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Barbara Reid (born November 16, 1957) is a Canadian illustrator and author of children's books. She has been called "one of Canada's major literary figures". In 2012, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, an honour presented annually to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth".

Biography

Reid was born in Toronto, Ontario, on November 16, 1957, and studied at the Ontario College of Art.

After graduation, she began her career creating illustrations for textbooks, after which she began illustrating children's books. She is known for her unique, sculpted-clay imagery, which was established with her illustrations for Elizabeth Clark's The New Baby Calf (1984). She creates her illustrations by starting with a pencil drawing, then builds up the image using coloured modelling clay to give it a three-dimensional effect. The result is then photographed and used as an illustration. The resulting illustrations are "detail rich" and often "invoke laughter and wonder."

Reid's work has been published in over 21 countries, including Canada, the United States, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Norway, China, Germany, Brazil and Thailand.

Awards and honours

In 2006, Reid won the Canadian Library Association's Children's Illustrator of the Year award. The following year, she won the organization's award for Children's Author of the Year. In 2012, she won the organization's Libris Award for Picture Book.

In 2012, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, an honour presented annually to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth".

Selected works

As author

• Sing a Song of Mother Goose (1987)
• Playing with Plasticine (1988), non-fiction
• Two By Two (1992)
• Zoe's Year (1992)
• The Party (1997)
• Fun with Modeling Clay (1998), non-fiction
• The Golden Goose (2000)
• Read Me a Book (2004)
• The Subway Mouse (2004)
• Fox Walked Alone (2009)
• Perfect Snow (2009)
• Picture a Tree (2011)
• Welcome Baby (2013)
• The Night Before Christmas (2013)

As illustrator

• The New Baby Calf by Edith Newlin Chase (1984)
• Have You Seen Birds? by Joanne Oppenheim (1986)
• Effie by Bev Allinson (1990)
• Gifts by Jo Ellen Bogart (1994)

References

1. ^ "Barbara Reid". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 2015-03-04. Archived from the original on 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
2. ^ "Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People". Writer's Trust of Canada. Archived from the original on 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
3. ^ "Vicky Metcalf Award for Children's Literature Archives". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-05-12. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
4. ^ Williams, Leigh Anne (2013-11-21). "McAdam, Moore Awarded Writers' Trust Prizes". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2013-11-24. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
5. ^ "Barbara Reid fonds". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
6. ^ "Libris Awards Archives". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-05-14. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
7. "1986 Canada Council Children's Literature Prizes Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
8. "1986 IODE Book Award, Municipal Chapter of Toronto Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
9. ^ "Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award". IBBY Canada. Archived from the original on 2023-02-06. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
10. "1987 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
11. "Mr. Christie's Book Award". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2015-01-01.
12. "1993 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
13. ^ "Past Winners". Canadian Library Association. Archived from the original on 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
14. "1996 IBBY Honour List Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
15. "2010 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-10-04. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
16. "2014 Libris Awards Recipient: Barbara Reid". Canadian Children's Book Centre. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2023-05-22.

External links

• "Barbara Reid's web site".
• Archives of Barbara Reid (Barbara Reid fonds, R11795) are held at Library and Archives Canada
• "Getting to Know Barbara Reid" on Canadian Children's Book Centre

• 1957 births
• Living people
• Governor General's Award–winning children's illustrators
• Canadian women children's writers
• Writers from Toronto