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Biography
Pat Hutchins (born 18 June 1942) is an English illustrator and writer of children's books. She won the 1974 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. The work was The Wind Blew, a picture book in rhyme which she also wrote. It shows how "a crowd of people anxiously chase their belongings" in the wind.
Hutchins was married to illustrator Laurence Hutchins, with two children. She has written books for early readers that he illustrated.
Biography
Hutchins was born 18 June 1942 in Yorkshire, the sixth of seven children. She won a scholarship to Darlington School of Art in 1958 and continued studying illustration at Leeds College of Art in 1960, graduating 1962. She worked for advertising agency in London to 1966 when she married Laurence Hutchins and moved to New York City for two years. There she worked on writing and illustrating her first picture book, Rosie's Walk, published in 1968 by The Bodley Head and Macmillan US. In the U.S. it was a runner up for the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and the librarians named it a 1968 ALA Notable Book. It remains her work most widely catalogued by WorldCat participating libraries.
Pat Hutchins has written novels for early readers, some illustrated by husband Laurence, and more than two dozen picture books. Beside winning the 1974 Greenaway Medal, she was a commended runner up for One-Eyed Jack (1979), another book she wrote and illustrated.
She played the role of an artistic narrowboat owner in the British children's television series, Rosie and Jim. She was a presenter on the series and subsequently illustrated books for the franchise.
Selected works
Hutchins has both written and illustrated about fifty books.
- Rosie's Walk (The Bodley Head, 1968)
- Tom and Sam (Bodley, 1969)
- Changes, Changes (Bodley, 1971)
- Titch (Bodley, 1971)
- Good Night, Owl (New York: Macmillan, 1972; Bodley, 1973)
- The Silver Christmas Tree (Bodley, 1974)
- The Wind Blew (The Bodley Head, 1974) —Greenaway Medal winner
- Don't Forget the Bacon! (Bodley, 1976)
- Happy Birthday, Sam (Bodley, 1978)
- The Best Train Set Ever (Bodley, 1979)
- One-Eyed Jake (Bodley, 1979) —commended for the Greenaway
- The Tale of Thomas Mead (Bodley, 1981)
- 1 Hunter (Bodley, 1982)
- King Henry's Palace (Bodley, 1983)
- You'll Soon Grow into Them, Titch (Bodley, 1983)
- The Very Worst Monster (Bodley, 1985)
- The Doorbell Rang (Julia MacRae Books 1986)
- Where's the Baby? (Bodley, 1988)
- What Game Shall We Play? (Julia MacRae Books, 1990)
- Which Witch is Which? (MacRae, 1990)
- Tidy Titch (MacRae, 1991)
- Silly Billy (MacRae, 1992)
- My Best Friend (MacRae, 1993)
- The Surprise Party (Red Fox, 1993)
- Little Pink Pig (MacRae, 1994)
- Three-Star Billy (MacRae, 1994)
- Titch and Daisy (MacRae, 1996)
- It's Bedtime, Titch (Red Fox, 1998)
- It's Christmas, Titch (Red Fox, 1998)
- Shrinking Mouse (New York: Greenwillow, 1997; Bodley, 1998)
- Titch Dresses Up (Red Fox, 1998)
- Titch's Snowy Day (Red Fox, 1998)
- Gardener Titch (Red Fox, 1999)
- Tidy Up Titch (Red Fox, 1999)
- Titch and the Baby (Red Fox, 1999)
- Titch and the Picnic (Red Fox, 1999)
- Titch Out and About (Red Fox, 2000)
- It's Bathtime, Titch (Red Fox, 2000)
- It's MY Birthday (Greenwillow, 1999; Bodley, 2000)
- Sticky Titch (Red Fox, 2000)
- Titch's Windy Day (Red Fox, 2000)
- Ten Red Apples (Bodley, 2001)
- We're Going on a Picnic (Bodley, 2002)
- There's Only One of Me (HarperCollins, 2003)
- Don't Get Lost! (HarperCollins, 2004)
- Bumpety Bump (HarperCollins, 2006)
- Barn Dance (HarperCollins, 2007)
- Clocks and More Clocks (1994)
- Ezra Pound's Kensington
- Ezra Pound's Pisa
- Hare-Raising Tail
- Titch's ABC
- Totem Pole
Illustrated by Laurence Hutchins
These five books were all written by Pat Hutchins, illustrated by Laurence Hutchins, and published by The Bodley Head.
- The House that Sailed Away (Bodley, 1976; Greenwillow, 1975)
- Follow That Bus! (Bodley, 1977)
- The Mona Lisa Mystery (Bodley, 1981)
- The Curse of the Egyptian Mummy (Bodley, 1983)
- Rats! (Bodley, 1989)
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