Emma_Chichester_Clark Knowpia

Emma Chichester Clark (born 15 October 1955)^[1] is a British children's book illustrator and author. She has published over 60 books and is best known for her series of picture books about a child's toy called Blue Kangaroo.^[2]

Life edit

Daughter of Robin Chichester-Clark and Jane Helen Goddard, Chichester Clark studied graphic design at Chelsea Art School in the 1970s.^[3] After two years working in a design studio, she studied illustration under Quentin Blake at the Royal College of Art. Her book Listen to this won the 1988 Mother Goose Award for best newcomer.^[2]

Works edit

Written and illustrated edit

“Catch That Hat”, 1988
Listen to this, 1987.
Piper, 1995.
Little Miss Muffet counts to ten, 1997.
I love you, Blue Kangaroo!, 1998.
It was you, Blue Kangaroo!, 2001
Where are you, Blue Kangaroo!, 2002
What shall we do, Blue Kangaroo?, 2002
No more kissing!, 2002.
Up in heaven, 2004.
Will and Squill, 2005.
Goldilocks and the three bears, 2010.

Illustrated edit

Boo! stories to make you jump by Laura Cecil. 1990.
The minstrel and the dragon pup by Rosemary Sutcliff. 1993.
Greek myths by Geraldine McCaughrean. 1993.
Greek gods and goddesses by Geraldine McCaughrean. 1993.
Too tired by Ann Turnbull. 1993.
The frog princess by Laura Cecil. 1995.
Something rich and strange : a treasury of Shakespeare's verse. 1005.
Roman myths by Geraldine McCaughrean. 1998.
Puss in Boots and other cat tales by Montena Mondadori. 2001.
Not last night but the night before by Colin McNaughton. 2009.
The Orchard Book of Grimm's Fairy Tales by Saviour Pirotta. 2011

References edit

^ "Emma Chichester Clark". Who's who 2014. Oxford University Press. 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^ ^a ^b Joanna Carey, Croc on ice (with curlicues), The Guardian, 17 December 2005.
^ Ryder, Chris (18 August 2016). "Sir Robin Chichester-Clark obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

External links edit

Official website
Plumdog blog
Emma Chichester Clark at British Council: Literature
Emma Chichester Clark: A life in pictures, The Guardian, 6 May 2011
Emma Chichester Clark at Answers.com
Interview by the Federation of Children's Book Groups Archived 16 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine (March 2013)
Emma Chichester Clark at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Emma Chichester Clark at Library of Congress, with 74 library catalogue records

[whosWho-1] "Emma Chichester Clark". Who's who 2014. Oxford University Press. 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.

[Carey-2] Joanna Carey, Croc on ice (with curlicues), The Guardian, 17 December 2005.

[Ryder-3] Ryder, Chris (18 August 2016). "Sir Robin Chichester-Clark obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

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