Jago
Jago at The Cruel & Curious Sea exhibition 2014
Born (1979-11-12) 12 November 1979
Exeter, England
OccupationChildren's book illustrator
Known forillustrating Jesus Story Book Bible

Jago (born Jago Silver on 12 November 1979) is a British children's book illustrator. He attended Falmouth College of Art from 2000 to 2003. He has produced digital illustrations for a variety of publishers: Barefoot Books, Oxford University Press, Mantra Lingua and Zondervan.

The Jesus Storybook Bible, written by Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Jago has sold two million copies[1] in 19 languages.[2] In 2015 it was included in the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Top 100 Best-sellers list.[1]

In September 2014 Jago exhibited commissioned work at The Cruel & Curious Sea exhibition in the National Trust maintained barns of Stowe Barton in North Cornwall.[3]

Awards

  • The Jesus Storybook Bible – 2010 ALA Notable Award[4]
  • The Jesus Storybook Bible – 2009 NAPPA Award Winner[5]
  • The Jesus Storybook Bible – Gold Moonbeam Children's Book Award from Independent Publisher (2007)[6]
  • "Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim" – Sydney Taylor Honour Award for Young Readers[7]
  • "Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim" – National Jewish Book Award for Young Readers[8]
  • Myron's Magic Cow- selected for 2006 White Ravens [9]
  • NLA Wow! Award – 2006 [10]
  • AOI Silver Award – Student Section, AOI Images 28 Annual 2004 [11]

Published work

  • Always Remember with Cece Meng Philomel Books 2016 ISBN 978-0399168093
  • An Ambush of Tigers: A Wild Gathering of Collective Nouns with Betsy R. Rosenthal Millbrook Picture Books 2015 ISBN 978-1467714648
  • Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing with Sally Lloyd-Jones Zondervan 2012 ISBN 978-0310729938
  • Mowen & The Runaway Moon (A Productions for BBC/CBeebies) 2012 [12]
  • Oh No, Jonah! by Tilda Balsley Kar-Ben Publishing, 2012 ISBN 978-0761351405
  • Mr Aesop's Story Shop by Bob Hartman Lion UK, 2011 ISBN 978-0745969152
  • Children of God Storybook Bible Desmond Tutu (illustrated 3 stories) Zondervan ISBN 9780310719120 [13]
  • The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg by Shaun Chatto Mantra Lingua 2007 ISBN 978-1846110733
  • The Jesus Storybook Bible by Sally Lloyd-Jones – Zondervan, 2007 ISBN 0-310-70825-7
  • The Longest Story In The World by Geraldine McCaughrean – Oxford University Press, 2007 ISBN 0-19-271962-9
  • Fox Fables – Mantra Lingua, April 2006 ISBN 1-84611-019-X
  • Fig’s Giant by Geraldine McCaughrean – Oxford University Press, Oct. 2005 ISBN 0-19-279130-3
  • Myron’s Magic Cow by Marlene Newman – Barefoot Books, Sept. 2005 ISBN 1-84148-495-4
  • Hansel and Gretel by Manju Gregory – Mantra Lingua, June 2005 ISBN 1-84444-766-9
  • The Little Red Hen by LR Hen – Mantra Lingua, May 2005 ISBN 1-84444-397-3
  • Tom and the Giant by Will Coleman – Brave Tales Books, May 2005
  • Lutey and the Mermaid by Will Coleman – Brave Tales Books, May 2005
  • Madgy Figgy’s Pig by Will Coleman -Brave Tales Books, May 2005

References

  1. 1 2 Berglund, Taylor (2016). "'Jesus Storybook Bible' reaches sales milestone". christianretailing.com. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Burns, Jeremy (2013). "'The Jesus Storybook Bible' Tops 1 Million Units Sold – BCNN1". blackchristiannews.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. ↑ Butler, Jackie (2014). "The Cruel & Curious Sea II weekend art exhibition comes to National Trust cliifftop barns at Stowe Barton near Bude | Western Morning News". westernmorningnews.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "The Jesus Storybook Bible". The Jesus Storybook Bible. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
  5. ↑ "NAPPA WINNERS 2009: Storytelling & Audio Books - Parenthood.com". parenthood.com. 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Independent Publisher: THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry". independentpublisher.com. 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 11 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ↑ "White Ravens". childrenslibrary.org. 2013. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  10. ↑ "UK National Literacy Association WoW! Award Winners". goodreads.com. 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  11. ↑ AOI Images 28 Award Winners Archived 2007-01-18 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ "Mowan and the Moon – Cbeebies on Behance". behance.net. 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  13. ↑ "Jago « Children of God". childrenofgodbible.com. 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
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