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Lauren Child - Illustrator

Lauren Child is the author/illustrator of the much-loved Charlie and Lola books (now a major TV show) for very young readers, the Ruby Redfort series for older children and the Clarice Bean series for 7+ children as well as Hubert Horatio and many stand alone books. 

Former Children's Laureate Lauren Child burst on to the children’s books scene in 1999 and has since published many bestselling and awardwinning books, including those featuring the hugely popular Charlie and Lola, and the Clarice Bean series. She has won numerous awards including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal and the Smarties Gold Award. Her books have been made into an award-winning TV series and have sold in many languages with runaway success. 

In December 2008 she was named as a UNESCO Artist for Peace, and was awarded an MBE in 2009.

Lauren Child was the 10th Waterstones Children's Laureate. Of the role she said, “I want to inspire children to believe in their own creative potential, to make their own stories and drawings and ignite in them the delight of reading for pleasure. In an increasingly fast paced world, children need the freedom to dream and imagine; to enjoy reading, drawing and telling their own stories without value judgement or restraint”.

The role of Children's Laureate is awarded every two years to an author or illustrator of children’s books to “celebrate outstanding achievement in their field and recognise the important contribution children’s literature makes to cultural life”. Child’s tenure will ran until June 2019, which marked 20 years since the post was inaurgurated by Quentin Blake and since Child published her first book.

Child revealed that Blake was a huge inspiration to her. “When I was little, it never occurred to me to think of authors and illustrators as actual human beings," she said. "Then I saw Quentin on television live drawing on “Jackanory”, so he became a real-life illustrator to me and that made it something it was possible to become.”

Other previous post-holders include  Anne Fine, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen and Malorie Blackman.

Illustrator's Website: https://www.milkmonitor.com/

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Books Illustrated By Lauren Child

The Little Match Girl Strikes Back

Emma Carroll

Paperback

Pre-order. 12th September 2024

£7.19 £7.99

Grey

Laura Dockrill

Hardback

Pre-order. 2nd May 2024

£13.49 £14.99

Smile

Lauren Child

Hardback

In Stock

£13.49 £14.99

Pippi Longstocking

Astrid Lindgren

Paperback

In Stock

£12.59 £13.99

Pippi Longstocking Goes Aboard

Astrid Lindgren

Paperback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

Clarice Bean Think Like an Elf

Lauren Child

Hardback

In Stock

£13.49 £14.99

Pippi Longstocking

Astrid Lindgren

Hardback

In Stock

£18.00 £20.00

Mary Poppins

P. L. Travers

Paperback

Not Available

The Goody

Lauren Child

Hardback

In Stock

£11.69 £12.99

Mary Poppins

P. L. Travers

Hardback

In Stock

£18.00 £20.00

Pippi Longstocking

Astrid Lindgren

Paperback

In Stock

£8.99 £9.99

Clarice Bean, Don't Look Now

Lauren Child

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

Clarice Bean Spells Trouble

Lauren Child

Paperback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99

That Pesky Rat

Lauren Child

Paperback

Not Available

Clarice Bean, That's Me

Lauren Child

Hardback

In Stock

£7.19 £7.99