Ironhead'' (Faber, 1973) * ''The bird who saved the jungle'' by Jeremy Kingston (Faber, 1973) * ''Wolf! wolf!'' by Elizabeth Rose (Faber, 1974) * ''Stories of Grandmother Oma'' by Ilse Kleberger (

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, 1975) * ''Trouble in the ark'' (

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/Kestrel Books, 1975) * ''"Ahhh!" said Stork'' (Faber, 1977) * ''Watch out!'' (Kestrel, 1978) * ''The tiger-skin rug'' (Faber, 1979) * ''P.B. takes a holiday'' (Bodley, 1980) * ''Rabbit pie'' (Faber, 1980) * ''How George lost his voice'' (Bodley, 1981) * ''

Professor Branestawm ''Professor Branestawm'' is a series of thirteen children's books written by the English author Norman Hunter. Professor Theophilus Branestawm is depicted throughout the books as the archetypal absent-minded professor and his name is a variant o ...

's pocket motor car'' by Norman Hunter (Bodley, 1981) *''Professor Branestawm and the wild letters'' by Norman Hunter (Bodley, 1981) P.B. on Ice (Bodley 1982) *''Professor Branestawm's building bust-up'' by Norman Hunter (Bodley, 1982) * ''Professor Branestawm's mouse war'' by Norman Hunter (Bodley, 1982) * ''Professor Branestawm's crunch crockery'' by Norman Hunter (Bodley, 1983) *''Professor Branestawm's hair-raising idea'' by Norman Hunter (Bodley, 1983) * ''The bag of wind'' (Bodley, 1983) * ''Scruff'' (Bodley, 1984) * ''Can hippo jump?'' (Instructa, 1984) * ''The bird garden'' (Bodley, 1986) * ''The lion and the mouse'' (Methuen, 1988), retold and illustrated by Rose * ''Polly's jungle'' (Reinhardt Books, Viking, 1993) * ''Horrible hair'' ( Andersen Books, 2001) * ''Millie's big surprise'' (Andersen, 2003)

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Authorities — with about 15 catalog records, 1958 to 1974 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Gerald 1935 births 2023 deaths 20th-century British male artists 21st-century British male artists British children's book illustrators Kate Greenaway Medal winners People from Lowestoft People from British Hong Kong

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