Open AccessPlayfulness in Lauren Child’s Picture Books
Author(s) -
Suzanne O'Sullivan
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
papers (victoria park)/papers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1837-4530
pISSN - 1034-9243
DOI - 10.21153/pecl2008vol18no1art1182
Subject(s) - medal , picture books , art , art history , literature , narrative , visual arts , history
Lauren Child is the author/illustrator of thirteen picture books, four board books and three novels, most prominently the Clarice Bean series and the Charlie and Lola series.1 She has been feted as ‘one of Britain’s foremost children’s writers and illustrators’ (Booth 2005, p.13). As Rose notes, ‘people rave about how clever the stories are, how the drawings and design are quirky and refreshingly different’ (2006). Child has won numerous awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal (for I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato) and the Smarties Prize (for Clarice Bean, That’s Me; What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean? and That Pesky Rat).