Born in Belfast, Martin Waddell is widely regarded as one
of the greatest living children’s writers, and has over 220
published titles to his name. He is perhaps best known for Owl
Babies, illustrated by Patrick Benson and Farmer Duck, illustrated
by Helen Oxenbury; as well as the 1989 Kurt Maschler Award-winning
The Park in the Dark and the Little Bear series, both illustrated
by Barbara Firth. In 2004, Martin received the Hans Christian
Andersen Medal for his lasting contribution to children’s
literature, the highest career recognition available to a writer or
illustrator of children’s books.
Patrick Benson has won many awards for his work, including
the Mother Goose Award, the Christopher Medal and the Kurt Maschler
Award. He gained great acclaim for his illustrations in Owl Babies,
which has sold over two million copies worldwide, and went on to
illustrate The MinPins by Roald Dahl, The Little Boat by Kathy
Henderson, The Sea-Thing Child by Russell Hoban and, most recently,
Soon by Timothy Knapman.
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