Barbara Reid
Born (1957-11-16) November 16, 1957
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationIllustrator and author
NationalityCanadian
Alma materOntario College of Art
Notable awardsVicky 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]

Biography

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]

Awards for Reid's work
Year Title Award Result Ref.
1986 Have You Seen Birds? Canada Council Children's Literature Prize Winner [1][7]
IODE Book Award Winner [8]
1987 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Winner [9][10]
1992 Zoe series Mr. Christie's Book Award for English - Illustration Winner [1][11]
1993 Two By Two Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Winner [9][12]
1995 Gifts Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award Winner [13]
1996 International Board on Books for Young People Honour [14]
1997 The Party Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration Winner [1]
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award Winner [13]
2003 The Subway Mouse Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration Finalist
2004 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award Winner [1]
Peg and the Yeti Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration Finalist
2009 Fox Walked Alone International Board on Books for Young People Honour
2010 Perfect Snow Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award Winner [13][15]
2012 Picture a Tree Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration Finalist
2014 The Night Before Christmas Libris Award for Picture Book Winner [6][16]

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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Barbara Reid". The Canadian Encyclopedia. 2015-03-04. Archived from the original on 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-05-22.
  2. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 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. 1 2 "Barbara Reid fonds". Library and Archives Canada. Archived from the original on 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2017-12-04.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 3 "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.
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