COLIN MCNAUGHTON
BIOGRAPHY
Colin McNaughton was born in 1951 in Wallsend upon Tyne,
Northumberland. He took a foundation course in Art in Newcastle
before moving to London in 1970 to study Graphic Design
at Central School of Art and Design and onto an MA in Illustration
at the Royal College of Art. His first books were published
in 1976 whilst still a student at the RCA. Some 80 books
have followed, most of which he has both written and illustrated.
Colin is now recognised as one of Britain's foremost picture
book artists. He is also a favourite author of children's
verse. The greatest influences on his work have been the
comics, annuals and Saturday morning cinema serials of his
childhood.
Fat Pig, Jolly Roger and Watch Out for the Giant-Killers
have been produced as stage plays. The Preston books have
been animated for television. He has won numerous awards
for many of his books including, the 1978 Letteratura Didattica
in Bologna; winner of the 1989 and 1994, British Book Design
and Production Award, Children's Book Category and shortlisted
in 1993; winner of the 1991 Emil Kurt Maschler Award and
shortlisted in 1988; winner of the 1995 Nottingham Children's
Acorn Award; winner of the 1995 UKRA Book Award; winner
of the 1996 Stockport Schools Book Award; winner of the
1996 Smarties Gold Prize, 0 - 5 category for Oops!, and
shortlisted in 1988 and 1994; winner of the Experian Big
3 Children's Book Prize 2002 and 2003, 8 - 9 category Nottingham
Libraries and shortlisted in 2001; highly commended in the
2001 Sheffield Children's Book Award, picture book catergory,
also commended in 1996 and shortlisted for this award in
1997; highly commended in the Petit Filous-Right Start Magazine
Best Toy Award 1997. He has also been shortlisted for many
other awards including the 1991 Earthworm Award; the 1994
She Magazine/WH Smith under 5 Book Award; the 1995 and 1997
Greenaway Medal; the 1997 Nottinghamshire Children's Book
Award; the 2000 Children's Book Award, picture book category
and the 2001 Blue Peter Book Awards in the Best Book to
Read Aloud category
Colin lives in London with his wife, Francoise.
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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Uncle Billy
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Cushie Butterfield
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Dinosaur
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The Lady
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Mister Wolf
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Big bad wolf
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABC and Things, first published 1976 by Ernest
Benn
123 and Things, first published 1976 by Ernest
Benn
The Rat Race, first published 1978 by Ernest
Benn
The Pirats, first published 1979 by Ernest Benn
Football Crazy, first published 1980 by Heinemann
If Dinosaurs Were Cats and Dogs, first published
1981 by Ernest Benn
Miss Brick the Builders' Baby, written by Allan
Ahlberg, first published 1981 by Kestrel
Mr and Mrs Hay the Horse, written by Allan Ahlberg,
first published 1981 by Kestrel
The Great Fruit Gum Robbery, written by Russell
Hoban, first published 1981 by Walker Books Ltd
They came from Aargh, written by Russell Hoban,
first published 1981 by Walker Books Ltd
The Flight of Bembel Rudzuk, written by Russell
Hoban, first published 1982 by Walker Books Ltd
Opposites, first published 1982 by Walker Books
Ltd
Seasons, first published 1983 by Walker Books
Ltd
Red Nose Readers: Help, Jumping, Make a Face, Big
Bad Pig, Fe Fi Fo Fum, Happy Worm, So Can I, Bear's Birthday,
written by Allan Ahlberg, first published 1985 by Walker
Books Ltd
Red Nose Readers: Shirley's Shop, Push The Dog, Crash
Bang Wallop, Me & My Friend, Blow Me Down, Look Out
for the Seals, One Two Flea, Tell Us a Story, written
by Allan Ahlberg, first published 1986 by Walker Books
Ltd.
There's an Awful Lot of Weirdos in Our Neighbourhood,
first published 1987 by Walker Books Ltd
Jolly Roger and the Pirates of Abdul the Skinhead,
first published 1988 by Walker Books Ltd
Mrs Jolly's Joke Shop, written by Allan Ahlberg,
first published 1988 by Kestrel
Santa Claus is Superman, first published 1988
by Walker Books Ltd
Who's Been Sleeping in My Porridge? First published
1990 by Walker Books Ltd
Watch Out for the Giant Killers! First published
1991 by Walker Books Ltd
Have You Seen Who's Just Moved in Next Door to Us?
First published 1991 by Walker Books Ltd
Who's that Banging on the Ceiling? First published
1992 by Walker Books Ltd
Making Friends with Frankenstein, first published
1993 by Walker Books Ltd
Captain Abdul's Pirate School, first published
1994 by Walker Books Ltd
Suddenly! First published 1994 by Andersen Press
Here Come the Aliens! First published 1995 by
Walker Books Ltd
Boo! First published 1995 by Andersen Press
Oops! First published 1996 by Andersen Press
Goal! First published 1997 by Andersen Press
Hmm…first published 1998 by Andersen Press
Dracula's Tomb, first published 1998 by Walker
Books Ltd
Don't Step on the Crack!, first published 2000
by Harper Collins
Oomph!, first published 2001 by Andersen Press
Good News! Bad News!, first published 2001 by
Harper Collins Children's Books
S.W.A.L.K., first published 2002 by Andersen
Press
Lemmy Was a Diver, first published 2003 by Andersen
Press
Once Upon An Ordinary Schoolday, illustrated
by Satoshi Kitamura, first published 2004 by Andersen
Press
Cushie Butterfield (She's a Little Cow), first
published 2004 by Harper Collins Children's Books
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