Jez Alborough (born 12 November 1959) is an English writer and illustrator of
children's
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picture books
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 ...
that have been translated into at least 15 languages
[ and have been recognized for numerous awards.
Albrough was born in ]Kingston upon Thames
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, Southwest London. After attending school, Albrough earned his degree at the Norwich School of Art
The Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) is a public university in Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom that specialises in art, design, media, architecture and performance. It was founded as Norwich School of Design in 1845 and has a long history ...
, where he published his first book ''A Bun Dance''. He then worked for the publication '' The Listener'', where he published ''Dotty Definitions''. When his talents as an illustrator were discovered by an outside publisher, he received an offer to write his first children's book ''Bare Bear'', which was published in 1985. Alborough has been working as an independent author and illustrator since. He now lives in Richmond
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* Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada
* Richmond, California, a city in the United States
* Richmond, London, a town in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England
* Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town ...
, London, with his Danish wife.
Selected works
As of 24 October 2013, WorldCat
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reports These ten works most widely held in participating libraries.[
* ''Martin's Mice'' (1988)
* ''Where's My Teddy'' (1992)
* ''It's the Bear'' (1994)
* ''Watch Out! Big Bro's Coming'' (1997)
* ''My Friend Bear'' (1998)
* ''Duck in the Truck'' (1999)
* ''Hug'' (2000)
* ''Fix-It Duck'' (Picture Lions, 2001) —a runner-up for the ]Greenaway Medal
The Carnegie Medal for Illustration (until 2022 the Kate Greenaway Medal) is a British award that annually recognises "distinguished illustration in a book for children". It is conferred upon the illustrator by the Chartered Institute of Librar ...
(won by Chris Riddell
Chris Riddell ( ) (born 13 April 1962) is a South African-born English illustrator and occasional writer of children's books and a political cartoonist for the ''Observer''. He has won three Kate Greenaway Medalsthe British librarians' annual ...
for ''Pirate Diary
''Pirate Diary: The Journal of Jake Carpenter'' is an account of the pirate life cast as the journal of a young cabin boy, written by Richard Platt and illustrated by Chris Riddell. It was published by Walker Books in 2001, two years after ''Cas ...
'')
* ''Some Dogs Do'' (2003)"Now you see me"
(ten new picture books). Kate Kellaway. ''The Observer''. 18 October 2003. Retrieved 26 August 2011
* ''Tall'' (2005)
* ''Yes'' (2006)
* ''Play'' (2016)
See also
References
External links
*
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1959 births
Living people
English children's book illustrators
British women children's book illustrators
English children's writers
British women children's writers
Alumni of Norwich University of the Arts