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Lydia Monks

Lydia Monks

Lydia Monks

Lydia Monks earned a first class degree in Illustration at Kingston University. After working as a freelance illustrator for various newspapers, she decided to begin creating children's books. Her first book, I WISH I WERE A DOG, won the Bronze Smarties Award in 1999. Since then, she has worked on over forty books. She now lives and works in Sheffield with her husband, who is also an illustrator, and their baby daughter. Mara Bergman is an accomplished writer for young children, whose work includes BEARS, BEARS, EVERYWHERE (Orchard) and MUSICAL BEDS (S&S - 0 689 83509 4). She is also a prize-winning, published poet. Mara lives in Kent with her family, and works in... Read full bio

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Made For Mums, March 31, 2013
...written by Julia Donaldson (the current Childrens Laureate and best known for writing The Gruffalo) and illustrated by Lydia Monks (The Rhyming Rabbit, Babbit and What the Ladybird Heard), offers glitter sprinkled across every page. Its an enchanting...
Made For Mums, March 28, 2013
...We have FIVE Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks picture book libraries up for grabs � Immediate Media Company Ltd 2012. This website is owned and published by Immediate Media Company Limited. www.immediatemedia.co.uk...
Islington Tribune, February 22, 2013
...by Jacqueline Wilson (author) and Nick Sharratt (Illustrator) (Yearling, 2011) 41. Rhyming Rabbit, by Julia Donaldson (author) and Lydia Monks (illustrator) (Macmillan Children's, 2011) 42. The sense of an ending, by Julian Barnes (Vintage, 2011) ...
Examiner.com, January 2, 2013
...by Lane Smith. 2009 Ladybug Picture Book Award went to Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox and illustrated by Lydia Monks. 2008 Ladybug Picture Book Award went to When Dinosaurs Came with Everything written by Elise Broach and illustrated by David Small ...
The Big Issue, October 4, 2012
...Tony Robinson picks five essential reads for kids... "I recommend this for parents who fancy reading a ripping yarn to their kids"...   1. Half Magic by Edward Eager  Four kids find a coin that gives you exactly what you wish for, even if you...
The List, August 3, 2012
...Flame Alphabet, discusses the interplay of science and fiction as it shapes our future with… Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks Children’s Laureate Julia Donaldson and illustrator Lydia Monks have collaborated on a number of fantastic picture books...
The List, August 1, 2012
...I get stuck on something, I try to approach it from a different angle,’ says illustrator and author Lydia Monks. ‘It’s like hitting a dead end, doing a three-point turn and finding a different route. I think, as a writer or illustrator, you can’t...
Examiner.com, January 2, 2013
...by Lane Smith. 2009 Ladybug Picture Book Award went to Waking Beauty by Leah Wilcox and illustrated by Lydia Monks. 2008 Ladybug Picture Book Award went to When Dinosaurs Came with Everything written by Elise Broach and illustrated by David Small ...
Guardian.co.uk, June 22, 2012
...has a new book out. Donaldson's wise, funny rhyming verse combined with the delightfully whimsical illustrations of Lydia Monks have given us long afternoons of sheer delight in classics such as 'Sharing a Shell', 'The Princess and the Wizard', and of...