Bob Graham | |
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Born | Robert Donald Graham 20 October 1942 |
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation(s) | Author and illustrator |
Notable work | Max |
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Robert Donald Graham, better known as Bob Graham (born 20 October 1942), is an Australian author and illustrator of picture books, primarily for very young children.[1]
Graham won the 2002 Kate Greenaway Medal from the British librarians, recognising the year's best-illustrated children's book published in the UK, for the picture book Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child (Walker Books), which he both wrote and illustrated. (He donated the £5000 cash prize to refugees.)[2][3] The story features a young girl who finds a tiny fairy family "in cement and weeds", contrary to her father's teaching.[2] He also won a 2000 Smarties Prize, ages category 0–5 years, for Max[4] and the 2002 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Picture Book, for "Let's Get A Pup!" Said Kate.[5]
For his contribution as a children's illustrator, Graham was Australia nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 2012.[6]
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