Michelle Cartlidge

Michelle Cartlidge is an English writer and illustrator.

Michelle Cartlidge
BornHampstead, London
OccupationWriter and Illustrator
NationalityBritish
EducationHornsey College of Art, Royal College of Art
GenreChildren's literature
Notable worksPippin and Pod, Teddy Trucks
Notable awardsMother Goose Award
Website
www.michellecartlidge.com

Early life and studies

Cartlidge was born in Hampstead, London to a British father and a German Jewish refugee mother.[1] Her sister Katrin Cartlidge was an English actress who died in 2002.[2][3]

She trained in ceramics at Hornsey College of Art and the Royal College of Art. After leaving the Royal College of Art, Michelle decided to concentrate on drawing and started developing ideas for children's books.

Career

She won the Mother Goose Award for the most exciting newcomer to British Children's Books in 1979, for her first book ‘Pippin and Pod’.[4] Since then she has had over a hundred books published world wide in over ten languages,[5] and her "Teddy Trucks"[6] books have been made into a popular animated cartoon series for Children's BBC.[7] Her work is also included on the Signed Stories web site where books are performed in sign language for hearing-impaired children.[8] Best sellers include ‘Mouse Ballet’[9] and ‘The Cornish Cats Who Went To Sea’.[10][11]

Apart from the books that Michelle writes and illustrates herself, she has illustrated two collections of poetry for young children with Brian Patten.[12][13] She has also designed a twenty-nine-piece bone china gift range for Wedgwood,[14] and greetings cards, tins and wrapping paper.

Personal life

Michelle lives in Cornwall, in the aptly named fishing village of Mousehole.

She is a patron of the Katrin Cartlidge Foundation.[15]

References
  1. "Barbara Cartlidge".
  2. "IMDB Katrin Cartlidge Bio".
  3. Williams, Faynia; Holyer, Andy (13 September 2002). "Guardian Letters: Katrin Cartlidge". The Guardian. London.
  4. Cartlidge, Michelle (1978). Pippin and Pod (1st American ed.). New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0394838459.
  5. "WorldCat Identities - Cartlidge, Michelle".
  6. "IMDB - Teddy Trucks (TV series 1994)".
  7. "BFI - Film & TV Database - TEDDY TRUCKS". Archived from the original on 24 December 2012.
  8. "Signed Stories". Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
  9. Cartlidge, Michelle (2006). Mouse ballet. London: Campbell Books. ISBN 1405089032.
  10. Cartlidge, Michelle (2004). The Cornish cats who went to sea. Bradfield: Happy Cat. ISBN 1903285925.
  11. "We Love Stories".
  12. Cartlidge, text by Brian Patten; illustrated by Michelle (1998). Mouse poems. London: Scholastic. ISBN 0590199668.
  13. Cartlidge, text by Brian Patten, illustrations by Michelle (2000). A year of mouse poems. London: Scholastic. ISBN 0590114093.
  14. "Margaret - Wedgwood Specialist". Archived from the original on 20 April 2013.
  15. "Katrin Cartlidge Foundation". Archived from the original on 14 December 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
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