Ella Bella Ballerina: NEW BOOK PUBLISHED !

Thursday, 5 May 2011

NEW BOOK PUBLISHED !

The latest KATIE book is now published... "Katie in Scotland"!
And don't forget you can watch me talking about Katie and Ella Bella live on the internet with the BBC in Glasgow. For more information, just follow the links!

KATIE'S PICTURE SHOW

SCOTTISH BOOK TRUST

BBC GLASGOW

3 comments:

DodaMay 5, 2011 05:55 AM
Congrats on the book. Nessie looks braw!
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James MayhewMay 5, 2011 07:23 AM
Thanks Doda! I wish it could have been a longer book with more of Scotland in it. But I did the best I could with 30 oages!
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James MayhewMay 5, 2011 07:23 AM
PAGES!!!
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BIOGRAPHY

Born in Stamford, Lincolnshire in1964, James Mayhew grew up in the Dickensian village of Blundeston in Suffolk. After completing a Foundation Course at Lowestoft College, he studied illustration at Maidstone College of Art, graduating in 1987 with First Class honours. His first book for children was Katie's Pictures Show, (Orchard Books 1989) establishing the long running series about a child's adventures in an art gallery. Many of his books have a cultural agenda and James is passionate about introducing children to art, music, opera, ballet and traditional tales.

He has published over 60 books, and illustrated and written for many other colleagues including Philippa Pearce, Martin Waddell and Jackie Morris.

As a storyteller he has devised and performed a series of sell-out concerts for children with the de Havilland Philharmonic Orchestra, the Uttlesforde Orchestra, and has participated in prom performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden and at the Cheltenham Music Festival.

He has also created designs and illustrations for the Kirov Mariinsky Opera of St Petersburg and in 1994 won the New York Times award for one of the ten best illustrated books on the year (The Boy and The Cloth of Dreams).

He has made regular appearances at the National Galleries in Edinburgh and London and visits many schools, and arts and literary festivals.

James is a member of the Art Worker's Guild and the Society of Authors.