Oxenbury won the Medal in 1969 the two books cited were The Quangle Wangle's Hat, an edition of Edward Lear's 19th-century poem, and The Dragon of an Ordinary Family, a new story by Margaret Mahy, both published by Heinemann. At the time, the annual award by the British Library Association recognised the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject two books were occasionally cited there was no cash prize. Oxenbury is one of fourteen illustrators to win two Kate Greenaway Medals (established 1955) Burningham is another. Some of her most recent work includes the illustrations for "The Growing Story" in the September 2008 edition of Bayard Presse's StoryBox magazine. Like Tom, her son would often blame his misdeeds on an accomplice (the family dog). She commented that Tom was very much like her own son in his younger years.
In 1988 she created a series of books about a mischievous young boy called Tom, and his stuffed monkey, Pippo. In 1962 she returned to Britain and did some design work for ABC Television and Shepperton Film Studios.Īfter marrying the children's book illustrator John Burningham in 1964, she turned to illustrating children’s books herself. She worked as assistant designer at Colchester Repertory Theatre, and for three years as painter and designer for the Habima Theatre in Tel Aviv, Israel.
In her adult life she embarked on a career in theatre, film and television. She went on to study in London at the Central School of Art and Design (1957-1959), where she met her future husband, John Burningham. On leaving school she attended the Ipswich School of Art as a teenager, and during holidays she worked at a small theatre in Felixstowe and at the Ipswich Repertory Theatre Workshop, mixing paints. From an early age she developed a passion for drawing. Helen Oxenbury was born in 1938 in Ipswich, Suffolk.
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