Roland Harvey
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Roland Bruce Harvey is an Australia
n children's illustrator, and author. He is best known as an illustrator of children's books using pen, ink and watercolour.
His works have been described as 'witty slapstick style' and 'characteristic humorous and detailed illustrations'.
Roland Harvey is a former architect who established Roland Harvey Studios, an illustration and design firm in 1978, which produces greeting cards, posters and stationery with a distinctive Australian flavour.
In 1981 he expanded his business by establishing his own book publishing company Five Mile Press. His children's book division, Roland Harvey Books, aims to publish books that raise awareness of issues, concepts and ideas as well as entertain readers. Harvey has written picture books and humorous historical works for young children.
Roland Harvey was born in Melbourne
, Victoria
and continues to live there.
Award for illustration, and Islands in My Garden won the 1999 Wilderness Society Environment Award. One recent book, Sick As: Bloody Moments in the History of Medicine, was shortlisted for the 2001 Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award for Information Books.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n children's illustrator, and author. He is best known as an illustrator of children's books using pen, ink and watercolour.
His works have been described as 'witty slapstick style' and 'characteristic humorous and detailed illustrations'.
Roland Harvey is a former architect who established Roland Harvey Studios, an illustration and design firm in 1978, which produces greeting cards, posters and stationery with a distinctive Australian flavour.
In 1981 he expanded his business by establishing his own book publishing company Five Mile Press. His children's book division, Roland Harvey Books, aims to publish books that raise awareness of issues, concepts and ideas as well as entertain readers. Harvey has written picture books and humorous historical works for young children.
Roland Harvey was born in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
and continues to live there.
Children's stories
- Eureka Stockade (1981) Author: Alan Boardman
- The First Fleet (1982) Author: Alan Boardman
- The Friends of Emily Culpepper (1983) Author: Ann Coleridge
- Burke and Wills (1985) Author: David Greagg
- My Place in Space (1988) with Joe Levine. Authors: Robin and Sally Hirst
- Milly Fitzwilly's Mousecatcher (1991) Author: Marcia Vaughan
- Islands in My Garden (1998) Author: Jim Howes
- Sick As - Bloody Moments in the History of Medicine (2000)
- At the Beach: Postcards from Crabby Spit (2004)
- In the Bush : Our Holiday at Wombat Flat (2005)
- In the City : Our Scrapbook of Souvenirs (2007)
- Belvedere Dreaming (2002) Author: Kate Ryan
- Belvedere in the City (2002) Author: Kate Ryan
- Belvedere Is Beached (2002) Author: Kate Ryan
- Climbing Mount Sugarbin: Aussie Bites (2003)
- Islands in my Garden (2002)
- The Secret Record of Me (2007)
- Roland Harvey's Big Book of Christmas (2008)
- Saving Mr Pinto (2008) Author: Alison Lester
- The Shadow Brumby (2007) Author: Alison Lester
- Circus Pony (2007) Author: Alison Lester
- Racing the Tide (2007) Author: Alison Lester
Awards
My Place in Space, named an Honour Book in the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Awards, and The Friends of Emily Culpepper, commended in the same awards. Burke and Wills, part of Harvey's unique Australian history series, won the Clifton PughClifton Pugh
Clifton Ernest Pugh AO, was an Australian artist and three-time winner of Australia's Archibald Prize. He was strongly influenced by German Expressionism, and was known for his landscapes and portraiture...
Award for illustration, and Islands in My Garden won the 1999 Wilderness Society Environment Award. One recent book, Sick As: Bloody Moments in the History of Medicine, was shortlisted for the 2001 Children's Book Council of Australia Eve Pownall Award for Information Books.