Barbara Reid
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Barbara Reid | |
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| Born | November 16, 1957 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Illustrator and author |
| Alma mater | Ontario College of Art |
| Notable awards | Vicky Metcalf Award |
Barbara Reid (born November 16, 1957)[1] is a Canadian illustrator and author of children's books. She has been called "one of Canada's major literary figures".[2] In 2012, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People,[3][4] an honour presented annually to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth".[2]
Reid was born in Toronto, Ontario, on November 16, 1957, and studied at the Ontario College of Art.[1]
After graduation, she began her career creating illustrations for textbooks, after which she began illustrating children's books.[5] She is known for her unique, sculpted-clay imagery, which was established with her illustrations for Elizabeth Clark's The New Baby Calf (1984).[1] 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.[1] The result is then photographed and used as an illustration.[1][5] The resulting illustrations are "detail rich" and often "invoke laughter and wonder."[1]
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.[6] The following year, she won the organization's award for Children's Author of the Year.[6] In 2012, she won the organization's Libris Award for Picture Book.[6]
In 2012, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People,[3][4] an honour presented annually to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth".[2]
In 2017, the York Region District School Board honoured Barbara Reid by naming a new school in Stouffville, Ontario - Barbara Reid Public School. The elementary school serves students from Kindergarten to Grade in a new subdivision in Stouffville.
