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BIOGRAPHY
Original picture book artwork by Anita Jeram is available for purchase from Images of Delight together with the original artwork from her popular Two Bad Mice cards.
Anita Jeram was born and brought up in Portsmouth, England. After school she had a series of jobs including kennel maid, packer in a talcumn powder factory, and sorter in a crisp factory, picking out the bad crisps! In 1986 she married her husband Andy and moved to Manchester.
She enroled on a foundation course in visual studies at Manchester Polytechnic, followed by a degree course in illustration. The end of year show was in June 1990. She moved across the pond to Northern Ireland in July and had a baby boy in August. (Phew!) Her tutor, also an illustrator, took some of her work to Walker Books and her first book, Bill's Belly Button, was published a year after she graduated. Her second book, It Was Jake!, was included on the National Curriculum SAT reading list.
Since then she has been busy making numerous picture books with publisher Walker Books including her best known book, Guess How Much I Love You, which rapidly became established around the world as a new picture-book classic. Over a million copies were printed in the first year of publication and it was one of the best-selling children's books in both Britain and America. Guess How Much I Love You was shortlisted for the 1994 Kurt Maschler Award and for the Illustrated Children's Books category of the 1994 British Book Awards. Anita also makes greetings cards for Two Bad Mice and the illustrations from these have proved extremely popular.
Anita lives in a renovated farmhouse right near the sea with her husband and three children, together with a menagerie of animals - that her daughter keeps adding to!
Further information on Anita's own website www.anitajeram.com and on www.twobadmice.com
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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The following illustrations were all created for Two Bad Mice Cards, of which Anita's work has proved to be immensely popular. Not all of the following were published. Those that were published are termed originals, whilst those that weren't published are termed alternatives. |
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|  | The Most Obedient Dog in the World, written and illustrated by the award winning author/illustrator, Anita Jeram. First published in 1993 by Walker Books Ltd.
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|  | The following illustrations are devoted to Anita's interpretations of rabbits and hares and come from some of her books as well as from her artwork for Two Bad Mice (rabbits & hares) greetings cards. |
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|  | I Love Guinea-Pigs, written by Dick King-Smith and first published 1994 by Walker Books Ltd.
More than just an information book, the illustrations and are clearly drawn by someone who loves and understands guinea-pigs well.
Anita Jeram is well known for her illustrations of guinea-pigs, so I have included some of her non-book material in this section as well. |
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|  | Contrary Mary, written and illustrated by Anita Jeram. First published in 1995 by Walker Books Ltd.
Anita Jeram's illustrations are - as always - wonderfully humorous...Just the story to encourage early readers. The Guardian
A hilarious story by the illustrator of Guess How Much I Love You.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
You can now easily buy or find out more about some of Anita's books by clicking on those that are highlighted. You will be taken directly to the publisher's website but can return quickly by clicking on "Back" All Books published by Walker Books and written by Anita unless otherwise stated Bill's Belly Button (1991) It Was Jake! (1991) The Most Obedient Dog in the World (1993) All Pigs are Beautiful, written by Dick King-Smith (1993) My Hen is Dancing, written by Karen Wallace (1993) I Love Guinea Pigs, written by Dick King-Smith (1994) Guess How Much I Love You, written by Sam McBratney (1994) Contrary Mary (1995) Daisy Dare (1995) Puppy Love, written by Dick King-Smith (1997) Animal Friends, written by Dick King-Smith (1997) Birthday Happy, Contrary Mary (1998) Bunny, My Honey (1999) All Together Now (1999) In Every Tiny Grain of Sand, a collection by Reeve Lindbergh and co-illustrated Kiss Goodnight, Sam, written by Amy Hest (2001) Don't You Feel Well, Sam, written by Amy Hest (2001) I Love My Little Storybook (2002) You Can Do It, Sam, written by Amy Hest (2003) You're All My Favourites, written by Sam McBratney, (2004) Guess How Much I Love You All Year Round, written by Sam McBratney, (2007)
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 Alternative artwork produced for <i>Two Bad Mice Cards</i>.<br>80mm x 210mm. Watercolour and ink, signed and unmounted, £95'))
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. Original artwork from <i>The Most Obedient Dog in the World</i>, <br>first published 1993 by Walker Books Ltd. 170mm x 250mm. Watercolour and ink, signed and unmounted £175'))
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