Polly Dunbar

Polly Dunbar
Born Cotswolds, England
Occupation Illustrator, writer
Nationality British
Genre Children's picture books
Website
pollydunbar.com

Polly Dunbar (born in Cotswolds) is an author-illustrator. Dunbar is known for her self-illustrated books Dog Blue, Flyaway Katie and Penguin. She is the daughter of children's book writer Joyce Dunbar, whom she worked with to publish the picture book Shoe Baby. She is also the illustrator for Here's a Little Poem by Jane Yolen and Andrew Fusek Peters, and My Dad's a Birdman by David Almond.

Biography

Dunbar was born in the Cotswolds and moved to Stratford upon Avon when she was an eight-month-old.[1] She went to school there until she was eleven and moved to Norwich with her family. There she attended City of Norwich School and Norwich Art school, now known as Norwich University College of the Arts . She started writing and illustrating at age 16, when she published two books - which she describes as "cartoon books inspired by teenage antics".[1] She went to Brighton university and graduated in 1999 with a degree in illustration.[2]

As of February 2008, Dunbar lives in Brighton, England.[3]

Career

Dunbar published Dog Blue and Flyaway Katie in 2004.[4] The following year, she co-operated with her mother, author Joyce Dunbar, to produce the picture book Shoe Baby.[4] Dunbar's 2007 book Penguin is her most critically successful book to date, winning the Booktrust Early Years Awards in pre-school category.[5] and the silver award in the Nestle Children's Book Prize for children under five years old.[6] Dunbar is also the illustrator for Here's A Little Poem which is on the IBBY honour's book list for 2008.[7]

Polly Dunbar was named "Most promising new illustrator" in Publisher Weekly's Cuffie Awards in 2004.[8][9] In 2008, she is featured in The Times's list of "The best new picture book illustrators".[10]

Bibliography

Help series

Middle books

Tilly series

all published via Walker Books
adapted into BBC series[11] 2012 cartoon Tilly and Friends on TVO Kids.

Sticker Activity Books:

As illustrator

References

  1. 1 2 Illustrator's Gallery: Polly Dunbar from Book Trust Children's Books
  2. ↑ Polly Dunbar profile from Frances Lincoln.
  3. ↑ Author Biography from Book Browse
  4. 1 2 Take 3: Illustrators from Books For Keep
  5. ↑ Dunbar, Polly from Images of delight
  6. ↑ Nestle Children's Book Prize Winners announced from School Library Association
  7. ↑ 01/09/2008 // September 2008 from tallpoet.com
  8. ↑ Polly Dunbar: Author/Illustrator Bio from houghtonmifflinbooks.com.
  9. ↑ Down the Back of the Chair at Google Books.
  10. ↑ The best new picture book illustrators from The Times
  11. ↑ Tilly and Friends
  12. ↑ Hello Tilly
  13. ↑ Happy Hector
  14. ↑ Pretty Pru
  15. ↑ Where's Tumpty?
  16. ↑ Doodle Bites
  17. ↑ Tilly. "Doodle's Bitey Bitey Bitey Day". Tilly and Friends. I think we better have a word with a certain green crocodile.
  18. ↑ Goodnight Tiptoe
  19. ↑ Let's Get Wheeling!
  20. ↑ Listen To Me
  21. ↑ Star Party
  22. ↑ Best Day Ever
  23. ↑ What's Everyone Doing?
  24. ↑ Who's Hiding?
  25. ↑ Doctor Tilly
  26. ↑ "Tumpty's Plane".
  27. ↑ Dressing Up
  28. ↑ Play All Day
  29. ↑ "A cat called Penguin". www.worldcat.org. WorldCat. Retrieved 14 September 2015.

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