Charlotte Voake

Back | Genres | Bibliography | Prizes and awards | Contact details | Printer-friendly version

	Photo: © Walker Books

Biography

Charlotte Voake was born in 1957 in Wales, and was brought up in Chepstow and the Wirral. She studied art history at the University of London. She worked for a short time at the Bluecoat Gallery in Liverpool and illustrated her first children's book while still at University. 

She has illustrated many books for other authors, as well as producing her own picture books, among them Ginger (1997) and Pizza Kittens (2002). The former won a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award) and the latter a Nestlé Smarties Book (Silver Award). Her latest book is A Little Guide to Trees (2009).

Top of page

Genres (in alphabetical order)

Children, Illustration

Bibliography

The New Red Bike and Other Stories for the Very Young   (illustrator)   Heinemann, 1978

Walk a Crooked Mile   (illustrator)   Hamish Hamilton, 1979

Top and Toby: A First Book of Letters   (illustrator)   Walker, 1980

The Picture Prize and Other Stories for the Very Young   (illustrator)   Puffin, 1981

Mr Teago and the Magic Slippers   (illustrator)   Viking Kestrel, 1983

The Way to Sattin Shore   (illustrator)   Viking Kestrel, 1983

Duck   (illustrator)   Walker, 1984

The Ghost Child   (illustrator)   Heinemann, 1984

The Witch-Child   (illustrator)   Viking Kestrel, 1984

Over the Moon: A Book of Nursery Rhymes   (illustrator)   Walker, 1985

Fur   (illustrator)   Walker, 1986

Tom's Cat   (author/illustrator)   Walker, 1986

Bad Egg: The True Story of Humpty Dumpty   (illustrator)   Walker, 1987

The Ridiculous Story of Gammer Gurton's Needle   (illustrator)   Walker, 1987

First Things First   (author/illustrator)   Walker, 1988

The Mighty Slide: Stories in Verse   (illustrator)   Viking Kestrel, 1988

Mrs Goose's Baby   (author/illustrator)   Walker, 1989

Amy Said   (illustrator)   Walker, 1990

The Best of Aesop's Fables   (illustrator)   Walker, 1990

The Three Little Pigs and Other Favourite Nursery Stories   (illustrator)   Walker, 1991

Caterpillar Caterpillar   (illustrator)   Walker (reissued as Caterpillar Butterfly, 2003), 1993

Mr Davies and the Baby   (author/illustrator)   Walker, 1996

Elsie Piddock Skips in Her Sleep   (illustrator)   Walker, 1997

Ginger   (author/illustrator)   Walker, 1997

Looking at Pictures: An Introduction to Art for Young People through the Collection of the National Gallery   (illustrator)   A & C Black, 1997

Here Comes the Train   (author/illustrator)   Walker, 1998

Charlotte Voake's Alphabet Adventure   (author/illustrator)   Cape, 1999

Fryderyk Chopin: First Discovery - Music   (illustrator)   Moonlight, 1999

Elsie Piddock Skips in her Sleep   (illustrator)   Walker (picture book edition), 2000

Franz Schubert: First Discovery - Music   (illustrator)   Moonlight, 2001

Henry Purcell: First Discovery - Music   (illustrator)   Moonlight, 2001

Ludwig van Beethoven: First Discovery - Music   (illustrator)   Moonlight, 2001

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: First Discovery - Music   (illustrator)   Moonlight, 2001

Antonio Vivaldi: First Discovery - Music   (illustrator)   Moonlight, 2002

Claude Debussy: First Discovery - Music   (illustrator)   Moonlight, 2002

George Frideric Handel: First Discovery - Music   (illustrator)   Moonlight, 2002

Hector Berlioz: First Discovery - Music   (illustrator)   Moonlight, 2002

Johann Sebastian Bach: First Discovery - Music   (illustrator)   Moonlight, 2002

Pizza Kittens   (author/illustrator)   Walker, 2002

Ginger Finds a Home   (author/illustrator)   Walker, 2003

A Baby's Companion   (author/illustrator)   Walker, 2004

A Child's Guide to Wild Flowers   (illustrator)   Transworld/Eden Project, 2004

Hello Twins   (author/illustrator)   Walker, 2006

Collected Poems/Ahlberg   (illustrator)   Puffin, 2008

Tweedle Dee Dee   (author/illustrator)   Walker, 2008

A Little Guide to Trees   (author/illustrator)   Eden Project, 2009

Read about books by Charlotte Voake at encompassculture.com - the British Council's book database and global online book club

Buy books by Charlotte Voake at Amazon.co.uk

Top of page

Prizes and awards

1988   Kurt Maschler Award   (shortlist)   The Ridiculous Story of Gammer Gurton's Needle

1989   National Art Library Illustration Award   The Mighty Slide

1991   Kurt Maschler Award   (shortlist)   The Best of Aesop's Fables

1993   Kurt Maschler Award   (shortlist)   Caterpillar Caterpillar

1997   Kate Greenaway Medal   (shortlist)   Ginger

1997   Kurt Maschler Award   (shortlist)   Ginger

1997   Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award)   (0-5 years category)   Ginger

1998   Sheffield Children's Book Award   Ginger

2002   Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Silver Award)   (0-5 years category)   Pizza Kittens

2007   Blue Peter Book Award: The Best Book with Facts   (shortlist)   A Child's Guide to Wild Flowers

Top of page

Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Walker Books Ltd 87 Vauxhall Walk London  SE11 5HJ Tel: +44 (0) 20 7793 0909 http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk

Top of page