Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne reads Stanley at the 2015 Toronto Word on the Street
Books illustrated by Bill Slavin
Fiction
Paulette Bourgeois, Too Many Chickens! (Kids Can Press, 1990) 1-55074-067-9 pb $5.95Bob King, Sitting on the Farm (Kids Can Press, 1991) 1-55074-149-7 pb Out of printBen Brooks, Lemonade Parade (Kids Can Press, 1991) out of printEthan Miles, Otto’s Tricks (Silver, Burdett and Ginn, 1991) not available in CanadaTraditional, The Cat Came Back (Kids Can Press, 1992) 1-55074-183-7 pb Out of printNathan Zimmerman, How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty (Albert Whitman and Company, 1992) 0-8075-3431-5Amanda Lewis, Tim Wynne-Jones, Rosie Backstage (Kids Can Press, 1994)1-55074-209-4 hc $21.95Bill Slavin, The Stone Lion, (Red Deer College Press, 1996) 0-88995-154-3 hc $17.95Tim Wynne-Jones, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Key Porter Books, 1996) 1-55013-773-5 hc $16.95Ted Staunton, Morgan Makes Magic (Formac Publishing, 1996) 0-88780-390-3 pb $5.95 0-88780-391-1 hc $14.95A.W. Cockerill, Emma on Albert Street (Black Cat Press, 1997) 0-921501-00-5 hc $15.95Howard Engels, A Child’s Christmas in Scarborough (Key Porter, 1997) 1-55013-922-3 hc $10.95Anthology, Truly Scary Stories for Fearless Kids (Key Porter, 1998) 1-55013-994-0 hc $29.95Ted Staunton, Morgan and the Money (Formac Publishing, 1998) 0-88780-456-X pb $5.95Shelley A. Leedahl, The Bone Talker, (Red Deer College Press, 1999) 0-88995-214-0 hc $17.95Frieda Wishinsky, A Quest in Time (Owl Books, 2000) 1-894379-07-1 hc 1-894379-08-X pb $12.95Ted Staunton, Morgan’s Secret (Formac Publishing, 2000) 0-88780-494-2 pb $5.95Ted Staunton, Great Play Morgan (Formac Publishing, 2001) 0-88780-437-1 pb $5.95Anthology, Chills and Thrills (Key Porter, Fall 2001) 1-55263-380-2 $29.95Ruth Miller, The Bear on the Bed (Kids Can Press, 2002) 1-55337-036-8 hc $15.95Ted Staunton, Morgan’s Birthday (Formac, Spring 2002) 0-88780-561-2 hc $14.95 0-88780-560-4 $5.95Linda Bailey, Stanley’s Party (Kids Can Press, Fall 2002) 1-55337-382-0 hc $16.95 1-55337-768-0 pb $6.95Ted Staunton, Morgan’s Pet Project (Formac, Spring 2003) 0-88780-588-4 hc $14.95 0-88780-587-6 $5.95Eileen Spinelli, Something to Tell the Grand Cows (Eerdman’s, Spring 2004) 0-8028-5236-X hc $16 USTed Staunton, Morgan Makes a Splash (Formac, Spring 2004) 0-88780-623-6 hc 0-88780-623-6 pbRobert Heidbreder, Co-iIllustrated by Esperança Melo, Drumheller Dinosaur Dance, (Kids Can, Fall 2004) 1-55337-393-6 hc $17.95 1-55337-982-9Evan Soloman, Nathaniel McDaniel and the Magic Attic: Bigbeard’s Hook (Viking Canada, Spring 2005) 0-670-06386-X hc $16 0-14-331215-4 pbTed Staunton, Morgan Makes a Deal (Formac Spring 2005) 0-88780-667-8 pbLinda Bailey, Stanley’s Wild Ride (Kids Can, Spring 2006) 978-1-55337-960-7 hc $17.95 978-1-55453-254-4 pbRuth Ashby, Caedmon’s Song (Eerdman’s, Fall 2005) hc 0-8028-5241-6Howard Whitehouse, The Strictest School in the World (Kids Can, Spring 2006) 978-1-55337-882-2 hc $18.95 978-1-55337-882-9 pbTed Staunton, Super Move, Morgan (Formac Spring 2006) 0-88780-704-6 hc 0-88780-702-X pb $5.95Linda Bailey, The Farm Team (Kids Can, Fall 2006) hc 978-1-55337-850-1 $18.95Evan Soloman, The Sabre-toothed Tiger (Puffin Canada Spring 2007) hc 13:978-0-670-06387-1 $16 pb 10:0-670-06387-8 $8.99Ted Staunton, Campfire Morgan (Formac Spring 2007) 0-88780-725-1 hc 0-88780-721-6 pbHoward Whitehouse, The Faceless Fiend (Kids Can, Spring 2007) 978-1-55453-130-1 hc 978-1-55453-180-6 pbLinda Bailey, Stanley at Sea (Kids Can Press, Spring 2008) 978-1-55453-193-6 hcHoward Whitehouse, The Island of Mad Scientists (Kids Can, Fall 2008) 978-1-55453-236-0 hc 978-1-55453-237-7 pbk.Ted Staunton, Pucker Up Morgan (Formac, Spring, 2008) 978-0-88780-746-6 hc978-0-88780-744-2 pbk.Janice Levy, Gonzalo Grabs the Good Life (Eerdman’s, Spring 2009) 978-0-8028-5328-8Linda Bailey, Stanley’s Beauty Contest (Kids Can Press, Spring 2009) 978-1-55453-318-3 hcTed Staunton, Daredevil Morgan, (Formac, Fall 2009)Ted Staunton, Music by Morgan, (Formac, Fall 2010) 978-0-88780-928-6 hcHoward Whitehouse, Bogbrush the Barbarian (Kids Can Press, Spring 2010) 978-1-55337-701-6 hcLinda Bailey, Stanley’s Little Sister (Kids Can Press, Fall 2010) 978-1-55453-487-6 hcEllen Jackson, The Seven Seas (Eerdman’s, Spring 2011) 978-0-8028-5341-7 hcTed Staunton, Morgan and the Dune Racer (Formac, Fall 2011)Bill Slavin with Esperança Melo, Big City Otto (Kids Can Press, Spring 2011) 978-1-55453-476-0 hc 978-1-55453-477-7 pbkTed Staunton, Morgan and the Dune Racer (Formac, Spring 2011)Ted Staunton, Morgan Gets Cracking (Formac, Spring 2012)Bill Slavin, with Esperança Melo Big Top Otto (Kids Can Press, Fall 2013) 978-1-55453-806-5 hc 978-1-55453-807-2 pbkTim Beiser, Little Chicken Duck (Tundra, Fall 2013) 978-1-77049-392-6 hcTed Staunton, Morgan on Ice (Formac, Fall 2013) 978-1-4595-00290-1 pbk 978-1-4595-0289-5 hcJanice Levy, Co-illustrated by Esperança Melo, Thomas the Toadily Terrible Bully (Eerdman's, Spring 2014) 978-0-8028-5373-8 hcTed Staunton, Morgan Got Game (Formac, Fall 2014) 978-1-4595-0334-2 pbk 978-1-4595-0335-9 hcBill Slavin with Esperança Melo, Big Star Otto (Kids Can Press, March 2015) 978-1-894786-96-6 hc 978-1-894786-97-3 pbkLinda Bailey, Stanley at School (Kids Can Press, Spring 2015) 978-1-77138-096-6 hcBill Slavin, Who Broke the Teapot?! (Tundra, May, 2016) 978-1-77049-834-4 hcTim Beiser, There, There (Tundra Spring 2017) 978-1-77049-752-8 hcTed Staunton, Morgan the Brave, Formac, Fall 2017Bill Slavin, Secrets of Jarrow, Renegade, Spring 2023, 9781989754269 pbkBill Slavin, Quid Pro Crow, Renegade, Spring 2024, 9781989754580 pbk
Non-FictionBrian McFarlane, Hockey: The Book for Kids (Kids Can Press, 1990 Revised 1994) Out of printCatherine Ross, Circles (Kids Can Press, 1992) 1-55074-064-4Linda Granfield, Extra! Extra! (Kids Can Press, 1993) 1-55074-122-5 pb $10.95Claire Mackay, Touching All the Bases (Boardwalk Books / Scholastic, 1994) 0-590-24200-8 pb $14.95Catherine Ross, Triangles (Kids Can Press, 1994) 1-55074-194-2 pb $12.95Cynthia Pratt Nicolson, Earthdance (Kids Can Press, 1994) 1-55074-155-1 pb $9.95Linda Granfield, 1987; The Year I Was Born (Kids Can Press, 1994) Out of printLiz McLeod, The Phone Book (Kids Can Press, 1995) 1-55074-220-5 pb $12.95Linda Granfield, 1988; The Year I Was Born (Kids Can Press, 1995) Out of printPat Hancock, 1985; The Year I Was Born (Kids Can Press, 1996) Out of printPaulette Bourgeois, The Sun (Kids Can Press, 1995) 1-55074-158-6 hc $14.951-55074-330-9 pb $6.95Paulette Bourgeois, The Moon (Kids Can Press, 1995) 1-55074-157-8 hc $14.951-55074-332-5 pb $6.95Catherine Ross, Squares (Kids Can Press, 1996) 1-55074-273-6 pb $12.95Cynthia Pratt Nicolson The Earth (Kids Can Press, 1996) 1-55074-314-7 hc $14.951-55074-327-9 pb $6.95Liz McLeod, Get Started: Stamp Collecting (Kids Can Press, 1996) 1-55074-313-9 pb $6.95Linda Granfield, 1984; The Year I Was Born (Kids Can Press, 1996) Out of printPat Hancock, 1986; The Year I Was Born (Kids Can Press, 1996) Out of printJane Drake and Ann Love, A Kid’s Guide to the Millennium (Kids Can Press, 1998) Out of printCynthia Pratt Nicolson The Planets (Kids Can Press, 1998)1-55074-512-3 hc $14.95Cynthia Pratt Nicolson The Stars (Kids Can Press, 1998)1-55074-524-7 hc $14.95Maxine Trottier, One is Canada (Harper Collins, 1999) 0-00-224556-6 hc 0-00-638663-6 pbAnn-Maureen Owens & Jane Yealland, The History of Canada’s Flag (Kids Can Press, 1999) 1-55074-516-6 pb $6.95Cynthia Pratt Nicolson Comets, Asteroids and Meteors (Kids Can Press, 1999) 1-55074-578-6 hc $14.95 1-55074-580-8 pb $6.95Alannah Hegedus and Kaitlin Rainey, Shooting Hoops and Skating Loops, (Tundra Books, 1999) 0-88776-453-3 pb $19.99Linda Bailey, Adventures in The Middle Ages (Kids Can Press, 2000) 1-55074-538-7 hc $14.95 1-55074-540-9 pb $8.95Linda Bailey, Adventures in Ancient Egypt (Kids Can Press, 2000) 1-55074-546-8 hc $14.95 1-55074-548-4 pb $8.95Cynthia Pratt Nicolson Exploring Space (Kids Can Press, 2000) 1-55074-711-8 hc $14.95 1-55074-713-4 pb $6.95 Linda Bailey, Adventures with The Vikings (Kids Can Press, Spring 2001) 1-55074-542-5 hc $14.95 1-55074-544-1 pb $8.95Alannah Hegedus and Kaitlin Rainey, Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships; Great Inventions in Communications (Tundra Books, Spring 2001) 0-88776-452-5 $19.99Linda Bailey, Adventures in Ancient Greece (Kids Can Press, Spring 2002) 1-55074-534-4 hc $14.95 1-55074-536-0 pb $8.95Christopher Moore, The Big Book of Canada (Tundra Books, Fall 2002) 0-88776-457-6 hc $39.99Roy MacGregor, A Loonie for Luck (McClelland and Stewart, Fall 2002) 0-7710-5480-7Linda Bailey, Adventures in Ancient China (Kids Can Press, Spring 2003) 1-55074-542-5 hc $14.95 1-55074-544-1 pb $8.95Linda Bailey, Adventures in The Ice Age (Kids Can Press, Spring 2004) 1-55337-503-3 hc $14.95 1-55337-504-1 pb $8.95Bill Slavin and Jim Slavin, Transformed (Kids Can Press, Fall 2005) 1-55337-179-8 hc $24.95Maureen Sawa, The Library Book: From Camels to Computers (Tundra, Spring 2006) 978-0-88776-698-5 hc $24.95Cynthia Pratt Nicolson and Paulette Bourgeois, The Jumbo Book of Space (Kids Can Spring 2007) 978-1-55453-020-5 pb $18.95Monica Kulling, Get Snap Happy (Tundra, Spring 2009)Anne Love and Jane Drake, Talking Tails (Tundra, Fall 2009)Monica Kulling, All Aboard! (Tundra, Spring 2010) 978-0-88776-945-0Ann-Maureen Owens & Jane Yealland, Our Flag: The Story of Canada's Maple Leaf (Kids Can Press, 2014) 9781-77138-111-6 hc $17.95 9781-77138-112-3 pbCatherine Sheldrick Ross, Shapes in Math, Science and Nature (Kids Can Press, 2014) 9781-77138-124-6 hc $24.95Anne Love and Jane Drake, Pandemic Survival: It's Why We're Alive (Tundra, Spring 2014) 9781-77049-268-4 hcMonica Kulling, Zap! Nikola Tesla Takes Charge (Tundra, Summer 2016) 9781-77049-522-7 hcChristopher Moore, The Big Book of Canada, (new edition) (Tundra Books, Spring 2017) 978-1-101-91894-4 hc $45.99Erika Fyvie, The Waste Cycle, (Kids Can Press Fall 2017) 978-1-77138-078-2 hcLinda Bailey, Hot on the Trail in Ancient Egypt (Kids Can Press 2018) 978-1-77138-985-3 pbLinda Bailey, Stowing Away with the Vikings (Kids Can Press 2018) 978-1-77138-987-7 pb 978-1-5253-0150-6 hcLinda Bailey, On the Run In Ancient China (Kids Can Press 2019) 978-1-5253-0112-4 pb 978-1-5253-0152-0 hc
Contributing artist to; Mother Goose, A Canadian Sampler (Groundwood, 1994)Contributing artist to; The Spirit of Canada (Anthology) (Malcolm Lester, 1999)
Works in ProgressBlood and Fire, Book 3 of the Mordecai Crow Trilogy - A graphic novel
Books adapted to computerBob King, Sitting on the Farm (Sanctuary Woods, 1993)Traditional, The Cat Came Back (Sanctuary Woods, 1994)
Awards
2023 Sequential Magazine Bronze Award (Best Graphic Novel of the Year) for Secrets of Jarrow2012 Chocolate Lily Award (B.C.) for Stanley’s Little Sister2011-12 Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award (Oregon) for Stanley's Party2009-10 Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award (Oregon) for Stanley's Wild Ride2008-09 California Young Reader Medal for Stanley’s Wild Ride2008 Red Cedar Award 2008 for Transformed2007 Honour Book, TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award for Stanley’s Wild Ride2007 Time to Read: The B.C. Achievement Foundation Award for Early Literacy for Stanley’s Party2006 Canadian Children’s Roundtable Non -fiction Award for Transformed2006 Norma Fleck Award for Transformed2008 Chocolate Lily Award (B.C.) for Stanley’s Wild Ride2007 Canadian Toy Testing Council "Great Books" Winner for Transformed2006 Book of the Year, (Picture Book) Foreword Magazine’s Book Awards for Stanley’s Wild Ride2006 Chocolate Lily Award (B.C.) for Drumheller Dinosaur Dance2005 ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award (Juvenile Non-fiction) Bronze Medal for Transformed2005 Hackmatack Award for Adventures in The Ice Age (author award)2006 SMART Book Award (Oregon) for Stanley’s Party2005 National Parenting Publications Gold Award for Transformed2005 Chocolate Lily Award (B.C.) for Stanley’s Party2005 Georgia Children’s Book Award for Stanley’s Party2005 Blue Spruce Award (Ontario) for Drumheller Dinosaaur Dance2005 Shining Willow (Saskatchewan) for Stanley's Party2004 Blue Spruce Award (Ontario) for Stanley’s Party2004 CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award for Stanley's Party2004 B.C. Book Awards Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize for Stanley's Party2005 Zena Sutherland Award for Stanley's PartyBook Illustration of the Year, 2000 Alberta Book Awards for The Bone TalkerBook of the Year, 2001 Foreword Magazine’s Book Awards for The Bone TalkerSilver Birch Award 2001, for Adventures in the Middle Ages (author award)Red Cedar Award 2003, for Adventures in the Middle AgesHackmatack Award 2003, for Adventures with The VikingsHonour title, 1997 Storytelling World Awards for The Stone LionSilver Birch Award Finalist 2003, for Adventures with The VikingsSilver Birch Award Finalist 2004, for Adventures in Ancient China1997 Storytelling World Honour Title for The Stone Lion
Nominations and Selections
2024 Alberta Book Awards Short List (Graphic Novel of the Year) for Secrets of Jarrow2024 Alberta Book Awards Short List (Children's and Young Adult Book of the Year) for Secrets of Jarrow2024 Alberta Book Awards Short List (Book Illustration) for Secrets of Jarrow2019 Green Earth Book Award (Children's Non-fiction) for Trash Revolution2019 Red Maple Nomination for Trash Revolution2019 AAAS/Subaru Science Book Prize Nomination for Trash Revolution2018 Eureka Honor Book (California Reading Assoc.) for Trash Revolution2017 Shining Willow Award Nomination (Saskatchewan) for Who Broke the Teapot?!2016 Blue Spruce Award Nomination for Stanley at School (Honour Book and Sault Ste. Marie Regional Winner)2015 Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Short List for Stanley at School2014 Rocky Mountain Book Awards Nomination for Pandemic Survival: It's Why We're Alive 2014 Canadian Science Writers'Association Book Award Shortlist for Pandemic Survival: It's Why We're Alive 2012 Comics for Kids Award (Dragon Award) Nomination Big City Otto2012 Blue Spruce Nomination for Stanley's Little Sister2012 Silver Birch Express Nomination for All Aboard!2011 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award Nomination for Stanley's Little Sister2011 Silver Birch Award Nomination for Talking Tails2011 Silver Birch Express Award Nomination for It’s A Snap2010 Children’s Choice Book Awards Finalist (US), for Gonzalo Grabs the Good Life2010 Saskatchewan Willow Award Nomination for Stanley’s Beauty Contest2010 Chocolate Lily Award Nomination (B.C.) for Stanley’s Beauty Contest2010 Blue Spruce Award Nomination for Stanley’s Beauty Contest2009 Blue Spruce Award Nomination for Stanley at Sea2007 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Book Award Nomination for The Farm Team2007 Blue Spruce Award Nomination for Stanley’s Wild Ride2006 Orbis Pictus Award Nomination for The Library Book2006 Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta) Nomination for Transformed2006 IBBY (Juvenile Non-fiction) Nomination for Transformed2006 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon AwardNomination for Bigbeard’s Hook
2006 Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan) Nomination for Bigbeard’s Hook2006 Hackmatack Award (Atlantic Provinces) Nomination for Transformed2006-2007 California Young Reader Medal Nomination for Stanley’s Party2005-2006 Black Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland Educational Media Organization) Nomination for Something to Tell the Grandcows 2007 Arizona Young Reader Award Nomination for Something to Tell the Grandcows2005 Blue Spruce Award Nomination (Ontario) for Bigbeard’s Hook
2005 International Reading Association’s Children’s Choice selection for Drumheller Dinosaur Dance
2005 International Reading Association’s Children’s Choice selection for Something to Tell the Grandcows
2005 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Book AwardNomination for Drumheller Dinosaur Dance
2005 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon AwardNomination for Drumheller Dinosaur Dance
2006 Shining Willow Award (Saskatcheewan) Nomination for Drumheller Dinosaur Dance
Red Cedar Award 2004 Nomination, for Adventures with The Vikings2004 Hackmatack Award Nomination 2004, for Adventures with The Ancient Greeks (author award)2004 B.C. Book Awards Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize Nomination for Adventures in Ancient China2003 Information Book Award Nomination for Adventures with The Ancient Greeks2003 Information Book Award Nomination for The Big Book of Canada: Exploring the Provinces and Territories2003 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice, Starred Selection for The Big Book of Canada: Exploring the Provinces and TerritoriesSaskatchewan Book of the Year Award Nomination for The Bone TalkerSaskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature Nomination for The Bone TalkerCanadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice, Starred Selection for The Bone TalkerAlberta Trade Title of the Year Nomination for The Bone TalkerAlberta Children’s Title of the Year Nomination for The Bone TalkerCanadian Library Association Children’s Book of the Year Award Nomination for The Bone TalkerRed Cedar Award Nomination, for The PlanetsSilver Birch Award Nomination, for The StarsRed Cedar Award Nomination, for Get Started; Stamp CollectingHackmatack Award Nomination, for Get Started; Stamp CollectingSilver Birch Award Nomination, for Canada’s Maple LeafRed Cedar Award Nomination, for Canada’s Maple LeafHackmatack Award Nomination, for Canada’s Maple Leaf
Nominated for Illustrator of the Year, 2000 Libris Awards, Canadian Booksellers’ Assoc.
Nominated for Illustrator of the Year, 2007 Libris Awards, Canadian Booksellers’ Assoc.
ExhibitionsIllustration and the Art of Book Making, Two person show, Millbrook Gallery, June 1996.Canadian Artists with Connections to Portugal, Group exhibition, Portugese Consulate, April 1998.Flying Over the Electric Storm, Solo exhibition, The Millbrook Gallery, October 2001The Good Times Travel Agency and Other Stories, Rendez-vous International de la BD de Gatineau, Museum of Civilization, 2007
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
I was born February 12, 1959 in Belleville, Ontario. I was the second youngest in a family of eight, four boys and four girls. I have been drawing since I can remember, and have wanted to illustrate books and make comics for just about as long. My first commercial success was an anti-smoking in bed poster I did in grade three, which won first prize and paid me $25. Grade three was an important year, because it was also when I produced my first illustrated book, called Zok the Caveman. This was such a success that I promptly followed it up with a sequel, The Adventures of Black Cloud, Son of Zok. I continued to write and illustrate books throughout public school as well as draw profusely. I graduated to pen and ink at a fairly early age, a medium which is still my favourite (fortunately, my mother was a tolerant person and did not object too much to the many bottles of ink which I spilt on the living room carpet). In high school I became interested in comic book art, and wrote and illustrated countless numbers of these, as well as producing a short-lived comic strip called Rat Fink for our local village weekly.
After high school I attended Sheridan College in Oakville where I studied Cartooning and Graphic Story Illustration. A year and a half later events flushed me out into the real world and I went to work for the Yellow Pages, a job undemanding enough to let me churn out countless more unsolicited and unpublished comics, stories and illustrations in between jobs.
I have worked in and around the publishing industry since 1979, working for many years as art director/illustrator/layout artist for a small publishing house in the Ottawa Valley. After moving back to Toronto, I became involved with doing illustrations for educational computer software programs, while continuing to try to get a job doing what I have really always wanted to do, illustrate. I eventually contracted with Kids Can Press to illustrate my first children's book and since then I have illustrated over 100 children’s books as well as a number of graphic novels. It is work which I love, and I consider myself a most fortunate person to be working in this industry.
In 1996 I wrote my own story, The Stone Lion, which was published by Red Deer College Press, and in 2005 co-wrote and illustrated Transformed: How Everyday Things are Made, which has been translated into over 20 languages and has sold worldwide. More recently I have again put my hand to writing, returning to an earlier love for comics and producing my graphic novel trilogy for kids, Elephants Never Forget. In 2016 Tundra released my first picture book that I had both written and illustrated since 1996, Who Broke the Teapot?! and I am now working on my Mordecai Crow Trilogy with Renegade Arts and Entertainment, the first work I have done for an older audience.
I have primarily worked in acrylics, or water colour and inks for my children's books illustration, but I mostly love rendering in black and white with pen and ink or brush pen. All of my comic book work, until recently, has been done with pen and ink or brush, with the colour and tonal work executed in Photoshop. Recently I have gone completely digital, doing my work on my iPad in Clip Studio with an Apple Pencil.
Today I am living in paradise in an old farmhouse on the edge of the village of Millbrook. I live with my wife, Esperança Melo, who is also an artist and is an integral part of all I do.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne reads Stanley at the 2015 Toronto Word on the Street
Books illustrated by Bill Slavin
Fiction
Paulette Bourgeois, Too Many Chickens! (Kids Can Press, 1990) 1-55074-067-9 pb $5.95
Bob King, Sitting on the Farm (Kids Can Press, 1991) 1-55074-149-7 pb Out of print
Ben Brooks, Lemonade Parade (Kids Can Press, 1991) out of print
Ethan Miles, Otto’s Tricks (Silver, Burdett and Ginn, 1991) not available in Canada
Traditional, The Cat Came Back (Kids Can Press, 1992) 1-55074-183-7 pb Out of print
Nathan Zimmerman, How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty (Albert Whitman and Company, 1992) 0-8075-3431-5
Amanda Lewis, Tim Wynne-Jones, Rosie Backstage (Kids Can Press, 1994)1-55074-209-4 hc $21.95
Bill Slavin, The Stone Lion, (Red Deer College Press, 1996) 0-88995-154-3 hc $17.95
Tim Wynne-Jones, The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Key Porter Books, 1996) 1-55013-773-5 hc $16.95
Ted Staunton, Morgan Makes Magic (Formac Publishing, 1996) 0-88780-390-3 pb $5.95
0-88780-391-1 hc $14.95
A.W. Cockerill, Emma on Albert Street (Black Cat Press, 1997) 0-921501-00-5 hc $15.95
Howard Engels, A Child’s Christmas in Scarborough (Key Porter, 1997) 1-55013-922-3 hc $10.95
Anthology, Truly Scary Stories for Fearless Kids (Key Porter, 1998) 1-55013-994-0 hc $29.95
Ted Staunton, Morgan and the Money (Formac Publishing, 1998) 0-88780-456-X pb $5.95
Shelley A. Leedahl, The Bone Talker, (Red Deer College Press, 1999) 0-88995-214-0 hc $17.95
Frieda Wishinsky, A Quest in Time (Owl Books, 2000) 1-894379-07-1 hc 1-894379-08-X pb $12.95
Ted Staunton, Morgan’s Secret (Formac Publishing, 2000) 0-88780-494-2 pb $5.95
Ted Staunton, Great Play Morgan (Formac Publishing, 2001) 0-88780-437-1 pb $5.95
Anthology, Chills and Thrills (Key Porter, Fall 2001) 1-55263-380-2 $29.95
Ruth Miller, The Bear on the Bed (Kids Can Press, 2002) 1-55337-036-8 hc $15.95
Ted Staunton, Morgan’s Birthday (Formac, Spring 2002) 0-88780-561-2 hc $14.95 0-88780-560-4 $5.95
Linda Bailey, Stanley’s Party (Kids Can Press, Fall 2002) 1-55337-382-0 hc $16.95 1-55337-768-0 pb $6.95
Ted Staunton, Morgan’s Pet Project (Formac, Spring 2003) 0-88780-588-4 hc $14.95 0-88780-587-6 $5.95
Eileen Spinelli, Something to Tell the Grand Cows (Eerdman’s, Spring 2004) 0-8028-5236-X hc $16 US
Ted Staunton, Morgan Makes a Splash (Formac, Spring 2004) 0-88780-623-6 hc 0-88780-623-6 pb
Robert Heidbreder, Co-iIllustrated by Esperança Melo, Drumheller Dinosaur Dance, (Kids Can, Fall 2004) 1-55337-393-6 hc $17.95 1-55337-982-9
Evan Soloman, Nathaniel McDaniel and the Magic Attic: Bigbeard’s Hook (Viking Canada, Spring 2005) 0-670-06386-X hc $16 0-14-331215-4 pb
Ted Staunton, Morgan Makes a Deal (Formac Spring 2005) 0-88780-667-8 pb
Linda Bailey, Stanley’s Wild Ride (Kids Can, Spring 2006) 978-1-55337-960-7 hc $17.95 978-1-55453-254-4 pb
Ruth Ashby, Caedmon’s Song (Eerdman’s, Fall 2005) hc 0-8028-5241-6
Howard Whitehouse, The Strictest School in the World (Kids Can, Spring 2006) 978-1-55337-882-2 hc $18.95 978-1-55337-882-9 pb
Ted Staunton, Super Move, Morgan (Formac Spring 2006) 0-88780-704-6 hc 0-88780-702-X pb $5.95
Linda Bailey, The Farm Team (Kids Can, Fall 2006) hc 978-1-55337-850-1 $18.95
Evan Soloman, The Sabre-toothed Tiger (Puffin Canada Spring 2007)
hc 13:978-0-670-06387-1 $16 pb 10:0-670-06387-8 $8.99
Ted Staunton, Campfire Morgan (Formac Spring 2007) 0-88780-725-1 hc 0-88780-721-6 pb
Howard Whitehouse, The Faceless Fiend (Kids Can, Spring 2007) 978-1-55453-130-1 hc 978-1-55453-180-6 pb
Linda Bailey, Stanley at Sea (Kids Can Press, Spring 2008) 978-1-55453-193-6 hc
Howard Whitehouse, The Island of Mad Scientists (Kids Can, Fall 2008) 978-1-55453-236-0 hc 978-1-55453-237-7 pbk.
Ted Staunton, Pucker Up Morgan (Formac, Spring, 2008) 978-0-88780-746-6 hc
978-0-88780-744-2 pbk.
Janice Levy, Gonzalo Grabs the Good Life (Eerdman’s, Spring 2009) 978-0-8028-5328-8
Linda Bailey, Stanley’s Beauty Contest (Kids Can Press, Spring 2009) 978-1-55453-318-3 hc
Ted Staunton, Daredevil Morgan, (Formac, Fall 2009)
Ted Staunton, Music by Morgan, (Formac, Fall 2010) 978-0-88780-928-6 hc
Howard Whitehouse, Bogbrush the Barbarian (Kids Can Press, Spring 2010) 978-1-55337-701-6 hc
Linda Bailey, Stanley’s Little Sister (Kids Can Press, Fall 2010) 978-1-55453-487-6 hc
Ellen Jackson, The Seven Seas (Eerdman’s, Spring 2011) 978-0-8028-5341-7 hc
Ted Staunton, Morgan and the Dune Racer (Formac, Fall 2011)
Bill Slavin with Esperança Melo, Big City Otto (Kids Can Press, Spring 2011) 978-1-55453-476-0 hc 978-1-55453-477-7 pbk
Ted Staunton, Morgan and the Dune Racer (Formac, Spring 2011)
Ted Staunton, Morgan Gets Cracking (Formac, Spring 2012)
Bill Slavin, with Esperança Melo Big Top Otto (Kids Can Press, Fall 2013) 978-1-55453-806-5 hc 978-1-55453-807-2 pbk
Tim Beiser, Little Chicken Duck (Tundra, Fall 2013) 978-1-77049-392-6 hc
Ted Staunton, Morgan on Ice (Formac, Fall 2013) 978-1-4595-00290-1 pbk 978-1-4595-0289-5 hc
Janice Levy, Co-illustrated by Esperança Melo, Thomas the Toadily Terrible Bully (Eerdman's, Spring 2014) 978-0-8028-5373-8 hc
Ted Staunton, Morgan Got Game (Formac, Fall 2014) 978-1-4595-0334-2 pbk 978-1-4595-0335-9 hc
Bill Slavin with Esperança Melo, Big Star Otto (Kids Can Press, March 2015) 978-1-894786-96-6 hc 978-1-894786-97-3 pbk
Linda Bailey, Stanley at School (Kids Can Press, Spring 2015) 978-1-77138-096-6 hc
Bill Slavin, Who Broke the Teapot?! (Tundra, May, 2016) 978-1-77049-834-4 hc
Tim Beiser, There, There (Tundra Spring 2017) 978-1-77049-752-8 hc
Ted Staunton, Morgan the Brave, Formac, Fall 2017
Bill Slavin, Secrets of Jarrow, Renegade, Spring 2023, 9781989754269 pbk
Bill Slavin, Quid Pro Crow, Renegade, Spring 2024, 9781989754580 pbk
Non-Fiction
Brian McFarlane, Hockey: The Book for Kids (Kids Can Press, 1990 Revised 1994) Out of print
Catherine Ross, Circles (Kids Can Press, 1992) 1-55074-064-4
Linda Granfield, Extra! Extra! (Kids Can Press, 1993) 1-55074-122-5 pb $10.95
Claire Mackay, Touching All the Bases (Boardwalk Books / Scholastic, 1994) 0-590-24200-8 pb $14.95
Catherine Ross, Triangles (Kids Can Press, 1994) 1-55074-194-2 pb $12.95
Cynthia Pratt Nicolson, Earthdance (Kids Can Press, 1994) 1-55074-155-1 pb $9.95
Linda Granfield, 1987; The Year I Was Born (Kids Can Press, 1994) Out of print
Liz McLeod, The Phone Book (Kids Can Press, 1995) 1-55074-220-5 pb $12.95
Linda Granfield, 1988; The Year I Was Born (Kids Can Press, 1995) Out of print
Pat Hancock, 1985; The Year I Was Born (Kids Can Press, 1996) Out of print
Paulette Bourgeois, The Sun (Kids Can Press, 1995) 1-55074-158-6 hc $14.95
1-55074-330-9 pb $6.95
Paulette Bourgeois, The Moon (Kids Can Press, 1995) 1-55074-157-8 hc $14.95
1-55074-332-5 pb $6.95
Catherine Ross, Squares (Kids Can Press, 1996) 1-55074-273-6 pb $12.95
Cynthia Pratt Nicolson The Earth (Kids Can Press, 1996) 1-55074-314-7 hc $14.95
1-55074-327-9 pb $6.95
Liz McLeod, Get Started: Stamp Collecting (Kids Can Press, 1996) 1-55074-313-9 pb $6.95
Linda Granfield, 1984; The Year I Was Born (Kids Can Press, 1996) Out of print
Pat Hancock, 1986; The Year I Was Born (Kids Can Press, 1996) Out of print
Jane Drake and Ann Love, A Kid’s Guide to the Millennium (Kids Can Press, 1998)
Out of print
Cynthia Pratt Nicolson The Planets (Kids Can Press, 1998)1-55074-512-3 hc $14.95
Cynthia Pratt Nicolson The Stars (Kids Can Press, 1998)1-55074-524-7 hc $14.95
Maxine Trottier, One is Canada (Harper Collins, 1999) 0-00-224556-6 hc 0-00-638663-6 pb
Ann-Maureen Owens & Jane Yealland, The History of Canada’s Flag (Kids Can Press, 1999) 1-55074-516-6 pb $6.95
Cynthia Pratt Nicolson Comets, Asteroids and Meteors (Kids Can Press, 1999) 1-55074-578-6 hc $14.95 1-55074-580-8 pb $6.95
Alannah Hegedus and Kaitlin Rainey, Shooting Hoops and Skating Loops, (Tundra Books, 1999) 0-88776-453-3 pb $19.99
Linda Bailey, Adventures in The Middle Ages (Kids Can Press, 2000) 1-55074-538-7 hc $14.95 1-55074-540-9 pb $8.95
Linda Bailey, Adventures in Ancient Egypt (Kids Can Press, 2000) 1-55074-546-8 hc $14.95 1-55074-548-4 pb $8.95
Cynthia Pratt Nicolson Exploring Space (Kids Can Press, 2000) 1-55074-711-8 hc $14.95 1-55074-713-4 pb $6.95
Linda Bailey, Adventures with The Vikings (Kids Can Press, Spring 2001) 1-55074-542-5 hc $14.95 1-55074-544-1 pb $8.95
Alannah Hegedus and Kaitlin Rainey, Bleeps and Blips to Rocket Ships; Great Inventions in Communications (Tundra Books, Spring 2001) 0-88776-452-5 $19.99
Linda Bailey, Adventures in Ancient Greece (Kids Can Press, Spring 2002) 1-55074-534-4 hc $14.95 1-55074-536-0 pb $8.95
Christopher Moore, The Big Book of Canada (Tundra Books, Fall 2002) 0-88776-457-6 hc $39.99
Roy MacGregor, A Loonie for Luck (McClelland and Stewart, Fall 2002) 0-7710-5480-7
Linda Bailey, Adventures in Ancient China (Kids Can Press, Spring 2003) 1-55074-542-5 hc $14.95 1-55074-544-1 pb $8.95
Linda Bailey, Adventures in The Ice Age (Kids Can Press, Spring 2004) 1-55337-503-3 hc $14.95 1-55337-504-1 pb $8.95
Bill Slavin and Jim Slavin, Transformed (Kids Can Press, Fall 2005) 1-55337-179-8 hc $24.95
Maureen Sawa, The Library Book: From Camels to Computers (Tundra, Spring 2006) 978-0-88776-698-5 hc $24.95
Cynthia Pratt Nicolson and Paulette Bourgeois, The Jumbo Book of Space (Kids Can Spring 2007) 978-1-55453-020-5 pb $18.95
Monica Kulling, Get Snap Happy (Tundra, Spring 2009)
Anne Love and Jane Drake, Talking Tails (Tundra, Fall 2009)
Monica Kulling, All Aboard! (Tundra, Spring 2010) 978-0-88776-945-0
Ann-Maureen Owens & Jane Yealland, Our Flag: The Story of Canada's Maple Leaf (Kids Can Press, 2014) 9781-77138-111-6 hc $17.95 9781-77138-112-3 pb
Catherine Sheldrick Ross, Shapes in Math, Science and Nature (Kids Can Press, 2014) 9781-77138-124-6 hc $24.95
Anne Love and Jane Drake, Pandemic Survival: It's Why We're Alive (Tundra, Spring 2014) 9781-77049-268-4 hc
Monica Kulling, Zap! Nikola Tesla Takes Charge (Tundra, Summer 2016) 9781-77049-522-7 hc
Christopher Moore, The Big Book of Canada, (new edition) (Tundra Books, Spring 2017) 978-1-101-91894-4 hc $45.99
Erika Fyvie, The Waste Cycle, (Kids Can Press Fall 2017) 978-1-77138-078-2 hc
Linda Bailey, Hot on the Trail in Ancient Egypt (Kids Can Press 2018) 978-1-77138-985-3 pb
Linda Bailey, Stowing Away with the Vikings (Kids Can Press 2018) 978-1-77138-987-7 pb 978-1-5253-0150-6 hc
Linda Bailey, On the Run In Ancient China (Kids Can Press 2019) 978-1-5253-0112-4 pb 978-1-5253-0152-0 hc
Contributing artist to; Mother Goose, A Canadian Sampler (Groundwood, 1994)
Contributing artist to; The Spirit of Canada (Anthology) (Malcolm Lester, 1999)
Works in Progress
Blood and Fire, Book 3 of the Mordecai Crow Trilogy - A graphic novel
Books adapted to computer
Bob King, Sitting on the Farm (Sanctuary Woods, 1993)
Traditional, The Cat Came Back (Sanctuary Woods, 1994)
Awards
2023 Sequential Magazine Bronze Award (Best Graphic Novel of the Year) for Secrets of Jarrow
2012 Chocolate Lily Award (B.C.) for Stanley’s Little Sister
2011-12 Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award (Oregon) for Stanley's Party
2009-10 Patricia Gallagher Picture Book Award (Oregon) for Stanley's Wild Ride
2008-09 California Young Reader Medal for Stanley’s Wild Ride
2008 Red Cedar Award 2008 for Transformed
2007 Honour Book, TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award for Stanley’s Wild Ride
2007 Time to Read: The B.C. Achievement Foundation Award for Early Literacy for Stanley’s Party
2006 Canadian Children’s Roundtable Non -fiction Award for Transformed
2006 Norma Fleck Award for Transformed
2008 Chocolate Lily Award (B.C.) for Stanley’s Wild Ride
2007 Canadian Toy Testing Council "Great Books" Winner for Transformed
2006 Book of the Year, (Picture Book) Foreword Magazine’s Book Awards for Stanley’s Wild Ride
2006 Chocolate Lily Award (B.C.) for Drumheller Dinosaur Dance
2005 ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Award (Juvenile Non-fiction) Bronze Medal for Transformed
2005 Hackmatack Award for Adventures in The Ice Age (author award)
2006 SMART Book Award (Oregon) for Stanley’s Party
2005 National Parenting Publications Gold Award for Transformed
2005 Chocolate Lily Award (B.C.) for Stanley’s Party
2005 Georgia Children’s Book Award for Stanley’s Party
2005 Blue Spruce Award (Ontario) for Drumheller Dinosaaur Dance
2005 Shining Willow (Saskatchewan) for Stanley's Party
2004 Blue Spruce Award (Ontario) for Stanley’s Party
2004 CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award for Stanley's Party
2004 B.C. Book Awards Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize for Stanley's Party
2005 Zena Sutherland Award for Stanley's Party
Book Illustration of the Year, 2000 Alberta Book Awards for The Bone Talker
Book of the Year, 2001 Foreword Magazine’s Book Awards for The Bone Talker
Silver Birch Award 2001, for Adventures in the Middle Ages (author award)
Red Cedar Award 2003, for Adventures in the Middle Ages
Hackmatack Award 2003, for Adventures with The Vikings
Honour title, 1997 Storytelling World Awards for The Stone Lion
Silver Birch Award Finalist 2003, for Adventures with The Vikings
Silver Birch Award Finalist 2004, for Adventures in Ancient China
1997 Storytelling World Honour Title for The Stone Lion
Nominations and Selections
2024 Alberta Book Awards Short List (Graphic Novel of the Year) for Secrets of Jarrow
2024 Alberta Book Awards Short List (Children's and Young Adult Book of the Year) for Secrets of Jarrow
2024 Alberta Book Awards Short List (Book Illustration) for Secrets of Jarrow
2019 Green Earth Book Award (Children's Non-fiction) for Trash Revolution
2019 Red Maple Nomination for Trash Revolution
2019 AAAS/Subaru Science Book Prize Nomination for Trash Revolution
2018 Eureka Honor Book (California Reading Assoc.) for Trash Revolution
2017 Shining Willow Award Nomination (Saskatchewan) for Who Broke the Teapot?!
2016 Blue Spruce Award Nomination for Stanley at School (Honour Book and Sault Ste. Marie Regional Winner)
2015 Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award Short List for Stanley at School
2014 Rocky Mountain Book Awards Nomination for Pandemic Survival: It's Why We're Alive
2014 Canadian Science Writers'Association Book Award Shortlist for Pandemic Survival: It's Why We're Alive
2012 Comics for Kids Award (Dragon Award) Nomination Big City Otto
2012 Blue Spruce Nomination for Stanley's Little Sister
2012 Silver Birch Express Nomination for All Aboard!
2011 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award Nomination for Stanley's Little Sister
2011 Silver Birch Award Nomination for Talking Tails
2011 Silver Birch Express Award Nomination for It’s A Snap
2010 Children’s Choice Book Awards Finalist (US), for Gonzalo Grabs the Good Life
2010 Saskatchewan Willow Award Nomination for Stanley’s Beauty Contest
2010 Chocolate Lily Award Nomination (B.C.) for Stanley’s Beauty Contest
2010 Blue Spruce Award Nomination for Stanley’s Beauty Contest
2009 Blue Spruce Award Nomination for Stanley at Sea
2007 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Book Award Nomination for The Farm Team
2007 Blue Spruce Award Nomination for Stanley’s Wild Ride
2006 Orbis Pictus Award Nomination for The Library Book
2006 Rocky Mountain Book Award (Alberta) Nomination for Transformed
2006 IBBY (Juvenile Non-fiction) Nomination for Transformed
2006 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon AwardNomination for Bigbeard’s Hook
2006 Shining Willow Award (Saskatchewan) Nomination for Bigbeard’s Hook
2006 Hackmatack Award (Atlantic Provinces) Nomination for Transformed
2006-2007 California Young Reader Medal Nomination for Stanley’s Party
2005-2006 Black Eyed Susan Book Award (Maryland Educational Media Organization) Nomination for Something to Tell the Grandcows
2007 Arizona Young Reader Award Nomination for Something to Tell the Grandcows
2005 Blue Spruce Award Nomination (Ontario) for Bigbeard’s Hook
2005 International Reading Association’s Children’s Choice selection for Drumheller Dinosaur Dance
2005 International Reading Association’s Children’s Choice selection for Something to Tell the Grandcows
2005 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Book AwardNomination for Drumheller Dinosaur Dance
2005 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon AwardNomination for Drumheller Dinosaur Dance
2006 Shining Willow Award (Saskatcheewan) Nomination for Drumheller Dinosaur Dance
Red Cedar Award 2004 Nomination, for Adventures with The Vikings
2004 Hackmatack Award Nomination 2004, for Adventures with The Ancient Greeks (author award)
2004 B.C. Book Awards Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize Nomination for Adventures in Ancient China
2003 Information Book Award Nomination for Adventures with The Ancient Greeks
2003 Information Book Award Nomination for The Big Book of Canada: Exploring the Provinces and Territories
2003 Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice, Starred Selection for The Big Book of Canada: Exploring the Provinces and Territories
Saskatchewan Book of the Year Award Nomination for The Bone Talker
Saskatchewan Book Award for Children’s Literature Nomination for The Bone Talker
Canadian Children’s Book Centre Our Choice, Starred Selection for The Bone Talker
Alberta Trade Title of the Year Nomination for The Bone Talker
Alberta Children’s Title of the Year Nomination for The Bone Talker
Canadian Library Association Children’s Book of the Year Award Nomination for The Bone Talker
Red Cedar Award Nomination, for The Planets
Silver Birch Award Nomination, for The Stars
Red Cedar Award Nomination, for Get Started; Stamp Collecting
Hackmatack Award Nomination, for Get Started; Stamp Collecting
Silver Birch Award Nomination, for Canada’s Maple Leaf
Red Cedar Award Nomination, for Canada’s Maple Leaf
Hackmatack Award Nomination, for Canada’s Maple Leaf
Nominated for Illustrator of the Year, 2000 Libris Awards, Canadian Booksellers’ Assoc.
Nominated for Illustrator of the Year, 2007 Libris Awards, Canadian Booksellers’ Assoc.
Exhibitions
Illustration and the Art of Book Making, Two person show, Millbrook Gallery, June 1996.
Canadian Artists with Connections to Portugal, Group exhibition, Portugese Consulate, April 1998.
Flying Over the Electric Storm, Solo exhibition, The Millbrook Gallery, October 2001
The Good Times Travel Agency and Other Stories, Rendez-vous International de la BD de Gatineau, Museum of Civilization, 2007
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
I was born February 12, 1959 in Belleville, Ontario. I was the second youngest in a family of eight, four boys and four girls. I have been drawing since I can remember, and have wanted to illustrate books and make comics for just about as long. My first commercial success was an anti-smoking in bed poster I did in grade three, which won first prize and paid me $25. Grade three was an important year, because it was also when I produced my first illustrated book, called Zok the Caveman. This was such a success that I promptly followed it up with a sequel, The Adventures of Black Cloud, Son of Zok. I continued to write and illustrate books throughout public school as well as draw profusely. I graduated to pen and ink at a fairly early age, a medium which is still my favourite (fortunately, my mother was a tolerant person and did not object too much to the many bottles of ink which I spilt on the living room carpet). In high school I became interested in comic book art, and wrote and illustrated countless numbers of these, as well as producing a short-lived comic strip called Rat Fink for our local village weekly.
After high school I attended Sheridan College in Oakville where I studied Cartooning and Graphic Story Illustration. A year and a half later events flushed me out into the real world and I went to work for the Yellow Pages, a job undemanding enough to let me churn out countless more unsolicited and unpublished comics, stories and illustrations in between jobs.
I have worked in and around the publishing industry since 1979, working for many years as art director/illustrator/layout artist for a small publishing house in the Ottawa Valley. After moving back to Toronto, I became involved with doing illustrations for educational computer software programs, while continuing to try to get a job doing what I have really always wanted to do, illustrate. I eventually contracted with Kids Can Press to illustrate my first children's book and since then I have illustrated over 100 children’s books as well as a number of graphic novels. It is work which I love, and I consider myself a most fortunate person to be working in this industry.
In 1996 I wrote my own story, The Stone Lion, which was published by Red Deer College Press, and in 2005 co-wrote and illustrated Transformed: How Everyday Things are Made, which has been translated into over 20 languages and has sold worldwide. More recently I have again put my hand to writing, returning to an earlier love for comics and producing my graphic novel trilogy for kids, Elephants Never Forget. In 2016 Tundra released my first picture book that I had both written and illustrated since 1996, Who Broke the Teapot?! and I am now working on my Mordecai Crow Trilogy with Renegade Arts and Entertainment, the first work I have done for an older audience.
I have primarily worked in acrylics, or water colour and inks for my children's books illustration, but I mostly love rendering in black and white with pen and ink or brush pen. All of my comic book work, until recently, has been done with pen and ink or brush, with the colour and tonal work executed in Photoshop. Recently I have gone completely digital, doing my work on my iPad in Clip Studio with an Apple Pencil.
Today I am living in paradise in an old farmhouse on the edge of the village of Millbrook. I live with my wife, Esperança Melo, who is also an artist and is an integral part of all I do.