Bob Graham (author/illustrator)

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Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image 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]

Biography

Graham was born in Sydney, Australia.[1] He loved drawing and was greatly influenced by comics such as The Phantom and Mandrake.[7]

He studied drawing and painting, went to the UK after graduation, returned to Sydney, and there began his career as an illustrator and designer. Between 1983 and 1995 he lived in Melbourne working as an illustrator for a publishing house, The Five Mile Press. He now lives in the UK and works on a monthly comic-strip for a French magazine, Les Belles Histoires as well as continuing to produce picture books.

In 1982 he illustrated the music and lyrics booklet for Australian Broadcasting Commission's Sing primary school music radio broadcast. A scene from Greetings from Sandy Beach was used as one in a series of Australia Post stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of the annual Children's Book Council of Australia awards.

WorldCat reports from participating libraries that his most widely held work is How to Heal a Broken Wing, a 36-page picture book about a city boy who rescues an injured bird; published in 2008 by both Walker and its US division Candlewick Press. WorldCat libraries hold editions in Scottish Gaelic, French, Spanish, Catalan, and Chinese.[8]

Awards and honours

Graham's books have received numerous honors and have been listed on several "best of" lists.

Eleven of Graham's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Max (2000),[9] Tales from the Waterhole (2004),[10] How to Heal a Broken Wing (2008),[11] April and Esme, Tooth Fairies (2011),[12] The Silver Button (2014),[13] Vanilla Ice Cream (2014),[14] How the Sun Got to Coco's House (2015),[15] Home in the Rain (2017),[16] The Underhills (2020),[17] Ellie's Dragon (2021),[18] and Maxine (2022).[19]

The Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin–Madison included nine of Graham's books in their year-end lists of the best books: "Let's Get a Pup" Said Kate (2001),[20] Oscar’s Half Birthday (2005),[21] "The Trouble with Dogs..." Said Dad (2007),[22] How to Heal a Broken Wing (2008),[23] April and Esme: Tooth Fairies (2010),[24] A Bus Called Heaven (2012),[25] The Silver Button (2013),[26]How the Sun Got to Coco's House (2015),[27] and Maxine (2021).[28]

The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has named the following as Notable Children's Books: "Let's Get A Pup,' Said Kate (2002),[29] Oscar's Half Birthday (2006),[30] Dimity Dumpty (2008),[31] April and Esme, Tooth Fairies (2011),[32] Home in the Rain (2018).[33] ALSC also included Max (Reading Rainbow), an adaptation of Graham's Max, a Notable Children's Video in 2003.[34]

School Library Journal named How to Heal a Broken Wing one of the best picture books of 2008.[11]

Two of Graham's books received fanfare from The Horn Book Magazine, meaning they were listed as the magazine's best books of the year. Fanfare books include April and Esme, Tooth Fairies (2010) and Home in the Rain (2017).[35]

Kirkus Reviews named Vanilla Ice Cream one of the best picture books of 2014.[14]

Vanilla Ice Cream was selected by Bank Street College of Education as one of the best books of 2015.[36]

In 2017, Home in the Rain received a blue ribbon from The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books.[37][16]

Awards for Graham's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1986 First there was Frances CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Commended [38]
1987 The Wild CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Shortlist [38]
1988 Crusher is Coming CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Winner [38]
1990 Grandad's Magic CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Honour [38]
1991 Greetings from Sandy Beach CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Winner [38]
1992 Rose Meets Mr Wintergarten Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission's Human Rights Awards, Children's Literature category Commended
1993 CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Winner [38]
Children's Peace Literature Award Winner [39]
1997 Queenie the Bantam Kate Greenaway Medal Highly commended [40]Template:Efn
1998 Queenie the Bantam CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Shortlist [38]
1999 Buffy: An Adventure Story Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, ages 0–5 years Silver [4]
2000 CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Shortlist [38]
Children's Yearly Best Ever Reads (CYBER) Award, Picture Books Winner
Max Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, ages 0–5 years Winner [4]
2001 CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood Honour [38][41]
2002 Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child Kate Greenaway Medal Winner [3][2]
"Let's Get A Pup!" Said Kate Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Picture Book Winner [5]
CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood Winner [38]
2003 Jethro Byrde, Fairy Child CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Shortlist [38]
2005 Aristotle (as illustrator) Blue Peter Book Award, Best Illustrated Book to Read Aloud Shortlist
Tales from the Waterhole CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood Shortlist [38]
2006 Oscar’s Half Birthday Charlotte Zolotow Award Commend [42]
2008 "The Trouble with Dogs..." Said Dad. CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood Shortlist [38]
Charlotte Zolotow Award Commended [43]
2009 How to Heal a Broken Wing CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood Winner [38]
Charlotte Zolotow Award Winner [43]
2011 April and Esme: Tooth Fairies Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor [43]
April Underhill, Tooth Fairy Prime Minister's Literary Award, West Australia Shortlist
2012 A Bus Called Heaven CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Winner [38]
2014 The Silver Button CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Honour [38]
Charlotte Zolotow Award Commended [44]
Irma Black Award Finalist [13][45][46]
Prime Minister's Literary Award, Children's Fiction Winner [47]
2016 How the Sun Got to Coco's House Charlotte Zolotow Award Commended [44]
2017 Home in the Rain CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Winner [38][48]
Prime Minister's Literary Award, Children's Fiction Winner [49]
2021 Ellie’s Dragon CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Picture Book Shortlist [38]
2023 Jigsaw: A Puzzle in the Post CBCA's Children's Book of the Year Award: Early Childhood Shortlist [50]
Children's Book Award, Queensland Literary Awards Shortlist [51]

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  3. ↑ a b (directory, 2003 CILIP Awards press releases) Template:Webarchive. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-18.
    • Four press releases 11 July 2003 pertain to Graham. See also the earlier release 2 May 2003, "... Judges Comments on the Shortlist". Unfortunately, the primary release "Bob Graham Wins CILIP Greenaway Medal" is mis-linked to the next year's announcement, as of 2012-07-18.
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