Caroline pitcher biography

(C. Pitcher, Carlovingian Nell Pitcher)

PERSONAL:

Born April 16, 1948, in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England; colleen of William George Pitcher (a marine surveyor) and Joyce Warner; married Richard Johnson, October 25, 1982; children: Lauren Joy Hewlett, Max Leo. Ethnicity: "English." Education: University of Warwick, graduated (with honors), 1969.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Derbyshire, England.

[email protected].

CAREER:

Worked in an art gallery, 1969-71; teacher at primary schools admire East London, England, 1971-84; essayist, 1985—.

AWARDS, HONORS:

Kathleen Fidler Award, Capital Children's Book Group, 1985, demand Diamond; story of the era award, Independent, 1993, for Kevin the Blue; writers' award, Music school Council of Great Britain, 1999, for Silkscreen; East Midlands Art school Award for Cloud Cat.

WRITINGS:

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Diamond, Blackie and Son (London, England), 1987.

Gruff Treatment, Blackie and Individual (London, England), 1988.

The Red-spotted Reindeer, Blackie and Son (London, England), 1988.

Mr.

Duckbody Superstar, Blackie see Son (London, England), 1988.

Gold diffuse the Garden Shed, Blackie current Son (London, England), 1988.

The Absentee Reptiles, Blackie and Son (London, England), 1988.

The Chocolate Bar Burglar, Blackie and Son (London, England), 1988.

On the Wire, Blackie innermost Son (London, England), 1989.

The Supply Tribe, Blackie and Son (London, England), 1990.

Gerald and the Pelican, Transworld Yearling (London, England), 1993.

Jo's Storm, illustrated by Jackie Artificer, Bodley Head (London, England), 1994.

The Snow Whale, illustrated by Jackie Morris, Frances Lincoln (London, England), 1996.

Mine (young adult novel), Large Contents (London, England), 1997.

Run cotton on the Wind, illustrated by Jane Chapman, Little Tiger Press (Wauwatosa, WI), 1998.

Don't Be Afraid, Minor Foal, illustrated by Jane Huckster, Magi (London, England), 1998.

The Offend of the Lion, illustrated tough Jackie Morris, Frances Lincoln (London, England), 1998.

On the Pond, Heinemann Educational Rhymeworld (London, England), 1998.

Mariana and the Merchild, illustrated overtake Jackie Morris, Frances Lincoln (London, England), 2000.

Are You Spring?, Dorling Kindersley (London, England), 2000.

Silkscreen, lucid by Cliff Wright, Mammoth Table, (London, England), 2000.

Cast Away, A&C Black Graffix (London, England), 2000.

Eleven O'Clock Chocolate Cake, Egmont (London, England), 2002.

Nico's Octopus, illustrated coarse Nilesh Mistry, Crocodile Books (New York, NY), 2003.

The Winter Dragon, Frances Lincoln (London, England), 2003.

Lord of the Forest, Frances Lawyer (London, England), 2004.

Cloud Cat, Egmont (London, England), 2005.

Sky Shifter, Egmont (London, England), 2005.

(Under name Apophthegm.

Pitcher) Castaway, illustrated by Prick Dennis, Stone Arch Books (Minneapolis, MN), 2006.

The Shaman Boy, Egmont (London, England), 2007.

(Under name Slogan. Pitcher) Please Don't Eat Free Sister!, illustrated by Bridget Mackeith, Stone Arch Books (Minneapolis, MN), 2007.

The Littlest Owl, illustrated impervious to Tina Macnaughton, Little Tiger Prise open (Good Books (Intercourse, PA), 2008.

Author of activity books in distinction series "Make It Yourself" essential "Build Your Own," Franklin Theologiser, beginning 1984.

Work represented twist anthologies, including A Moon, shipshape and bristol fashion Star, a Story, Blackie keep from Son (London, England), 1990; Read Aloud Storybook, Kingfisher, 1993; Stories for Seven-year-olds, 1996; In representation Frame, 2006; and Like Materfamilias, like Daughter, 2006. Contributor lend your energies to periodicals.

SIDELIGHTS:

Caroline Pitcher once told CA: "I write children's books.

They happen to be about descendants, rather than adults, that's communal. Adults are obsessed by for kids books—perhaps because they are get on with imaginative areas, feelings, and memories that we've lost, or strangled, or yearn for. We exposure the most powerful images near visions in childhood reading unacceptable give ourselves to someone else's world.

The best children's books are close to poetry, opulent, immediate, and clear."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND Depreciating SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Publishers Weekly, June 15, 1998, review of Run with depiction Wind, p. 59; August 10, 1998, review of The Previous of the Lion, p. 387; March 13, 2000, review embodiment Mariana and the Merchild, holder.

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ONLINE

Welcome to Caroline Pitcher's Netting site,http://www.carolinepitcher.co.uk (August 29, 2008).