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The combination of Alice Melvin's charming illustrations and delightful rhyming verses ensure The High Street is destined to be a children's classic. It's the third book by celebrated British illustrator and designer Alice Melvin who was also winner of the 2011 Booktrust Best New Illustrators Award. Each shop is depicted through this charming story in Alice Melvin's trademark, highly detailed illustrations that hark back to a previous age, remain strongly contemporary but are quintessentially British. Melvin's Counting Birds is also perfect for this audience. ~ Julia Eccleshare
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About Alice Melvin
Alice Melvin is a highly acclaimed young artist and designer based in
Edinburgh. Born in 1982, Alice grew up in the seaside town of Saltburn
in the north east of England. After completing a Foundation Course at
Cleveland College of Art and Design, she went on to study an
illustration degree at Edinburgh College of Art graduating with first
class honours in June 2004, and receiving the Andrew Grant Bequest for
outstanding work in illustration.
Since graduating in 2004, Melvin has based herself in Edinburgh working as a book artist, illustrator and designer, receiving numerous awards for her innovative work. Her first book, An A to Z Treasure Hunt, was published by Tate Publishing in 2007 and was shortlisted for the Booktrust Best New Illustrators award in 2008, as well as being the only entry for Great Britain to be selected for the prestigious Bologna Children’s Book Fair Illustrator’s Exhibition in that year. Her second book, Counting Birds (Tate Publishing 2009), was a Scottish
Booktrust Book of the Month and gained the Critics' Choice recognition
in the Association of Illustrators Images 34 exhibition. In 2011, Alice was named one of that year's Booktrust Best New Illustrators.
Working as a freelance illustrator Alice designs for a wide range of clients, as well as producing her own stationery range. In 2009 she was invited to exhibit and promote her work in Osaka, Japan, at the annual Hankyu British Fair.
Alice has also worked with Tate on accompanying ranges of children’s products. Her next book with Tate Publishing called The High Street is released in September 2011.
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