Barbara Reid
Barbara Reid | |
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Born | (1957-11-16) November 16, 1957 (age 66) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation | Illustrator and author |
Alma mater | Ontario College of Art |
Notable awards | Vicky Metcalf Award |
Barbara Reid (born November 16, 1957)[1] is a Canadian illustrator and author of children's books. She has been called "one of Canada's major literary figures".[2] In 2012, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People,[3][4] an honour presented annually to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth".[2]
Biography
Reid was born in Toronto, Ontario, on November 16, 1957, and studied at the Ontario College of Art.[1]
After graduation, she began her career creating illustrations for textbooks, after which she began illustrating children's books.[5] She is known for her unique, sculpted-clay imagery, which was established with her illustrations for Elizabeth Clark's The New Baby Calf (1984).[1] She creates her illustrations by starting with a pencil drawing, then builds up the image using coloured modelling clay to give it a three-dimensional effect.[1] The result is then photographed and used as an illustration.[1][5] The resulting illustrations are "detail rich" and often "invoke laughter and wonder."[1]
Reid's work has been published in over 21 countries, including Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, China, Germany, Brazil and Thailand.
Awards and honours
In 2006, Reid won the Canadian Library Association's Children's Illustrator of the Year award.[6] The following year, she won the organization's award for Children's Author of the Year.[6] In 2012, she won the organization's Libris Award for Picture Book.[6]
In 2012, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People,[3][4] an honour presented annually to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth".[2]
Selected works
As author
- Sing a Song of Mother Goose (1987)
- Playing with Plasticine (1988), non-fiction
- Two By Two (1992)
- Zoe's Year (1992)
- The Party (1997)
- Fun with Modeling Clay (1998), non-fiction
- The Golden Goose (2000)
- Read Me a Book (2004)
- The Subway Mouse (2004)
- Fox Walked Alone (2009)
- Perfect Snow (2009)
- Picture a Tree (2011)
- Welcome Baby (2013)
- The Night Before Christmas (2013)
As illustrator
- The New Baby Calf by Edith Newlin Chase (1984)
- Have You Seen Birds? by Joanne Oppenheim (1986)
- Effie by Bev Allinson (1990)
- Gifts by Jo Ellen Bogart (1994)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Barbara Reid". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 2015-03-04. Archived from the original on 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ a b c "Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People". Writer's Trust of Canada. Archived from the original on 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ^ a b "Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature Archives". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ a b Williams, Leigh Anne (2013-11-21). "McAdam, Moore Awarded Writers' Trust Prizes". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
- ^ a b "Barbara Reid fonds". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
- ^ a b c d "Libris Awards Archives". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-05-14. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "1986 Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "1986 IODE Book Award, Municipal Chapter of Toronto Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ a b "Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award". IBBY Canada. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "1987 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "Mr. Christie's Book Award". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2015-01-01.
- ^ "1993 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ a b c "Past Winners". Canadian Library Association. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "1996 IBBY Honour List Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "2010 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
- ^ "2014 Libris Awards Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
External links
- "Barbara Reid's web site".
- Archives of Barbara Reid (Barbara Reid fonds, R11795) are held at Library and Archives Canada
- "Getting to Know Barbara Reid" on Canadian Children's Book Centre
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- Marie-Louise Gay, Rainy Day Magic (1987)
- Kim LaFave, Amos's Sweater (1988)
- Robin Muller, The Magic Paintbrush (1989)
- Paul Morin, The Orphan Boy (1990)
- Joanne Fitzgerald, Doctor Kiss Says Yes (1991)
- Ron Lightburn, Waiting for the Whales (1992)
- Mireille Levert, Sleep Tight, Mrs. Ming (1993)
- Murray Kimber, Josepha: A Prairie Boy's Story (1994)
- Ludmila Zeman, The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (1995)
- Eric Beddows, The Rooster's Gift (1996)
- Barbara Reid, The Party (1997)
- Kady MacDonald Denton, A Child's Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1998)
- Gary Clement, The Great Poochini (1999)
- Marie-Louise Gay, Yuck, A Love Story (2000)
- Mireille Levert, An Island in the Soup (2001)
- Wallace Edwards, Alphabeasts (2002)
- Allen Sapp, The Song Within My Heart (2003)
- Stéphane Jorisch, Jabberwocky (2004)
- Rob Gonsalves, Imagine a Day (2005)
- Leo Yerxa, Ancient Thunder (2006)
- Duncan Weller, The Boy from the Sun (2007)
- Stéphane Jorisch, The Owl and the Pussycat (2008)
- Jirina Marton, Bella's Tree (2009)
- Jon Klassen, Cats' Night Out (2010)
- Cybèle Young, Ten Birds (2011)
- Isabelle Arsenault, Virginia Wolf (2012)
- Matt James, Northwest Passage (2013)
- Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer (2014)
- JonArno Lawson, Sidewalk Flowers (2015)
- Jon-Erik Lappano and Kellen Hatanaka, Tokyo Digs a Garden (2016)
- David Robertson and Julie Flett, When We Were Alone (2017)
- Jillian Tamaki, They Say Blue (2018)
- Sydney Smith, Small in the City (2019)
- The Fan Brothers, The Barnabus Project (2020)
- David A. Robertson and Julie Flett, On the Trapline (2021)
- Naseem Hrab and Nahid Kazemi, The Sour Cherry Tree (2022)
- Jack Wong, When You Can Swim (2023)