Helen Oxenbury

writer

Born in 1938, in Suffolk, England, Helen Oxenbury attended Ipswich School of Art and Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. Oxenbury is best known for her work as a writer and illustrator of children's books. She has also worked as a stage designer in Colchester, England, 1960 and a television designer in London. Her many honors include the Kate Greenaway Award, British Library Association (BLA), 1969, for *The Quangle-Wangle's Hat*; the Baby Book Award, Sainsbury's, 1999, for *Tickle, Tickle*; the Kurt Maschler Award, 1999, and Kate Greenaway Award, BLA, 2000, both for *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*; Boston Globe-Horn Book Picture Book Award, 2003, for *Big Momma Makes the World*.