Barbara Reid Explained

Birth Date:	November 16, 1957
Occupation:	Illustrator and author
Awards:	Vicky Metcalf Award
Birth Place:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Alma Mater:	Ontario College of Art

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".

Biography

Reid was born in Toronto, Ontario, on November 16, 1957, and studied at the Ontario College of Art.

After graduation, she began her career creating illustrations for textbooks, after which she began illustrating children's books. She is known for her unique, sculpted-clay imagery, which was established with her illustrations for Elizabeth Clark's The New Baby Calf (1984). 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. The result is then photographed and used as an illustration.^[5] The resulting illustrations are "detail rich" and often "invoke laughter and wonder."

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. In 2012, she won the organization's Libris Award for Picture Book.

In 2012, she received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People, an honour presented annually to a writer or illustrator whose body of work has been "inspirational to Canadian youth".

Awards for Reid's work!Year!Title!Award!Result!Ref.

1986	Have You Seen Birds?	Canada Council Children's Literature Prize	Winner	^[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	^[11]
1993	Two By Two	Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award	Winner	^[12]
1995	Gifts	Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award	Winner	^[13]
1996		International Board on Books for Young People	Honour	^[14]
1997		Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration	Winner
		Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award	Winner
2003		Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration	Finalist
2004		Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Award	Winner
	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	^[15]
2012	Picture a Tree	Governor General's Award for English-language children's illustration	Finalist
2014		Libris Award for Picture Book	Winner	^[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)

External links

• Web site: Barbara Reid's web site.
• Archives of Barbara Reid (Barbara Reid fonds, R11795) are held at Library and Archives Canada
• "Getting to Know Barbara Reid" on Canadian Children's Book Centre

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2015-03-04 . Barbara Reid . 2023-05-22 . . 2023-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230414134538/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/barbara-reid . live .
2. Web site: Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People . Writer's Trust of Canada . 2017-12-04 . 2017-12-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171205042132/http://www.writerstrust.com/Awards/Vicky-Metcalf-Award-for-Children-s-Literature/Past-Winners/Barbara-Reid.aspx . live .
3. Web site: Vicky Metcalf Award for Children’s Literature Archives . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230512022808/http://bookcentre.ca/awards/vicky-metcalf-award-childrens-literature . 2023-05-12 . 2023-05-12 . . en-US.
4. Web site: Williams . Leigh Anne . 2013-11-21 . McAdam, Moore Awarded Writers’ Trust Prizes . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20131124143200/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/60105-mcadam-moore-awarded-writers-trust-prizes.html . 2013-11-24 . 2023-05-12 . . en.
5. Web site: Barbara Reid fonds . Library and Archives Canada . 2017-12-04 . 2017-12-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171205093007/http://www.collectionscanada.ca/literaryarchives/027011-200.109-e.html . live .
6. Web site: Libris Awards Archives . 2023-05-22 . . en-US . 2023-05-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230514015016/http://bookcentre.ca/awards/libris-awards . live .
7. Web site: 1986 Canada Council Children’s Literature Prizes Recipient: Barbara Reid . 2023-05-22 . . en-US . 2022-10-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221004135129/http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/1986_canada_council_childrens_literature_prizes_recipient_barbara_reid . live .
8. Web site: 1986 IODE Book Award, Municipal Chapter of Toronto Recipient: Barbara Reid . 2023-05-22 . . en-US . 2023-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206201517/http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/1986_iode_book_award_municipal_chapter_of_toronto_recipient_barbara_reid . live .
9. Web site: Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award . 2023-05-22 . . en-US . 2023-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230206200801/https://www.ibby-canada.org/awards/elizabeth-mrazik-cleaver-award . live .
10. Web site: 1987 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Recipient: Barbara Reid . 2023-05-22 . . en-US . 2022-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129211216/http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/1987_elizabeth_mrazik-cleaver_canadian_picture_book_award_recipient_barbara_reid . live .
11. Web site: Mr. Christie’s Book Award . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150101021305/http://www.bookcentre.ca/awards/mr_christies_book_award . 2015-01-01 . .
12. Web site: 1993 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Recipient: Barbara Reid . 2023-05-22 . . en-US . 2022-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220930094755/http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/1993_elizabeth_mrazik-cleaver_canadian_picture_book_award_recipient_barbara_reid . live .
13. Web site: Past Winners . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219000700/http://www.cla.ca/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Amelia_Frances_Howard_Gibbon_Illustrator_s_Award&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=2505 . 2014-02-19 . 2023-05-22 . Canadian Library Association.
14. Web site: 1996 IBBY Honour List Recipient: Barbara Reid . 2023-05-22 . . en-US . 2022-11-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221129202657/http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/1996_ibby_honour_list_recipient_barbara_reid . live .
15. Web site: 2010 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award Recipient: Barbara Reid . 2023-05-22 . . en-US . 2022-10-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221004142341/http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/2010_amelia_frances_howard-gibbon_illustrators_award_recipient_barbara_reid . live .
16. Web site: 2014 Libris Awards Recipient: Barbara Reid . 2023-05-22 . . en-US . 2022-09-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220930094857/http://bookcentre.ca/book-review/2014_libris_awards_recipient_barbara_reid . live .