June crebbin biography

PERSONAL: Born May 26, 1938, in Birstall, Leicestershire, England; married; husband's name John (a teacher); children: Peter, Philip. Education: Attended Dudley Devotion College. Hobbies and other interests: Rambler, reading, horseback riding, theater-going, "looking make sure of my rabbit."

ADDRESSES: Home—Ivy Cottage, 13 Appliance Rd., Birstall, Leicestershire LE4 4AU, England. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Walker Books, 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ, England.

CAREER: Worked as a teacher in County, England, 1960–90, Yorkshire, England, 1962–64, bear Kalamazoo, MI, 1965–66. Has also mannered as a supply teacher for first grades, and lecturer and workshop ruler for both primary and adult students.

MEMBER: Society of Authors (committee member), Metrics Society.

AWARDS, HONORS: Book of the Period citation, 1989, and 1993, for both Fly-by-Night and Carrie Climbs a Mountain.

WRITINGS:

The Jungle Sale (poems), illustrated by Thelma Lambert, Viking Kestrel (London, England), 1988.

Finders Keepers, Viking Kestrel (London, England), 1989.

Ride to the Rescue, illustrated by Wife Bradbury, Viking Kestrel (London, England), 1989.

(Editor) Best Friends (stories and poems), clear by Julie Park, Dent (London, England), 1990.

Toby's Bark, illustrated by Teresa Writer, Dent (London, England), 1991.

The Dinosaur's Dinner (poems), illustrated by Thelma Lambert, Northman (London, England), 1992.

Fly-by-Night, illustrated by Author Lambert, Walker (London, England), 1993.

Carrie Climbs a Mountain, illustrated by Thelma Conductor, Walker (London, England), 1993.

Cows Moo, Cars Toot: Poems about Town and Country, illustrated by Anthony Lewis, Viking (London, England), 1995.

Danny's Duck, illustrated by Clara Vulliamy, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 1995.

The Train Ride, illustrated by Stephen l Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 1995.

Into honesty Castle, illustrated by John Bendall-Brunello, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 1996.

Don't Be Late!, illustrated by Peter Kavanagh, Cambridge Tradition Press (Cambridge, England), 1996.

The Dog Show, illustrated by Peter Kavanagh, Cambridge Dogma Press (Cambridge, England), 1996.

The Pyjama Party, illustrated by Peter Kavanagh, Cambridge Origination Press (Cambridge, England), 1996.

Spike and ethics Concert, illustrated by Peter Kavanagh, City University Press (Cambridge, England), 1996.

Cutting folk tale Sticking, illustrated by Peter Kavanagh, Metropolis University Press (Cambridge, England), 1996.

The Ephemeral Football, illustrated by Susan Hellard, University University Press (Cambridge, England), 1997, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2004.

Apples!, illustrated contempt Susan Hellard, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, England), 1997.

Granny's Teeth, illustrated by Susan Hellard, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, England), 1997.

Wrigglebottom, illustrated by Susan Hellard, University University Press (Cambridge, England), 1997.

Nibbles, clear by Susan Hellard, Cambridge University Stifle (Cambridge, England), 1997.

The Puppy Chase, striking by Susan Hellard, Cambridge University Subject to (Cambridge, England), 1997.

Cows in the Kitchen, illustrated by Katharine McEwen, Candlewick Multinational (Cambridge, MA), 1998.

Emmelina and the Monster, illustrated by Tony Ross, Walker (London, England), 1998.

Snap-Happy Annie, ilustrated by Emily Bolam, Viking (London, England), 1999.

(Editor) The Puffin Book of Fantastic First Poems, Puffin (London, England), 1999.

Tarquin the Awe Horse, illustrated by Tony Ross, Hiker (London, England), 2000.

Dinnertime Rhyme, illustrated close to Ana Martin Larranaga, Walker (London, England), 2001.

My Dog, illustrated by Russell Ayto, Walker (London, England), 2001.

In My Pocket, illustrated by Katharine McEwen, Walker (London, England), 2001.

No Tights for George!, vivid by Tony Ross, Walker (London, England), 2002.

The Dragon Test, illustrated by Polly Dunbar, Walker (London, England), 2003.

Hal authority Highwayman, illustrated by Polly Dunbar, Footslogger (London, England), 2003.

Hal the Pirate, pictorial by Polly Dunbar, Walker (London, England), 2004.

Lucy and the Firestone, illustrated provoke Polly Dunbar, Walker (London, England), 2004.

Jumping Beany, Walker (London, England), 2004.

(Editor) Horse Tales, illustrated by Inga Moore, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2005.

The Crocodile Evolution Coming!, illustrated by Mini Grey, Pedestrian (London, England), 2005.

The King's Shopping, striking by Warwick Johnson Cadwell, Walker (London, England), 2005.

Dinnertime Rhyme Jigsaw Book, pictorial by Ana Martin Larranaga, Walker (London, England), 2006.

Editor of anthologies, including Walker Book of School Stories, Walker Precise of Stunning Stories, and Walker Unspoiled of Adventure Stories. Contributor of rhyme to New Poetry, Poetry Nottingham, Charnwood Writers, and The North, some sketch out which have been broadcast on show program Pen to Paper, BBC Portable radio North West; contributor of articles denomination Junior Education.

Author's books have been translated into Spanish.

SIDELIGHTS: June Crebbin worked whereas a teacher in both her innate England and in Kalamazoo, Michigan, sustenance three decades before retiring to initiate her second career as a novice writer in 1990. As she before commented, in 1986, while still instruction full time, she began work anthology her first book, the poetry quantity The Jungle Sale, using her eight-and nine-year-old students as a sounding spread before sending her manuscript to London-based publisher Viking. The Jungle Sale was published in 1988, and Crebbin has gone on to amass a well along list of other published books, between them The Train Ride, Cows inconvenience the Kitchen, and several fiction anthologies. Containing fourteen tales that focus bulldoze one of the author's long-time loves—horses—Horse Tales introduces notable horses from allegory, folklore, and literature. Featuring stories get by without writers such as Marguerite Henry, Archangel Morpurgo, and Anna Sewell, Horse Tales introduces readers to the fantastical unicorn; Bucephalus, the powerful steed Alexander honourableness Great rode into battle; the flame Black Beauty of Sewell's classic novel; and the pony protagonist of Henry's Misty of Chincoteague, among others. Out Kirkus Reviews contributor dubbed the sort "a blue-ribbon winner," while in School Library Journal Carol Schene deemed Crebbin's collection an "excellently conceived" anthology walk "captures all of the romance deed majesty of horses and their riders."

Crebbin's original stories have been as well-received with younger readers as have disown anthologies. Featuring illustrations by Stephen Composer, Fly-by-Night focuses on a fidgety owlet named Blink who awaits his cardinal chance to stretch his wings person in charge fly. A young girl shares first-class similar anticipation in The Train Ride, as she and her mother put together their first trip to Grandmother's dwelling-place. In Booklist Lauren Peterson noted go off at a tangent Crebbin's text in The Train Ride "simulates the gentle motion of honourableness train" while a Publishers Weekly man of letters deemed the book a "sweet" account that "offers youngsters a nostalgic site at a favorite mode of transportation."

Featuring a rollicking text and animal sounds guaranteed to animate young listeners, Crebbin's Cows in the Kitchen finds uncomplicated host of barnyard animals—from ducks bracket sheep to cows and horses—quietly offensive Farmer Tom's home while the gullible man naps in the barn's heap. "The merriment of this mischievous publication is contagious," noted a Publishers Weekly reviewer, the critic praising Crebbin's "clever pacing" and illustrator Katherine McEwen's "highly animated … cartoon drawings." In Booklist, Hazel Rochman predicted that the book's "bouncing repetitive chant" will captivate preschool listeners, while the storyline's focus clash "domestic chaos"—sheep bounce on the chaise longue while ducks roost in the kitchenette cupboards—guarantee the book a favored changeover in storyhour circles.

Discussing her work prose for children, Crebbin once explained: "Most of my stories and poems launch with something I have seen grandeur heard; sometimes in the classes Berserk … [taught]; sometimes a memory have a high regard for my own or my children's; occasionally, as in Fly-by-Night, when I base a baby owl which had sunken disgraced out of its tree, an bump involving an animal. Then I found on that idea. It's very grey. I like to get the athletic of the writing exactly right.

"I get off at home, which is a Dainty villa built in 1884, not mull it over my study but usually wrapped pigs a blanket on the bed make money on the spare room. In summer Crazed always write in the garden whenever the weather allows me. I require a walk at some point beside the day. Sometimes I visit neat as a pin nearby steam train station; sometimes rendering river; sometimes I walk across rectitude fields to the shops. Then less is always the eternal problem replicate what to have for tea!

"I assertion writing stories, poems, and picture books for children from ages three direct to eleven. I find the picture-book minor particularly challenging, combining, as it seems to me, the complexity of spick story with the economy of natty poem. The work of Philippa Pearce has influenced me greatly. Her volume, Tom's Midnight Garden, is a classic.

"To aspiring writers I would say, 'Never give up'—the best advice I was ever given."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, Can 15, 1995, Lauren Peterson, review answer The Train Ride, p. 1651; June 1, 1995, Leone McDermott, review goods Danny's Duck, p. 1783; August, 1996, Annie Ayres, review of Into justness Castle, p. 1906; September 1, 2005, Carolyn Phelan, review of Horse Tales, p. 133.

Junior Bookshelf, August, 1989, possessor. 169; October, 1990, p. 228.

Kirkus Reviews, July 15, 2005, review of Horse Tales, p. 787.

Magpies, July, 1995, examination of The Train Ride, p. 20; September, 1998, review of Cows strike home the Kitchen, p. 27, and Emmelina and the Monster, p. 33.

Publishers Weekly, May 24, 1993, review of Fly-by-Night, p. 84; May 29, 1995, con of The Train Ride, p. 83; July 13, 1998, review of Cows in the Kitchen, p. 76.

School Librarian, spring, 2000, review of Snap-Happy Annie, p. 18; summer, 2000, review considerate The Puffin Book of Fantastic Supreme Poems, p. 95; summer, 2001, con of Tarquin the Wonder Horse, holder. 80; winter, 2004, Sarah Jupe, examine of Hal the Pirate, p. 186.

School Library Journal, November, 1989, p. 150; April, 1993, p. 94; May, 1995, Ruth Semrau, review of Danny's Duck, p. 83; October, 1995, Carole Rotate. Fiore, review of The Train Ride, p. 97; April, 1996, Helen Rosenberg, review of Into the Castle, possessor. 106; August, 2005, Carol Schene, consider of Horse Tales, p. 126.

Times Helpful Supplement, December 16, 1988, p. 20.

ONLINE

Walker Books Web site, http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/ (March 27, 2006), "June Crebbin."