HELEN CRAIG
BIOGRAPHY
Helen Craig spent her childhood in a remote part of Essex
living in a tiny thatched cottage with no electricity or
running water. Her father is Edward Craig, the writer and
designer for theatre and films; her grandfather was Edward
Gordon Craig, also a theatrical designer and producer and
the son of Dame Ellen Terry. She loved drawing but "I
felt rather overwhelmed by this wealth of talent around
me," never thought of it as a profession and did not
attend art school. Instead she was apprenticed at the age
of 16 to a firm of commercial photographers and worked as
a portrait photographer in London. She lived in Spain for
three years and it was there that she began drawing seriously
and making ceramics.
She started illustrating children's books in 1969 - while
bringing up her small son alone - and has since then completed
over thirty, including twelve titles about her popular mouse
character Angelina Ballerina. Helen usually works in watercolour
but she illustrated The Yellow House using etchings and
aquatints. Her retelling of Aesop's fable The Town Mouse
and the Country Mouse was shortlisted for the 1992 Smarties
Book Prize and she enjoyed the characters Charlie and Tyler
so much that she wrote Charlie and Tyler at the Seaside.
Helen lives in Buckinghamshire in a 300-year-old cottage.
She collects children's books, new and old, and tries to
find time for etching, ceramic sculpture and her garden.
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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Angelina's Christmas
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Top of Mountain
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Huge House
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Stay in Bed
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Burst into tears
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABC (Mouse House), published 1978 by Aurum
Press
Rosy's Visitors, written by Judy Hindley, first
published 2002 by Walker Books
Charlie and Tyler at the Seaside, first published
1995 by Walker Books
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, first published
1992 by Walker Books
Mary Mary, written by Sarah Hayes, first published
1990 by Walker Books
This is the Bear, written by Sarah Hayes, first
published 1986 by Walker Books
This is the Bear and the Bad Little Girl, written
by Sarah Hayes, first published 1995 by Walker Books
This is the Bear and the Picnic Lunch, written
by Sarah Hayes, first published 1988 by Walker Books
This is the Bear and the Scary Night, written
by Sarah Hayes, first published 1991 by Walker Books
Foggy Friday, written by Phyllis Root, first
published 2000 by Walker Books
Meow Monday, written by Phyllis Root, first published
2000 by Walker Books
Soggy Saturday, written by Phyllis Root, first
published 2001 by Walker Books
One Windy Wednesday, written by Phyllis Root,
first published 1996 by Walker Books
Turnover Tuesday, written by Phyllis Root, first
published 1998 by Walker Books
The Knight, the Princess and the Dragon, published
1985 by Walker Books
The Night of the Paperbag Monsters, published
1985 by Walker Books
The Yellow House by Blake Morrison, first published
1987 by Walker Books
The Orchard Nursery Story Book, first published
1999 by Orchard Books
Angelina Ballerina, written by Katherine Holabird,
first published 1983 by Aurum Press
Angelina and Henry, written by Katherine Holabird,
first published 2002 by Puffin/HIT Entertainment
Angelina and Alice, written by Katherine Holabird,
first published 1987 by Aurum Press
Angelina and the Princess, written by Katherine
Holabird, first published 1984 by Aurum Press
Angelina at the Fair, written by Katherine Holabird,
first published 1985 by Aurum Press
Angelina Ice Skates, written by Katherine Holabird,
first published 1993 by ABC
Angelina on Stage, written by Katherine Holabird,
first published 1986 by Aurum Press
Angelina's Baby Sister, written by Katherine
Holabird, first published 1991 by ABC
Angelina's Birthday, written by Katherine Holabird,
first published 1989 by ABC
Angelina's Christmas, written by Katherine Holabird,
first published 1985 by Aurum Press
Angelina's Halloween, written by Katherine Holabird,
first published 2001 by Penguin/HIT Entertainment
Angelina's Invitation to the Ballet, written
by Katherine Holabird, first published 2003 by Puffin/HIT
Entertainment
Angelina Star of the Show, written by Katherine
Holabird, first published 2004 by Puffin/HIT Entertainment
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