Kerry Argent
Kerry Argent | |
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Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Angaston, South Australia, Australia |
Nationality | Australian |
Kerry Argent (born 1960) is an Australian illustrator of children's books.
Life
Argent was born in Angaston in South Australia.[1] She came to notice when she was part of the new wave of children's books published when Bob Hawke was the Prime Minister.[2] After studying commercial art at TAFE, Argent went on to study graphic design at the South Australian School of Design.[1] As part of her graduate course she illustrated a counting book written by her partner, artist and author Rod Trinca, called One Woolly Wombat. This book inspired a revival of Australian children's picture book literature and helped provide the publisher Omnibus Books with the finance needed to publish its second book: Possum Magic by Mem Fox. One Woolly Wombat has been the recipient of both international and national awards and was selected as the "Best Children's Book" in 1985, when it won a Whitley Award by the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.[3]
Argent has illustrated several books by Australian children's writers Mem Fox, Thelma Catterwell and Margaret Wild. Her illustrations for Sofie Laguna's Too Loud Lily gained the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year award for early childhood in 2003.[3]
In 2018 Dr Belle Alderman who is an Emeritus Professor of Children's Literature, and the director of the National Centre for Australian Children's Literature organised an exhibition at the University of Canberra of children's book illustrations. Artists included May Gibbs, Kylie Dunstan, Vivienne Goodman, Graeme Base, Bob Graham, Shaun Tan and Argent.[4]
Works
Year | Title | Author |
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1982 | One Woolly Wombat | Rod Trinca[1] |
1985 | Sebastian Lives in a Hat | Thelma Catterwell[1][3] |
1985 | A Bush Birthday | Eleanor Nilsson[1] |
1987 | Derek the Dinosaur | Mary Blackwood |
1991 | Thank you, Santa | Margaret Wild[1] |
1995 | Gotcha! | Gail Jorgensen[1] |
1995 | Wombat Divine | Mem Fox |
1999 | Sleepy Bears | Mem Fox |
2000 | Nighty Night | Margaret Wild |
2002 | Too Loud Lily | Sofie Laguna |
2007 | Ruby Roars | Margaret Wild |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Scobie, Susan, ed. (1997). The Dromkeen Book of Australian Children's Illustrators. Scholastic Australia. pp. 18–20. ISBN 1863886958.
- ^ Sheahan-Bright, Robyn; Munro, Craig, eds. (2006). Paper empires : a history of the book in Australia 1946–2005 ([Online-Ausg.]. ed.). St Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press. p. 300. ISBN 0702235733. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
- ^ a b c Kerry Argent, Scholastic.com, retrieved 9 November 2014
- ^ Hardy, Karen (11 July 2017). "Exhibition of children's book illustrations on display at University of Canberra". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
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