Browne, Eileen

 

BIOGRAPHY

Original picture book artwork by Eileen Browne is available for purchase from Images of Delight.

Eileen was born and brought up in Birmingham but lived in London for over 20 years before moving to Wiltshire where she now lives. She worked as a school teacher and a youth worker before becoming an author and illustrator. Her first book was published in 1977.

Eileen believes "Certain groups of people are not well represented in books. For example, females only feature as main characters in around 30% of children's books. Because of this, I give them priority. Where's That Bus? (1994) was one of the first animal picture books with all female characters."

Eileen is the author of the picture book classic, Handa's Surprise, which was shortlisted for the 1995 Sheffield Children's Book Award. The Little Angel Theatre puppet-theatre production of Handa's Surprise toured London theatres in 2004 and was performed at the Unicorn Theatre, London in 2007-8. Handa's Surprise and the sequel, Handa's Hen, 2002, are now available in more than 20 dual-language editions. She has written and illustrated books with amongst others, Kit Wright and Floella Benjamin. Through my Window, written in collaboration with Tony Bradman, was shortlisted for the 1986 Smarties Book Prize. No Problem was shortlisted for the 1994 Nottinghamshire Children's Book Award.

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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Handa's Surprising Day, written and illustrated by Eileen Browne and first published 2007 by Walker Books Ltd. This young fiction book contains three Handa stories. The following illustrations are from The Fruity Surprise which is taken from Handa's Surprise, published to great commercial and critical success as a picture book in 1994.



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Handa's Hen, the sequel to the award winning Handa's Surprise. Written and illustrated by Eileen Browne and first published 2002 by Walker Books Ltd.



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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Books written and illustrated by Eileen Browne include;

Handa and the Goat, to be published 2009 by Walker Books Ltd
Handa's Surprising Fun Book, to be published 2009 by Walker Books Ltd
Handa's Surprising Day, first published 2007 by Walker Books Ltd
Handa's Hen, first published 2002 by Walker Books Ltd
Handa's Surprise, first published 1994 by Walker Books Ltd
Where's That Bus?, first published 1994 by Walker Books Ltd
In a Minute, by Tony Bradman and Eileen Browne, first published 1990 by Methuen
Up the Tree, first published 1987 by Macdonald
Funny Animals, first published 1986 by Macdonald
Through My Window, by Tony Bradman and Eileen Browne, first published 1986 by Methuen, to be republished 2008 by Francis Lincoln
Nicki, first published 1980 by Heinemann

Eileen Browne has written many books that have been illustrated by others including;

Mary Had A Dinosaur, 2007
Caraway and the Cup Final, (1990) 2004
No Problem, illustrated by David Parkins and first published 1993 by Walker Books Ltd
Tick Tock, illustrated by David Parkins and first published 1993 by Walker Books Ltd

Eileen Browne has illustrated over 25 books written by others, the more recent of which include;

Winnie Wagtail, written by Neil Griffiths & John Williams and first published 2006 by Red Robin Books
Footprints in the Forest, written by Taahra Ghazi and first published by Action Aid 1999
Wait and See, written by Tony Bradman and first published 1988 by Methuen


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