Rebecca Elgar facts for kids
Rebecca Elgar is a talented English artist and writer. She creates amazing books and TV shows for young children. She was born in Lincoln. Rebecca is famous for making the TV show Driver Dan's Story Train. She also helped create Boo! and illustrated books for it.
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Meet Rebecca Elgar
Rebecca Elgar is an English children's book illustrator and writer. This means she draws pictures for books and writes the stories too! She is best known for creating the TV series Driver Dan's Story Train. This show is for pre-school children. She also designed the characters for the TV series Boo!. Rebecca even drew pictures for some Boo! spin-off books.
Her Popular TV Shows
Both Driver Dan's Story Train and Boo! were shown on CBeebies. CBeebies is a TV channel especially for young kids. Driver Dan's Story Train is still shown on CBeebies. It is also shown on PBS Kids Sprout and ABC2 in other countries. The TV show Boo! was even nominated for a BAFTA. A BAFTA is a very important award for TV and film.
Rebecca once said in an interview with the BBC that she had a special goal. She wanted to help young children love books and reading. This was one of her main aims when she created Driver Dan's Story Train.
How She Started Her Career
Rebecca studied graphic design at Norwich School of Art. After finishing her degree, she started working in publishing. This means she worked for companies that make books. She began as a book designer. She even worked on Playdays magazine. Later, she decided to focus on illustrating and writing her own books.
Books by Rebecca Elgar
Rebecca has created many wonderful books. Here are some of her published works:
- The Driver Dan series (2011)
- The Where's Boo! series (2004)
- Where's my Dinner? (2003)
- Time for Bed (2003)
- Is that an elephant over there? (1995)
- Shhh everyone's sleeping (1996)
- The popular Jack books, including:
- Jack: It's a sunny day! (1999)
- Jack: It's a rainy day (1999)
- Jack: It's playtime (1998)
- Jack: It's bedtime (1998)
What's Next for Rebecca?
Rebecca is always working on new and exciting projects. Her current work includes something called 'charming little picture'. This is a range of printed toys. She also continues to create original illustrations.
