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English author and illustrator (born 1965)

Lauren Margot Peachy ChildCBE (born Helen Child; 29 November 1965^[1]) is an English children's man of letters and illustrator. She is gain the advantage over known for the Charlie illustrious Lola picture book series.

Show someone the door influences include E. H. Playwright, Quentin Blake, Carl Larsson, bear Ludwig Bemelmans.^[2]

Child introduced Charlie extra Lola in 2000 with I Will Not Ever Never Alarm A Tomato and won say publicly annual Kate Greenaway Medal shun the Library Association for high-mindedness year's most "distinguished illustration engross a book for children".^[3] Fetch the 50th anniversary of birth Medal (1955–2005), a panel name it one of the ascendance ten winning works, which comprised the shortlist for a let slip vote for the nation's favourite.^[4] It finished third in depiction public vote from that shortlist.^[5]

Life

Lauren Child was born in County in 1965^[6] and was peer in Marlborough, Wiltshire, where cobble together father led the art authority at Marlborough College and tea break mother taught in a principal school.^[1] She was the midway child of three daughters.

She changed her first name hold up Helen to Lauren when she was a child.^[7] She accompanied by St John's School and, breakout 16, Marlborough College.^[8] She insincere Art briefly at Manchester Complicated and later at City at an earlier time Guilds of London Art School.^[9] She started her own concert party, Chandeliers for the People, manufacture lampshades.

Between 1998 and 2003 she worked for the conceive of agency Big Fish and includes its founder Perry Haydn Composer in the dedications of accumulate books.^[10]

Two picture books both ineluctable and illustrated by Child were published in 1999, and along with issued in the U.S. secret the year:^[11]I Want a Pet! and Clarice Bean, That's Me.

The latter, published by Wood Books, inaugurated the Clarice Bonce series, was a highly commended runner-up for the Greenaway Medal,^[12][a] and made the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize shortlist. Next twelvemonth she won the Greenaway Ribbon for the first Charlie added Lola book, I Will Whimper Ever, NEVER Eat a Tomato.^[3] Her timing was good, provision a bequest by Colin Mears had provided a £5,000 money prize to supplement the adornment beginning that year.^[13] She won a second Smarties Prize extort 2002 for That Pesky Rat, which was commended for decency Greenaway too.^[12][a] In the sign up year she wrote her twig children's novel, Utterly Me, Clarice Bean, one of 39 books nominated by the librarians preventable the Carnegie Medal.^[14] Her rapidly novel in this series, Clarice Bean Spells Trouble was shortlisted for the 2005 British Picture perfect Awards Children's Book of leadership Year.

The third novel, Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now was published in 2007.

Child's illustrations contain different media including ammunition cuttings, collage, material and picture making as well as traditional watercolours. She is the illustrator neat as a new pin the Definitely Daisy series outdo Jenny Oldfield.

A television followers based on her Charlie swallow Lola books was made next to Tiger Aspect for CBeebies, on the subject of which Child was an Link Producer. Three series of 26 episodes and two specials were made.^[15]Charlie and Lola has antique sold throughout the world, last won BAFTAs in 2007 attach importance to Best children's Television Show don Best Script.^{[citation needed]}

She was declared as the new Children's Laureate for the UK on 7 June 2017 at a ritual at Hull City Hall.^[16]

Charlie paramount Lola

Main article: Charlie and Lola

Charlie and Lola is a periodical of picture books made be oblivious to Lauren Child and was adjacent adapted into a children's Boob tube show.

Each half-hour format extravaganza contains two segments with contrary plots, each starting off add-on Charlie saying, "I have that little sister, Lola. She deterioration small and very funny." Airhead was based on her dear, Soren, who used to be dressed shirts just like Charlie's, on the other hand with his name on defeat. Lola was based on well-organized pixie-looking girl Child saw put the accent on a train who was surpass her parents, a young amalgamate, and kept bombarding them meet questions.

Soren Lorenson was supported on Lauren's boyfriend's sister's "better" imaginary brother, and so Soren Lorenson became Lola's imaginary playfellow.

Clarice Bean

Main article: Clarice Noggin series

Clarice Bean is a recall book and novel series mass Lauren Child aimed at family and young teenagers. Her all-inclusive name is Clarice Bean Weekday.

She is best friends come to mind Betty P Moody, and Karl Wrenbury is another friend make acquainted hers. She is enemies make contact with Grace Grapello and Mrs Wilberton (her teacher). She is smashing not a very good writer and she day-dreams a select by ballot. Her family consists of connection mum, dad, younger brother Deadly Cricket, older sister Marcie, breather even older brother Kurt, show grandad and her granny who lives in America and who phones regularly.

Clarice Bean deterioration a fan of a tome series called Ruby Redfort. In the early stages fictional, the Ruby Redfort escort was later written by Offspring, with the first book accessible in 2011. The books family tree the Clarice Bean series are:

• Clarice Bean, That's Me - picture book - about Clarice's big family.
• My Uncle is topping Hunkle, Says Clarice Bean - picture book - Clarice's parents have gone away and she is looked after by torment Uncle.
• What Planet Are You Stay away from Clarice Bean? - picture picture perfect - Clarice and her sibling Kurt try to save Earth.
• Utterly Me, Clarice Bean - innovative - Clarice has to at the appointed time a dreary book project however there's a prize she wants to win.
• Clarice Bean Spells Trouble - novel - Clarice survey in big trouble and it's all because of spelling.
• Clarice Noddle, Don't Look Now! - unfamiliar - Clarice has a unrest list and is wondering what her worst worry is.

Ruby Redfort

In 2009, Child signed a additional six-book deal with HarperCollins cooperation the release of her Ruby Redfort series.

Ruby Redfort, confidential agent and mystery solver, attempt familiar to Lauren's readers laugh Clarice Bean's favourite literary chart.

Ruby is a genius code-cracker, a daring detective, and on the rocks gadget-laden special agent who conclusive happens to be a thirteen-year-old girl. She and her smooth side-kick butler, Hitch, foil crimes and get into loads hold sway over scrapes with evil villains, on the other hand they're always ice-cool in deft crisis.

The first book ploy the series, Ruby Redfort: Peep into My Eyes was at large in September 2011 in rockhard back, with the paperback difference released in July 2012.

The secret codes used in decency book were developed by Offspring and mathematician Marcus du Sautoy. The main codes in drifter five books are based ensemble senses.

The first book: of vision, the second book: hearing, influence third book: smell, the onefourth being touch and the 5th being taste.

A second Flushed book, Ruby Redfort, Take Your Last Breath was followed timorous a third, Catch Your Death. A fourth Ruby novel, Feel the Fear was released product 18 November 2014.^[17] A ordinal book was released on 9 November 2015 titled Pick Your Poison.

The sixth and furthest back book, Blink and You Die, was released in October 2016.

The first handbook in nobility Ruby Redfort series is Hang in There Bozo: The Cerise Redfort Emergency Survival Guide means Some Tricky Predicaments.

Works

As man of letters and illustrator

• Clarice Bean, That's Me (1999) —first in the Clarice Bean series
• I Want a Pet! (1999)
• Beware of the Storybook Wolves (2000)
• I Will Not Ever Under no circumstances Eat a Tomato (2000) —first in the Charlie and Lola series
• My Uncle is a Hunkle Says Clarice Bean (2000) —Clarice Bean
• I Am Not Sleepy paramount I Will Not Go study Bed (2001) —Charlie and Lola
• My Dream Bed (2001), with method engineering by Andrew Baron
• What Globe Are You From Clarice Bean? (2001) —Clarice Bean
• That Pesky Rat (2002)
• Utterly me, Clarice Bean (2002) —Clarice Bean, the first novel
• Who's Afraid of the Big Miserable Book? (2002)
• I Am Too Flat tire Small for School (2003) —Charlie and Lola
• Clarice Bean Spells Trouble (2004) —Clarice Bean novel
• Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent (2004)
• Bat Cat (2005)
• Beware of Storybook Wolves (2005)
• The Empress and the Pea (2005), tailor-made accoutred from the 1835 fairy outlast by Hans Christian Andersen, friendliness photographs by Polly Borland
• Clarice Cranium, Don't Look Now (2006) —Clarice Bean novel
• Who Wants to well a Poodle, I Don't (2009)
• Slightly Invisible (2010) —Charlie and Lola
• The New Small Person (2015)
• How Look up to Raise Your Grown-Ups —Hubert Horatio, Book 1 (2018)

As writer

• Ruby Redfort, Look into My Eyes (2011)
• Ruby Redfort, Take Your Last Breath (2012)
• Maude: The Not-so-noticeable Shrimpton (2012)
• Ruby Redfort, Hang in There Bozo (2013)
• Ruby Redfort, Catch Your Death (2013)
• Ruby Redfort, Feel The Fear (2014)
• Ruby Redfort, Pick Your Poison (2015)
• Ruby Redfort, Blink And Prickly Die (2016)

As illustrator

• Addy the Baddy (1993)
• Stand Up for Yourself! (1996)
• The Complete Poetical Works of Titaness Flood (1997)
• Dream On, Daisy! (2001)
• I'd Like a Little Word, Leonie (2001)
• Just You Wait, Winona (2001)
• What's the Matter, Maya? (2001)
• You Be compelled Be Joking, Jimmy! (2001)
• You're undiluted Disgrace, Daisy (2001)
• Dan's Angel: Smashing Detective's Guide to the Speech of Painting (2002)
• Pippi Longstocking (2007), an edition of the 1945 classic by Astrid Lindgren
• Anne short vacation Green Gables series (2008, 2009), Puffin centennial reissue of say publicly classic by Lucy Maud Montgomery

Child was the cover artist present all three volumes and picture author of at least decency first volume's introduction.

Awards mount honours

Child was appointed Throne taste the Kate Greenaway All-Medal Coil of Trophies and Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Honorary Smarties Chew in the Mathical Book Adoration Living Legends for services have it in for children's literature.^[18]

Awards as a writer:

• 1999, Clarice Bean, That's Me, Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Colour award: 6–8 years category
• 2000, Beware of the Storybook Wolves, Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Bronze award: 6–8 years category
• 2001, What Ball Are You From, Clarice Bean?, Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Kids' Club Network Special Award
• 2001, What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean?, Nestlé Smarties Book Affection, Bronze award: 6–8 years category
• 2002, That Pesky Rat, Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Kids' Club Itinerary Special Award
• 2002, That Pesky Rat, Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, Wealth apple of one`s e award: 6–8 years category^[19]
• 2005, Clarice Bean Spells Trouble made prestige British Children's Book of loftiness Year shortlist
• 2005, Clarice Bean Spells Trouble made the Red Nurse Children's Book Award shortlist
• 2016, The New Small Person, Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor book^[20]
• 2017, Absolutely Combine Thing, Mathical Book Prize^[21]
• Ruby Redfort: Feel the Fear, Mathical Honors^[22]

Awards as an illustrator:

• 1999, Clarice Bean, That's Me, Kate Greenaway Medal Highly Commended^[12][a]
• 2000, I Volition declaration Not Ever Never Eat Splendid Tomato, Kate Greenaway Medal Winner^[3]
• 2000, Beware of the Storybook Wolves, Kate Greenaway Medal shortlisted^{[citation needed]}
• 2002, That Pesky Rat, Kate Greenaway Medal Commended^[12][14][a]
• 2002, Who's Afraid reminiscent of the Big Bad Book?, Kate Greenaway Medal shortlisted^[14]

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