Scot Ritchie facts for kids

Scot Ritchie is a Canadian author and illustrator. He specializes in children's literature and has over 50 books published. He also illustrates for the advertising, editorial and educational markets. His work can be found in publications including Wall St. Journal, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, New York Magazine, and Readers Digest. His books have been translated into many languages including Korean, Chinese, Dutch, French, Arabic, Russian and Polish.

Awards and Honours

Judge for a number of awards including the Governor General's award in the category of Children's Illustration.
Winner: BC Kids Summer Reading Club Illustrator of the Year, 2009
Shortlisted: Cybil Award Nonfiction Picture Books, 2007 (for Let's Go!)
Nominated: Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, 2007 (for Let's Go!)
Winner: Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, 1984 (for Dinner at Auntie Rose’s)
Finalist: Canadian Toy Testing Council "Great Books for Children," 2001 (for Why? The best ever question and answer book about science, nature and the world around you)
Winner: "Parents' Guide to Children's Media Award," 2000 (for My Baby Brother and Me and My Baby Sister and Me)

Children's non-fiction, author & illustrator

My House is Alive! (OwlKids Books 2016)
Federica (Groundwood Books 2017)
P'eska and the First Salmon Ceremony (Groundwood Books 2015)
See How We Move! A First Book of Health and Well Being (Kids Can Press 2018)
See What We Eat! A First Book of Healthy Eating (Kids Can Press 2017)
Look Where We Live! A First Book of Community Building (Kids Can Press 2015)
Look at That Building! A First Book of Structures (Kids Can Press 2011)
Follow That Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills (Kids Can Press, 2009)
Everything Kids' Spies Puzzle & Activity Book (Adams Media, 2008)
Everything Kids' Dragons Puzzle and Activity Book (Adams Media, 2008)
Everything Kids' Connect-the-Dots and Puzzle Book (Adams Media, 2008)
Crazy Mazey Houses (Little Hare Books, 2008)
Up, Up, and Away: A Round-the-World Puzzle Adventure (Maple Tree Press, 2006)

Children's non-fiction, illustrator

What Milly Did by Elise Moser (Groundwood Books, 2016)
Let's Go: The Story of Getting from Here to There, by L. Flatt (Maple Tree Press, 2007)
aRHYTHMetic: A book and a half of poetry about math, by K. Winters, T. Stone, and L. Sherritt-Fleming (Gumboot Books, 2009)
Why?: The Best Ever Question and Answer Book About Nature, Science, and the World Around You, by C. Ripley (Maple Tree Press, 2004)
My Class and Me: Kindergarten Memory Scrapbook, by M. Leatherdale (Kids Can Press, 2003)
My Grandmother and Me Memory Scrapbook, by J. Drake, A. Love (Kids Can Press, 1999)
Hockey (Basics for Beginners), by L. Wark (Kids Can Press, 1994)
The Bears We Know, by Brenda Silsbe (Annikins, 1989)
My Father and Me Memory Scrapbook, by J. Drake, A. Love (Kids Can Press, 2000)

Anthology contributions, illustrator

"Rhyme or Reason" by K. Winters, in World of Stories (Gumboot Books, 2008)

Children's fiction, illustrator

"The Mightiest of All," by K. Winters, in Know Magazine (January, 2008)