Penny Dale Explained
Penny Dale (born 1954 in London) is an English illustrator and writer of children's books.
Background
Dale studied Fine Arts and graduated from Exeter College of Art and Design. She moved to South East Wales in 1982, and currently resides in Caerleon, a village in Newport. Dale is married and has one daughter.[1]
Career
Her picture books as author-illustrator include Ten in the Bed, which won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award in 2002, Wake Up Mr. B! which was commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal, and more recently her Dinosaur series with Nosy Crow.[2] [3]
She has also illustrated books by other writers, including Anne Fine and Martin Waddell.
Dale's illustrations for Rosie's Babies, a picture book written by Waddell which aims to introduce children to the idea of a new sibling, were shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1990.[4]
In 2003 Dale illustrated Anne Fine's Jamie and Angus, a book of short stories for young readers rooted in the domestic concerns of one child. The book won the Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards.[5]
Ten in the Bed is Dale's best-known book. According to her publisher, as of 2013 the book had sold "nearly two million copies".[6] It led to two sequels, Ten Out of Bed and Ten Play Hide and Seek. In 2018 Ten in the Bed became the first CBeebies bedtime story to be signed in Makaton. It was performed by Rob Delaney and aired on the BBC channel in November.[7]
Books
As writer and illustrator
- Bet You Can't! (1987)
- Ten in the Bed (1988)
- Wake Up Mr. B! (1988) —a runner-up for the Greenaway Medal
- The Elephant Tree (1991)
- All About Alice (1992)
- Ten Out of Bed (1993)
- Daisy Rabbit's Tree House (1995)
- Big Brother, Little Brother (1997)
- Ten Play Hide and Seek (1998)
- Princess Princess (2003)
- Boy on the Bus (2007)
- Princess Fairy (2009)
- Dinosaur Dig! (2011)
- Dinosaur Zoom! (2012)
- Dinosaur Rescue! (2014)
- Dinosaur Rocket! (2015)
- Dinosaur Pirates! (2016)
- Dinosaur Farm! (2019)
As illustrator only
- The Stopwatch, written by David Lloyd (1986)
- Rosies Babies, Martin Waddell (1990) —on the Greenaway Medal shortlist
- Once There Were Giants, Waddell (1994)
- The Mushroom Hunt, Simon Frazer (1994)
- When the Teddy Bears Came, Waddell (1994)
- Night Night Cuddly Bear, Waddell (2000)
- My Shadow, Robert Louis Stevenson (2001)
- Jamie and Angus, Anne Fine (2002)
- Time to Say I Love You, Jane Kemp & Clare Walters (2006)
- Jamie and Angus Together, Fine (2007)
- Jamie and Angus Forever, Fine (2009)
Notes and References
- Web site: About . Penny Dale (pennydale.co.uk) . 20 March 2010.
- Web site: Children's Book Review: Ten in the Bed by Penny Dale . . 5 June 2021.
- News: Kellaway . Kate . The best children's books 2–4 year olds . The Guardian . 27 July 2012 . 5 June 2021.
- Web site: Children's Book Review: Rosie's Babies by Martin Waddell and Penny Dale . . 5 June 2021.
- Web site: Past Boston-Globe Horn Book Award Winners . The Horn Book . 6 June 2021.
- Web site: Reid . Camilla . 25 years of Ten-in-the-Bed . Nosy Crow . 19 September 2013 . 5 November 2021.
- News: CBeebies Bedtime Stories airs its first ever signed episode . BBC News . 13 November 2018 . 5 June 2021.
