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Brian Wildsmith


Born
in Penistone, South Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom
January 22, 1930

Died
August 31, 2016

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Genre
Children's Books, Arts & Photography, Religion & Spirituality


Brian Wildsmith (1930-2016) was raised in a small mining village in Yorkshire, England, where, he says, "Everything was grey. There wasn't any colour. It was all up to my imagination. I had to draw in my head..."

He won a scholarship to the Slade School of Fine Art where he studied for three years. For a while he taught music at the Royal Military School of Music, but then gave it up so that he could paint full time.

He has deservedly earned a reputation as one of the greatest living children's illustrators. In 1962, he published his first children's book, ABC, for which he was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal, Britain's equivalent to the Caldecott Medal. He was also a runner up for this medal for The Owl and the Woodpecker.

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Average rating: 3.89 · 3,086 ratings · 652 reviews · 250 distinct works • Similar authors
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Exodus
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A Christmas Story
3.80 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1989 — 20 editions
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Brian Wildsmith's Animal Ga...
4.21 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2010 — 5 editions
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The Owl and the Woodpecker
3.85 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1971 — 16 editions
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Joseph
4.26 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions
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The Hare and the Tortoise
4.21 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1966 — 17 editions
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Squirrels
4.07 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1974 — 10 editions
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Saint Francis
4.10 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
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Brian Wildsmith's Birds
4.15 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 1967 — 9 editions
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“Step aboard and we will fly through the window, through the sky”
― Brian Wildsmith, Carousel
tags: carousel, imagination
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