Yu Rong facts for kids
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Yu Rong
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Yu Rong at BookExpo 2019
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| Alma mater | Royal College of Art |
| Occupation | Illustrator, teacher |
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Yu Rong (Chinese: 郁蓉) is a talented Chinese artist who creates amazing pictures for children's books. She is famous for using a special art style called papercutting in her illustrations. Her beautiful work has won many awards.
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About Yu Rong
Yu Rong was born in China. She first became a primary school teacher. Later, she studied art at Nanjing Normal University in China. She also went to the Royal College of Art in London, UK, to study communication and design. Today, Yu Rong lives near Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
Awards and Recognitions
Yu Rong has received many important awards for her illustrations. These awards celebrate her unique art style and the wonderful stories she helps tell.
Early Awards
- 1999 - She won The Folio Society Illustration Awards.
- 1999 - She also received The Quentin Blake Award for Narrative Illustration.
- 2000 - Yu Rong earned the RCA Sheila Robinson Drawing Prize.
Awards for Specific Books
Many of Yu Rong's books have won special recognition:
- 2004 - A Lovely Day for Amelia Goose was named a BookTrust Newcomer.
- 2008 - Tracks of a Panda was chosen as a Notable Children's Book by the American Library Association (ALA).
- 2013 - Free as a Cloud won several awards, including the Golden Apple Award at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB). It was also named China's Most Beautiful Book.
- 2015 - Smoke received the best picture book award at the Chen Bochui International Children's Literature Award.
- 2015 - Summer won first prize in the Chinese Original Picture Books Top 10.
- 2017 - Smoke earned the Purple Island Award at the Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Concours.
- 2017 - I am Hua Mulan won first prize in the Chinese Original Picture Books Top 10.
- 2021 - The Lost Child was recognized as one of the Ten Best National Children's Books.
- 2022 - Footprints received The Seventeenth Wenjin Book Award from the National Library.
- 2022 - Shu Lin's Grandpa was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal.
- 2023 - The Visible Sounds was shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration.
Illustrated Books
Yu Rong has illustrated many wonderful children's books. Here are some of her notable works:
- A Lovely Day for Amelia Goose (2004)
- Tracks of a Panda, with Nick Dowson (2007)
- Smoke, with Cao Wenxuan (2015)
- Snowflake in My Pocket, with Rachel Bright (2016)
- Free as a Cloud, with Bai Bing (2017)
- I am Hua Mulan, with Qin Wenjun (2019)
- Summer, with Cao Wenxuan (2019)
- Dou Dou the Panda series, with Gao Hongbo, Jin Bo and Bai Bing (2019)
- Sweet Snow series, with Tie Ning (2020)
- Li Na, Being a Better Me, with A Jia (2020)
- Footprints, with Xue Tao (2020)
- Shulin's Grandpa, with Matt Goodfellow (2021)
- The Lost Child, with Jin Bo (2021)
- The Visible Sounds, with Yin Jianling (2021) ISBN: 9781912979790
- Rope, with Cao Wenxuan (2022)
- Have You Seen The Magpie?, with Dai Yun (2022)
