Mireille Levert (born December 20, 1956) is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books, living in

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

. Levert was born in

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and studied

plastic arts Plastic arts are art forms which involve physical manipulation of a ''plastic medium'', such as clay, wax, paint or even plastic in the modern sense of the word (a ductile polymer) to create works of art. The term is used more generally to ...

at the

Université du Québec à Montréal The (UQAM; ), is a French language, French-language public university, public research university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the system. UQAM was founded on April 9, 1969, by the government o ...

, graduating in 1979. She was a founding member of the Association des illustrateurs et illustratrices du Québec. Levert taught illustration at the Université du Québec à Montréal from 1997 to 2002. She lives and works in

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. Levert took part in the International Biennial of Children's Books in

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Selected works

Source: * ''La Giraffe'', children's book, illustrated by Levert, text by

Cécile Cloutier Cécile Cloutier (June 13, 1930 - September 30, 2017) was a Canadian writer and educator. The daughter of Adrien Cloutier and Maria Lantagne, she was born in Quebec City and studied at the Collège Jésus-Marie de Sillery, at Laval University and ...

(1984) * ''Passing time'', children's book, illustrated by Levert, text by Christiane L'Heureux (1987) * ''Jérémie et Mme Ming'', children's book, illustrated by Levert, text by Sharon Jennings (1990) shortlisted for the

Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration The Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian illustrator for a children's book written in French. It is one of four children's book awards among the Gove ...

* ''Sleep Tight Mrs. Ming'', children's book, illustrated by Levert, text by Sharon Jennings (1993) awarded the

Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration The Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration is a Canadian literary award that annually recognizes one Canadian illustrator for a children's book written in English. It is one of four children's book awards among the Go ...

* ''Little Red Riding Hood'', children's book (1995) * '' An Island in the Soup'', children's book (2001) awarded the Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration * ''Émile Pantalon'', children's book (2005) finalist for the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award * ''The Princess Who Had Almost Everything'', children's book (2006) * ''Quand j'écris avec mon cœur'', children's poetry (2014), shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for French-language children's illustration * ''Un jour je bercerai la terre'', children's poetry (2017)

References

1956 births Living people Canadian women children's writers Governor General's Award–winning children's illustrators People from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Université du Québec à Montréal alumni Academic staff of the Université du Québec à Montréal Writers from Quebec {{Quebec-writer-stub