Original picture book artwork by Charlotte Voake is available for purchase from Images of Delight together with one limited edition print from Eleanor Farjeon’s Elsie Piddock Skips in her Sleep.
Charlotte Voake was born in 1957 in Wales, and was brought up in Chepstow and the Wirral. She studied art history at the University of London. She worked for a short time at the Bluecoat Gallery in Liverpool and illustrated her first children’s book while still at University.
She has illustrated many books for other authors, as well as produced her own picture books, among them Ginger (1997) and Pizza Kittens (2002), both winners of the Nestle Smarties Book Prize.
Further information about Charlotte can be found on the British Council website, www.britishcouncil.org/magicpencil
PRIZES AND AWARDS
1988 Kurt Maschler Award (shortlist) The Ridiculous Story of Gammer Gurton’s Needle
1989 National Art Library Illustration Award (winner) The Mighty Slide
1991 Kurt Maschler Award (shortlist) The Best of Aesop’s Fables
1993 Kurt Maschler Award (shortlist) Caterpillar Caterpillar
1997 Kate Greenaway Medal (shortlist) Ginger
1997 Kurt Maschler Award (shortlist) Ginger
1997 Nestle Smarties Book Prize (winner) Ginger
1998 Sheffield Children’s Book Award (winner) Ginger
2002 Nestle Smarties Book Prize (winner) Pizza Kittens
2006 New York Times Ten Best Illustrated Children’s Books (winner) Hello Twins
2007 Blue Peter Award Best Book with Facts (shortlist) A Child’s Guide to Wild Flowers
2007 British Design and Production Award (winner) Hello Twins
ILLUSTRATIONS
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I am delighted to offer signed limited edition prints of the cover from Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep, written by Eleanor Farjeon and illustrated by Charlotte Voake.
There are just 150 of these prints which have been beautifully produced on 310gsm Hahnemuhle fine art etching paper and individually signed and numbered by the artist. The actual image measures 420mm x 295mm, but with mounting on top this increases to approximately 580mm x 430mm.
They come mounted and wrapped ready for framing, but we can have them framed for you if you wish. Please just ask.
Last but by no means least, they each come with a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and publisher.
Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep, written by Eleanor Farjeon and published in this Treasures format in 1997 by Walker Books Ltd.“By that most perfect of storytellers, Eleanor Farjeon, Charlotte Voake…has to be half fairy herself to produce such exquisitely delicate pictures.” The Guardian
First published in 1937, this is the classic story of Little Elsie Piddock who can skip like never so! This edition of the uplifting fairy story is the only illustrated version available – the Eleanor Farjeon Estate deeming Charlotte Voake the only illustrator who could do the story justice.
Elsie Piddock Skips in her Sleep, written by Eleanor Farjeon and illustrated by Charlotte Voake. This picture book edition was first published in 2000 by Walker Books Ltd.Charlotte was personally selected by the nephew of the esteemed children’s book writer Eleanor Farjeon to illustrate this book.
Originally published in 1937, Little Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep is the tale of a little girl who is so good at skipping that she can even outskip fairies. Her reward is a gift of great power that she uses against a very unpleasant landowner.
Please accept my apologies for the fact that the scans of the larger pieces have not reproduced well here.
A Child’s Guide to Wild Flowers, written and illustrated by the award winning artist, Charlotte Voake. First published 2004 by Eden Project Books/Transworld.You can now easily buy or find out more about some of Charlotte’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”
The New Red Bike and Other Stories for the Very Young (illustrator) Heinemann, 1978
Walk a Crooked Mile (illustrator) Hamish Hamilton, 1979
Top and Toby: A First Book of Letters (illustrator) Walker, 1980
The Picture Prize and Other Stories for the Very Young (illustrator) Puffin, 1981
Mr Teago and the Magic Slippers (illustrator) Viking Kestrel, 1983
The Way to Sattin Shore (illustrator) Viking Kestrel, 1983
Duck (illustrator) Walker, 1984
The Ghost Child (illustrator) Heinemann, 1984
The Witch-Child (illustrator) Viking Kestrel, 1984
Over the Moon: A Book of Nursery Rhymes (illustrator) Walker, 1985
Fur (illustrator) Walker, 1986
Tom’s Cat (author/illustrator) Walker, 1986
Bad Egg: The True Story of Humpty Dumpty (illustrator) Walker, 1987 reissued 1998
The Ridiculous Story of Gammer Gurton’s Needle (illustrator) Walker, 1987
First Things First (author/illustrator) Walker, 1988 reissued 2008
The Mighty Slide: Stories in Verse (illustrator) Viking Kestrel, 1988
Mrs Goose’s Baby (author/illustrator) Walker, 1989
Amy Said (illustrator) Walker, 1990
The Best of Aesop’s Fables (illustrator) Walker, 1990
The Three Little Pigs and Other Favourite Nursery Stories (illustrator) Walker, 1991
Caterpillar, Butterfly (illustrator) Walker (reissued as Caterpillar Butterfly, 2003 and 2008), 1993
Mr Davies and the Baby (author/illustrator) Walker, 1996
Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep (illustrator) Walker, 1997
Ginger (author/illustrator) Walker, 1997
Looking at Pictures: An Introduction to Art for Young People through the Collection of the National Gallery (illustrator) A & C Black, 1997
Here Comes the Train (author/illustrator) Walker, 1998
Charlotte Voake’s Alphabet Adventure (author/illustrator) Cape, 1999
Pizza Kittens (author/illustrator) Walker, 2002
Ginger Finds A Home (author/illustrator) Walker, 2003
A Child’s Guide to Wild Flowers (illustrator) Transworld/Eden Project, 2004
Hello Twins (author/illustrator) Walker, 2007
Tweedle Dee Dee (author/illustrator), Walker 2008