Kathryn Cave
Encyclopedia
Kathryn Cave is an award-winning British children's book author. She was awarded the very first international UNESCO
prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance for Something Else
. The book was later made into a TV comic series by TV Loonland. A theatre company, Tall Stories, has adapted Something Else as a children's production, and they ran a UK tour in Autumn 2009.
She has three children, Eleanor, Joseph, and Alice, and six grandchildren. Kathryn has previously worked as an editor for Penguin
and Basil Blackwell, and she currently works under contract for Frances Lincoln, an independent publishing house in North London
.
She lives in Hampstead
, North London.
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance for Something Else
Something Else (book)
Something Else is a children's picture book written by Kathryn Cave and illustrated by Chris Riddell.Cave and Riddell were awarded the very first international UNESCO prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance for Something Else.The book was later made into a TV...
. The book was later made into a TV comic series by TV Loonland. A theatre company, Tall Stories, has adapted Something Else as a children's production, and they ran a UK tour in Autumn 2009.
She has three children, Eleanor, Joseph, and Alice, and six grandchildren. Kathryn has previously worked as an editor for Penguin
Penguin Group
The Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world , having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations...
and Basil Blackwell, and she currently works under contract for Frances Lincoln, an independent publishing house in North London
North London
North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
.
She lives in Hampstead
Hampstead
Hampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...
, North London.
Books
- Dragonrise (1984)
- Just My Luck (1987)
- Poor Little Mary (1989)
- Henry Hobbs, Alien (1990)
- Running Battles (1992)
- Andrew Takes the Plunge (1994)
- Best Friends for Ever (1994)
- Jumble (1995)
- The Emperor's Gruckle Hound (1996)
- William and the Wolves (1999)
- Septimus Similon, Practising Wizard (2000)
- Henry Hobbs, Space Voyager (2001)
- Henry Hobbs and the Lost Planet (2002)
Picture Books
- Out for the Count (1991) illustrated by Chris RiddellChris RiddellChris Riddell is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's literature, and a political cartoonist for The Observer. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize seven times....
- Something ElseSomething Else (book)Something Else is a children's picture book written by Kathryn Cave and illustrated by Chris Riddell.Cave and Riddell were awarded the very first international UNESCO prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance for Something Else.The book was later made into a TV...
(1994) illustrated by Chris RiddellChris RiddellChris Riddell is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's literature, and a political cartoonist for The Observer. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize seven times.... - Horatio Happened (1998) illustrated by Chris RiddellChris RiddellChris Riddell is a British illustrator and occasional writer of children's literature, and a political cartoonist for The Observer. He has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize seven times....
- W is for World (1998) illustrated by Oxfam
- Henry's Song (2000) illustrated by Sue Hendra
- The Boy Who Became an Eagle (2000) illustrated by Nick Maland
- Brave Little Grork (2002) illustrated by Nick Maland
- One Child, One Seed (2002) illustrated by Oxfam
- You've Got Dragons (2003) illustrated by Nick Maland
- That's What Friends Do (2004) illustrated by Nick Maland
- Friends (2005) illustrated by Nick Maland
Awards
- 1997 Die Kinder- und Jugendbuchliste (RB/SR) in Germany for Something ElseSomething Else (book)Something Else is a children's picture book written by Kathryn Cave and illustrated by Chris Riddell.Cave and Riddell were awarded the very first international UNESCO prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance for Something Else.The book was later made into a TV...
- 1997 UNESCOUNESCOThe United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance for Something ElseSomething Else (book)Something Else is a children's picture book written by Kathryn Cave and illustrated by Chris Riddell.Cave and Riddell were awarded the very first international UNESCO prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance for Something Else.The book was later made into a TV...