Ann Blades
Ann Blades (born November 16, 1947) is a Canadian illustrator, writer and educator.
She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She earned a teaching certificate from the University of British Columbia in 1970. In 1974, she graduated in nursing from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Blades taught school in a number of isolated communities in British Columbia.[1][2]
Her first book Mary of Mile 18, published in 1971, received the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award. It was followed by A Boy of Taché in 1973.[1] Mary of Mile 18 was made into a film by the National Film Board of Canada. Her illustrations were included in an exhibition "Canada at Bologna" at the 1990 Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy.[2]
Selected works
- The Cottage at Crescent Beach (1977)
- Jacques the Woodcutter (1977) text by Michael Macklem
- A Salmon for Simon (1978) text by Betty Waterton, received the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize
- Six Darn Cows (1980), text by Margaret Laurence
- Anna's Pet (1980) text by Margaret Atwood and Joyce Barkhouse
- Pettranella (1980) text by Betty Waterton
- By the Sea: An Alphabet Book (1985), won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
- Ida and the Wool Smugglers (1987) text by Sue Ann Alderson
- The Singing Basket (1990) retold by Kit Pearson
- A Ride for Martha (1993) text by Sue Ann Alderson
- A Dog Came Too (1993) text by Ainslee Martin
- Back to the Cabin (1996)
- Pond Seasons (1997) text by Sue Ann Alderson
References
- "Ann Blades". The Canadian Encyclopedia.
- "Blades, Ann, 1947-". Library and Archives Canada.
