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BiographyHistory

Sophie Blackall is an Australian writer and illustrator based in Brooklyn, New York City.

Blackall is best known as an illustrator of children's books, especially picture books. In addition, her editorial illustrations have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and other periodicals.

In addition to her 2016 Caldecott Medal, Blackall has won the Ezra Jack Keats Award (for Ruby’s Wish, written by American author Shirin Yim Bridges) and a Founder’s Award from the Society of Illustrators (for Meet Wild Boars, written by American author Meg Rosoff).

For information on works not individually indexed on AustLit, see Notes below.

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Only those works set in Australia or written by an Australian author are individually indexed on AustLit. In addition to those works, Sophie Blackall has illustrated the following works:

    Individual children's books

    • A Fine Dessert, by Emily Jenkins (2015)
    • And Two Boys Booed, by Judith Viorst (2014)
    • The 9 Lives of Alexander Baddenfield, by John Bemelmans Marciano (2014)
    • The Mighty Lalouche, by Matthew Olshan (2013)
    • Pecan Pie Baby, by Jacqueline Woodson (2013)
    • Take Two: A Celebration of Twins (2012)
    • The Crows of Pear Blossom, by Aldous Huxley (2011)
    • Spinster Goose, by Lisa Wheeler (2011)
    • Edwin Speaks Up, by April Stevens (2011)
    • Big Red Lollipop, by Rukhsana Khan (2010)
    • Jumpy Jack and Googily, by Meg Rosoff (2008)
    • What's So Bad about Being an Only Child?, by Cari Best (2007)
    • Red Butterfly: How a Princess Smuggled the Secret of Silk Out of China, by Deborah Noyes (2007)
    • Summer Is Summer, by Phillis and David Gershator (2006)
    • Ruby's Wish, by Shirin Yim Bridges (2004)
     

    Series

    Wild Boars (written by Meg Rosoff):

    1. Meet Wild Boars (2008)

    2. Wild Boars Cook (2008)

    Mr and Mrs Bunny (written by Polly Horvath):

    1. Mr and Mrs Bunny: Detectives Extraordinaire (2014)

    2. Lord and Lady Bunny: Almost Royalty! (2014)

    Ivy + Bean (written by Annie Barrows):

    1. Ivy and Bean (2007)

    2. Ivy and Bean And the Ghost that Had to Go (2007)

    3. Ivy and Bean: Break the Fossil Record (2007)

    4. Ivy and Bean: Take Care of the Babysitter (2008)

    5. Ivy and Bean: Bound to be Bad (2009)

    6. Ivy and Bean: Doomed to Dance (2010)

    7. Ivy and Bean: What's the Big Idea? (2011)

    8. Ivy and Bean: No News is Good News (2012)

    9. Ivy and Bean: Make The Rules (2013)

    10. Ivy and Bean: Take the Case (2014)

Personal Awards

2016 winner Caldecott Medal For Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World’s Most Famous Bear, written by international author Lindsay Mattick.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Hello Lighthouse New York (City) : Little, Brown , 2018 18714199 2018 single work picture book children's

'On the highest rock of a tiny island at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse. From dusk to dawn, the lighthouse beams, sending its light out to sea, guiding the ships on their way. As the seasons pass and the waves rise and fall, outside, the wind blows; inside, the lighthouse keeper writes, and the rhythms of his life unfold. But change is on the horizon...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards Picture Book of the Year
2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book
y separately published work icon Hello Lighthouse New York (City) : Little, Brown , 2018 18714199 2018 single work picture book children's

'On the highest rock of a tiny island at the edge of the world stands a lighthouse. From dusk to dawn, the lighthouse beams, sending its light out to sea, guiding the ships on their way. As the seasons pass and the waves rise and fall, outside, the wind blows; inside, the lighthouse keeper writes, and the rhythms of his life unfold. But change is on the horizon...'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2020 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards Picture Book of the Year
2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book
Last amended 30 Nov 2020 14:54:57
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