Kitty Crowther facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kitty Crowther
Born	4 April 1970 Uccle, Belgium
Occupation	Illustrator and writer of children's books
Nationality	Belgian
Alma mater	Institut Saint-Luc
Notable awards	1997 "Vlag en Wimpel" 2003 Silver Pencil 2005 Silver Pencil 2010 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award
Children	2

Kitty Crowther, born on April 4, 1970, is a talented Belgian artist. She writes and illustrates wonderful books for children. She is famous for her amazing work in children's books. In 2010, she won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. This is a huge award, often called the 'Nobel Prize' of children's literature!

About Kitty Crowther

Kitty Crowther has a unique family background. Her father was British, and her mother was Swedish. She was born and grew up in Uccle, a town near Brussels, Belgium. Today, she lives in Blanmont, Belgium, with her husband and their two sons.

She studied Graphic Arts at the Institut Saint-Luc in Brussels. Kitty mainly creates books in French. Sometimes, she also works in Dutch. As of 2010, she had created about 35 of her own books. She has also drawn pictures for books by other authors. Some of these authors include Carl Norac, Bart Moeyaert, and Toon Tellegen.

Her First Books and Awards

Kitty Crowther's first book, Mon royaume (which means My kingdom), came out in 1994. In 1997, she received a special award called "Vlag en Wimpel." She earned this award for her illustrated book Mon ami Jim.

She received more awards later on. In 2003, she won the Silver Pencil for her book In het pikkedonker (In the pitch dark). She won another Silver Pencil in 2005 for Kleine Dood en het meisje (Little Death and the girl).

In 2010, she received the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Award. The jury that chose her for the award said she was "the master of line but also of atmosphere." This means they loved her drawing style and how she created feelings in her stories.

Kitty Crowther's Books

Kitty Crowther has written and illustrated many books. Here are some of her works:

• 1994: Mon royaume
• 1994: Chat-collection, text by Florence Dutruc-Rosset
• 1995: Un jour mon Prince viendra, text by Andréa Nève
• 1995: Va faire un tour
• 1996: Mon ami Jim: translated in English as Jack and Jim in 2000
• 1997: Copain des peintres: La Boîte à idées des artistes en herbe, text by Geneviève Casterman
• 1997: Lily au royaume des nuages
• 1998: Les animaux et leurs poètes, text by Jean-Hugues Malineau
• 1999: Grote Oma's, text by Bart Moeyaert
• 1999: La Grande Ourse, text by Carl Norac
• 2000: Moi et rien
• 2000: Trois histoires folles de Monsieur Pol
• 2000: 365 histoires, comptines et chansons. Le Grand Livre des petits by Marie Delafon, Kitty Crowther, Rémi Saillard, and Isabelle Chatelard
• 2000: Message de bonheur, pour une naissance
• 2000: 365 histoires pour l'année
• 2000: Lever de rideau, text by Sophie Dieuaide
• 2000: Le scoop du siècle, text by Sophie Dieuaide
• 2000: 'Ce rat de Custer, text by Sophie Dieuaide
• 2001: Le père Noël m'a écrit, text by Carl Norac
• 2001: Tout va très bien, madame la marquise by Paul Misraki, Henri Allum (aka Henry Laverne), Charles Pasquier, and Kitty Crowther
• 2001: Le Bain d’Elias
• 2001: Champions du monde, la vie héroïque d'Antoine Lebic, text by Sophie Dieuaide
• 2002: De verjaardag van de eekhoorn by Toon Tellegen
• 2002: Scritch scratch dip clapote!
• 2002: Teri hate tua: L'épouvantable tortue rouge!, text by Jean-François Chabas
• 2003: L'Enfant racine
• 2003: La Princesse qui n’existait pas, text by Christian Oster
• 2004: Petits meurtres et autres tendresses
• 2004: 365 histoires, comptines et chansons by Jacques Duquennoy, Rémi Saillard, Isabelle Chatelard, and Kitty Crowther
• 2004: Vingt-neuf moutons, text by Christian Oster
• 2005: La Visite de Petite Mort
• 2005: Le grand désordre
• 2005–2010: Poka et Mine: Le Réveil, Les nouvelle ailes, Au cinéma, Au Musée, Au fond du jardin, Le football
• 2006: Spinoza et Moi, text by Sylvaine Jaoui
• 2006: Copain des peintres, text by Geneviève Casterman
• 2006: Les contes de l'armoire: Trente-cinq contes brefs by Pierre Mosonyi, Kitty Crowther, Eva Almassy, and Fanny Volcsanszky
• 2006: Les contes des magasins by Aliz Mosonyi, Kitty Crowther, and Eva Almassy
• 2006: Pas un mot, text by Nathalie Kuperman
• 2007: Dans moi, text by Alex Cousseau
• 2007: Un nuage dans le ventre, text by Gilles Abier
• 2008: Alors?
• 2009: Petits poèmes pour passer le temps by Carl Norac, Kitty Crowther, and Célestin
• 2009: Annie du lac
• 2010: "Le petit homme et Dieu"
• 2018: Stories of the Night, 64pp., ISBN: 978-1-776571-97-0 (Gecko Press)
• 2019: The Runaways, text by Ulf Stark 136pp., ISBN: 978-1-776572-33-5 (Gecko Press)

Awards and Recognition

Kitty Crowther has received several important awards for her work:

• 2006: Grand Prix triennal de littérature de jeunesse
• 2010: Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award

Images for kids

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  Kitty Crowther receives the Lindgren Award from Queen Silvia of Sweden.

See also

In Spanish: Kitty Crowther para niños