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Polly Dunbar

– Children’s Book Illustrator –

 
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Polly Dunbar

Author and illustrator of the Penguin children’s books, Dog Blue and Flyaway Katie, Polly thinks that colour is a brilliant way to cheer yourself up and whenever she’s feeling grey, she puts on her best pink frock and paints!

She started writing and illustrating at age 16, when she published two books – which she describes as “cartoon books inspired by teenage antics”.

Dunbar was born in the Cotswolds and moved to Stratford upon Avon when she was very young. She went to school there until she was eleven and moved to Norwich with her family.

There she attended City of Norwich School and Norwich University College of the Arts.
She graduated in 1999 with a degree in illustration from Brighton University.

Polly is the daughter of the distinguished author Joyce Dunbar who she collaborated with on the picture book Shoe Baby. She is also the illustrator of My Dad’s a Birdman, written by David Almond, and Here’s a Little Poem, an anthology of poems for very young children.

She was named “Most promising new illustrator” in Publisher Weekly’s Cuffie Awards in 2004. In 2008, she is featured in The Times’ list of “The best new picture book illustrators”. Polly Dunbar lives and works in Brighton, England.

You can find out more about Polly Dunbar at this link on Wikipedia.

Polly's Book Title List
Help I’ve forgotten my Brain Kingfisher 1996
Help I’m out with the in-crowd Kingfisher 1996
A Saucepan on his Head, Collected Nonsense Poems Walker Books 2001
Henry VIII, Hole Story Scholastic 2002
Cleopatra, Hole Story Scholastic 2002
Scrooge, Hole Story Scholastic 2002
The Dragon Test written by June Crebbin, Walker Books 2003
Hal the Highway Man written by June Crebbin, Walker Books 2003
Lucy and the Fire Stone written by June Crebbin, Walker Books 2004
Hal the Pirate written by June Crebbin, Walker Books 2004
Looking after Louis written by Lesly Ely, Francis Lincoln 2004
Flyaway Katie Walker Books 2004
Dog Blue Walker Books 2004
Shoe Baby written by Joyce Dunbar, Walker Books 2005
Down the Back of the Chair written by Margaret Mahy, Francis Lincoln 2006
My Dad’s a Birdman written by David Almond, Walker Books 2007
Penguin Walker Books 2007
“Here’s a Little Poem” Walker Books 2007
“Measuring Angels” written by Lesly Ely, Francis Lincoln 2007
“Bubble Trouble” written by Margaret Mahy, Francis Lincoln 2008
“Hello Tilly” Walker Books 2008
“Happy Hector” Walker Books 2008
“Pretty Pru” Walker Books 2009
“Where’s Tumpty?” Walker Books 2009
“Doodle Bites” Walker Books 2009
“Goodnight, Tiptoe” Walker Books 2009

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