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WORK TITLE: Under the Same Sky
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BIRTHDATE: 1969
WEBSITE: http://www.brittateckentrup.com/
CITY: Berlin
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COUNTRY: Germany
NATIONALITY: German
LAST VOLUME: SATA 308
http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/Britta-Teckentrup
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PERSONAL
Born 1969, in Hamburg, Germany; married Ian Stenhouse (an artist); children: Vincent.
EDUCATION:Central St. Martin’s College of Art and Design, B.A. (with honors), 1992; Royal College of Art, M.A., 1996.
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CAREER
Illustrator and author. Artist-in-residence at Cité International des Arts, Paris, France, 1994; guest artist in Madrid, Spain, 2015. Exhibitions: Work exhibited at galleries, including Parkhaus Gallerie, Berlin, Germany, 1996; The Tannery, London, England, 1998; James Freeman Gallery, London, 2003-10; Burg Wissem Bilderbuchmuseum, 2013, 2014, 2015; and Bologna Book Fair, 2016.
AWARDS:Dale Rowney Award; World Book Day selection, 2005, for Bumposaurus by Penny McKinlay; Best Children’s Books selection, Bank Street College of Education, 2008, for How Big Is the World?; Smithsonian magazine Best Books selection, 2010, for Little Wolf’s Song; Choices selection, Cooperative Children’s Book Council, 2013, for both Animal 123 and Animal Spots and Stripes, and 2014, for Run Home, Little Mouse; Best Children’s Books selection, Bank Street College of Education, 2013, for Animal 123; Junior Design Award for innovative picture book and Independent Book Seller Award nomination, both, 2015, both for Tree; Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis nomination and Bologna Ragazzi Nonfiction Award special mention, both 2016, both for Alle Wetter; Purple Island Award, Nami Concours 2017, for Worauf wartest du?; numerous international awards.
WRITINGS
Author’s work has been translated into Arabic, Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Flemish, French, Frisian, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, and Welsh.
SIDELIGHTS
Although her jobs have included teaching and creating art for television programming, Britta Teckentrup is well known for illustrating and writing original stories for young children. Her books include the self-illustrated picture books Big Smelly Bear, How Big Is the World?, Tree: A Peek-through Picture Book, and Before I Wake Up … as well as colorful interactive concept books such as Animal 1 2 3 and Find the Triangle. Reviewing How Big Is the World? for School Library Journal, Judith Constantinides compared Teckentrup’s highly stylized illustrations to the work “of Eric Carle or Leo Lionni,” and Pamela Paul cited the “bold visuals and playful arrangements” in her New York Times Book Review appraisal of Animal 1 2 3 . Elizabeth Baskeyfield concluded in her School Librarian appraisal that, with its “lilting rhyme and … gorgeous illustrations,” Tree “is one of the most beautiful books I’ve ever been asked to review.”
As a child growing up in Germany, Teckentrup was interested in the connection between story and art, spending much of her time reading and then attempting to illustrate the stories she loved. Moving to London, England, to study illustration at St. Martin’s College of Art & Design and fine art at the Royal College of Art, Teckentrup remained there for seventeen years before returning home to Berlin.
Described by a Kirkus Reviews contributor as a “crowd-pleaser” that is “perfect for sharing with young children,” Big Smelly Bear is an engaging storytime tale. Here Teckentrup tells the story of a bear that sees no need to wash or brush his fur until Big Fluffy Bear catches his eye and the grouchy, unkempt creature decides to mend his ways. A reviewer for Publishers Weekly called Big Smelly Bear “one handsome book,” and in School Library Journal Linda Zeilstra Sawyer recommended Teckentrup’s story as one “sure to make a splash” with younger children who also might be bath-averse.
Another curmudgeonly creature stars in Grumpy Cat, and here shyness causes a striped brown cat to avoid other cats’ overtures of friendship. He ultimately gains a friend when a lost kitten encounters him during a thunderstorm and follows the curmudgeonly kitty everywhere. While Ilene Cooper praised the “appealing” feline characters and “warm and satisfactory” conclusion in Grumpy Cat, she cited as a “high point” Teckentrup’s “graphically inspired, textured,” and large-format art. The author/illustrator “creates remarkably expressive characters,” wrote School Library Journal contributor Kara Schaff Dean, making Grumpy Cat “a winningly attractive book that will have broad appeal.”
In Little Wolf’s Song a young wolf cub is discouraged to find that his howl is hardly heard amid his pack’s nightly cacophony. In fact, it is more like a squeak, although his parents insist that it will change over time. Their prediction is proved to be correct when Little Wolf wanders away from his cozy den and becomes lost in the moonlit forest. Crafted with collages of hand-made papers, Teckentrup’s characteristic graphic-style illustrations pair with a story serving as “an eloquent reminder for late bloomers,” according to a Publishers Weekly contributor. A Kirkus Review contributor cited the “beautifully composed” illustrations as well as the “heartwarming” story in Little Wolf’s Song , “which is told with crisp economy.” Judging the work to be a good story-hour selection, Carolyn Phelan concluded in Booklist that “this pleasing picture book is sure to inspire a chorus of happy howling.”
Teckentrup shares a gentle bedtime tale in her self-illustrated Before I Wake Up … , in which a young child has an adventure-filled dream, traveling throughout the world in a hot-air balloon together with his beloved toy lion. Citing Teckentrup’s “dreamy, sparse text” in Before I Wake Up … , a Kirkus Reviews critic added that mixed-media images “in a gentle, subdued palette propel the story from the dark of night until dawn…. drawing readers into the child’s dream.” The author/illustrator’s “sweetly naive cutout forms … do most of the storytelling,” asserted a Publishers Weekly critic. “In them, night isn’t something to fear or endure; it’s a kingdom of wonders.”
[open new]Teckentrup gives young readers a shifting view of what the skies have to offer in her one-hundred-fifty-page self-illustrated volume Look at the Weather, which is divided into chapters on sunshine, rainstorms, wintry precipitation, and extreme weather. The prose encourages children to appreciate the aesthetics of nature, in the patterns and textures of clouds, for instance; what certain sights, like a halo around the moon, signify; and how they can actively enjoy the different types of weather. In School Library Journal, Carole Phillips praised the book’s “short lyrical prose” and illustrations that “evocatively convey the incredible variations and sheer power of weather.” In Horn Book, Danielle J. Ford also admired Teckentrup’s illustrations, remarking that her “moody, textured images play with the relationships among art, nature, and light. … The details encourage both careful, continuous observation and appreciation for the endless varieties of weather.” In Booklist, Kay Weisman called Look at the Weather “a perfect introduction for readers just beginning to notice the world around them.”
A sense of universal unity is promoted in Under the Same Sky, which depicts an assortment of animals from around the world and uses cutouts to link the images and lines of verse from one page to the next. With the earth-toned artwork depicting everything from owls to lions to penguins to rabbits to dolphins to flamingos and many others, the book’s message of unity implicitly “extends to the human community, even if no people are depicted in the book,” as Yelena Voysey noted in School Library Journal. A Kirkus Reviews writer called Teckentrup’s animals “charming,” the global journey “visually pleasing,” and Under the Same Sky as a whole “beautiful and comforting.” Animals are also the focus of Where’s the Baby?, in which children are encouraged to spy the baby animals hiding among others of their kind. A Kirkus Reviews writer observed that “the repetitive, orderly, arrangements of the animals on the pages makes finding the baby on each one satisfyingly challenging,” which is sure to inspire “eager readers” to enjoy the “search-and-find interactivity.” [suspend new]
Teckentrup got her start as an illustrator by creating images for texts by other authors. Among these projects are Malachy Doyle’s stories in Well, a Crocodile Can!, Babies like Me!, and Baby See, Baby Do! A simple book for young children, Well, a Crocodile Can! stresses repetition and makes comparisons between different animals by posing questions to the reader. Baby See, Baby Do! is an oversized board book with flaps that toddlers can lift to make discoveries: pictures of human babies engaging in whatever activities baby animals perform on the facing page. The animals themselves include a range of exotic creatures, contrasting with the typical tame animals illustrated in most children’s books. A contributor for Kirkus Reviews remarked that the “color-filled illustrations feature wide-eyed creatures in habitats that are more whimsical than reality-based,” completing the sense of the exotic.
Penny McKinlay’s Flabby Tabby finds a chubby and middle-aged feline distressed when the new kitten in the house is fast enough to reach the food bowl first at mealtimes. Tabby determines to embark upon a fitness plan so that she can beat out this furry food-stealer, and soon she presents the kitten with some serious competition. Cooper wrote in her Booklist review of Flabby Tabby that Teckentrup’s “ink-and-watercolor pictures, with what seems to be a touch of collage, are full of energy.” “There’s something pleasingly ridiculous about Tabby,” asserted Julia Eccleshare in the London Guardian, and the star of Flabby Tabby is Teckentrup’s “wonderfully lazy and likable fluff ball.”
Written by Mark Sperring, Your Hand in My Hand is a friendship story featuring two mice who enjoy spending time in nature. Although the mice are clearly different—one is small and maybe young and the other large and perhaps older—they play in the rain, crunch through the snow, and enjoy the flowers and insects that add color, sound, and movement to the warmer months. “With pictures that show up beautifully from a distance, this companionable picture book is meant to be shared,” asserted Phelan, the Booklist critic adding that Sperring’s simple rhyming text “maintains a consistent tone and message.”
[resume new]Teckentrup worked with author Jane Clarke on the veritably glowing picture books Neon Leon and Firefly Home. The former is about a chameleon whose unique neon hues keep his fellow chameleons awake and leave him an outcast. With the book encouraging readers to help Leon feel better, a Children’s Bookwatch writer called Neon Leon an “engagingly illustrated … simply delightful and thoroughly ‘kid friendly’ interactive picture book that is filled with vibrant neon artwork.” Firefly Home teaches children about bioluminescence as kids help Florence Firefly, who gets confused by all the different lights of nature and civilization, find her way home. In School Librarian, Carolyn Copland declared that Firefly Home “attracts the reader’s eye, making the book irresistible to pick up and read”; “the beautiful illustrations make Florence’s light glow and children are encouraged to reach out and touch the light trails that streak across the sky.”[close new]
BIOCRIT
PERIODICALS
Booklist, January 1, 2006, Ilene Cooper, review of Flabby Tabby, p. 118; April 1, 2008, Ilene Cooper, review of Grumpy Cat, p. 48; October 1, 2010, Carolyn Phelan, review of Little Wolf’s Song, p. 95; Februrary 1, 2014, Carolyn Phelan, review of Busy Bunny Days: In the Town, on the Farm, and at the Port, p. 69; July 1, 2015, Edie Ching, review of Get out of My Bath!, p. 62; November 15, 2015, Carolyn Phelan, review of Your Hand in My Hand, p. 59; January 1, 2016, Francesca Goldsmith, review of Tree: Seasons Come, Seasons Go: A Peek-through Picture Book, p. 102; March 1, 2018, Kay Weisman, review of Look at the Weather, p. 42.
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, October, 2015, Hope Morrison, review of Get out of My Bath!, p. 116.
Children’s Bookwatch, October, 2018, review of Neon Leon.
Guardian (London, England), July 9, 2005, Julia Eccleshare, review of Flabby Tabby, p. 33.
Horn Book, July-August, 2018, Danielle J. Ford, review of Look at the Weather, p. 139.
Kirkus Reviews, January 15, 2002, review of Baby See, Baby Do!, p. 103; December 1, 2005, review of Flabby Tabby, p. 1277; March 1, 2007, review of Big Smelly Bear, p. 232; September 15, 2007, review of How Big Is the World?; April 15, 2008, review of Grumpy Cat; August 1, 2010, review of Little Wolf’s Song; December 15, 2012, review of Playbook Farm; January 1, 2014, review of Run Home, Little Mouse, and Busy Bunny Days; February 1, 2014, review of The Odd One Out: A Spotting Book; July 1, 2014, review of My Book of Opposites; October 1, 2014, review of Up and Down; February 15, 2015, review of Where’s the Pair?; June 1, 2015, review of Get out of My Bath!; December 15, 2015, review of Tree; March 15, 2016, review of Before I Wake Up … ; February 15, 2018, review of Look at the Weather; March 15, 2018, review of Where’s the Baby?; July 15, 2018, review of Under the Same Sky.
New York Times Book Review, May 30, 2012, Pamela Paul, reviews of Animal 1 2 3 and Animal Spots and Stripes.
Publishers Weekly, April 10, 1995, review of Coyote Makes Man, p. 62; November 4, 1996, review of Kancil and the Crocodiles, p. 74; March 5, 2007, review of Big Smelly Bear, p. 60; September 6, 2010, review of Little Wolf’s Song, p. 37; November 2, 2015, review of Tree, p. 82; February 22, 2016, review of Before I Wake Up … , p. 87; January 29, 2018, review of Look at the Weather, p. 191; June 25, 2018, review of Under the Same Sky, p. 186.
Resource Links, December, 2013, Tanya Boudreau, review of Run Home, Little Mouse, p. 10.
School Librarian, spring, 2016, Elizabeth Baskeyfield, review of Tree, p. 28; summer, 2018, Carolyn Copland, review of Firefly Home, p. 89.
School Library Journal, March, 2000, Christine A. Moesch, review of Well, a Crocodile Can!, p. 194; July, 2003, Steven Engelfried, review of Bumposaurus, p. 101; August, 2004, review of Dog, p. 92; February, 2006, Elaine Lesh Morgan, review of Flabby Tabby, p. 108; June, 2007, Linda Zeilstra Sawyer, review of Big Smelly Bear, p. 126; December, 2007, Judith Constantinides, review of How Big Is the World?, p. 101; May, 2008, Kara Schaff Dean, review of Grumpy Cat, p. 110; November, 2010, Julie Roach, review of Little Wolf’s Song, p. 85; March, 2014, Laura Stanfield, review of The Odd One Out, p. 128; April, 2014, Blair Christolon, review of Busy Bunny Days, p. 137; October, 2014, Marianne Saccardi, review of Sleep Tight, Little Bear, p. 99; November, 2014, Heidi Estrin, review of Up and Down, p. 94; April, 2015, Kelsey Johnson-Kaiser, review of Where’s the Pair?, p. 136; June, 2015, Gay Lynn Van Vleck, review of Get out of My Bath!, p. 74; October, 2015, Jenna Boles, review of Your Hand in My Hand, p. 71; November, 2015, Lisa Kropp, review of Tree, p. 81; May, 2016, Julie Roach, review of Before I Wake Up … , p. 85; March, 2018, Carole Phillips, review of Look at the Weather, p. 140; July, 2018, Amy Shepherd, review of Neon Leon, p. 49; September, 2018, Yelena Voysey, review of Under the Same Sky, p. 97.
ONLINE
Boxer Books website, http://www.boxerbooksltd.co.uk/ (January 25, 2008), “Britta Teckentrup.”
Britta Teckentrup Website, http://www.brittateckentrup.com (December 29, 2018).
Library Lady, https://alibrarylady.blog/ (April 29, 2018), “Kate Greenaway Award 2018 Shortlist–Under the Same Sky by Britta Teckentrup.”
Miss Marple’s Musings, http://joannamarple.com/ (November 8, 2016), illustrator interview.
PFD website, http://www.pfd.co.uk/ (April 15, 2009), “Britta Teckentrup.”
Walker Books website, http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/ (April 15, 2009), “Britta Teckentrup.”
Young Writers, https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/ (December 29, 2018), “Guest Author–Britta Teckentrup.”
About
Britta Teckentrup is an award winning illustrator, author and fine artist. She was born in Hamburg and grew up in a city called Wuppertal.
She moved to London in 1988 to study illustration and fine art at St Martin's College and the Royal College of Art.
Britta is the author and illustrator of many well-loved books for children, including the bestselling 'The Memory Tree', 'The Odd One Out', 'Tree & Bee' and 'Grumpy Cat', which was selected by the Booktrust's Bookstart scheme - 250,000 copies to be distributed to families throughout the UK.
Her awards include a nomination for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and a Special Mention at the Bologna Ragazzi Award for 'Alle Wetter' and 'The Egg'. 'Don't Wake Up Tiger' was Dutch picture book of the year 2018 and 'Under the Same Sky' on the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Award.
Britta has been invited to give workshops at The Edinburgh Book Festival, Hay Festival, Bath Festival and Ilustratour and her fine art work has been frequently exhibited at her London gallery and at art fairs all over the world.
You can listen to an interview on Deutschlandfunk here
Since 1993 Britta has written and illustrated over 100 children's picture books which have been translated into 25 different languages.
After 17 years in the UK - Britta now lives and works in Berlin with her Scottish husband, son Vincent and their old cat Oskar.
Education
1994-96 - MA(RCA) - Royal College of Art - Fine Art Printmaking- London
1989-92 - BA(HONS) - Central St. Martins College of Art and Design - Illustration - London
1994 - Artist in residence, Cite International des Arts - Paris
1990 - Exchange, National College of Design - Dublin
1988-89 - Foundation Course - Harrow College of Higher Education (now University of Westminster)
Awards etc.:
2018 - 'Moon' is nominated for the ' Kate Greenaway Award'
2018 - 'Under the Same Sky' is shortlisted for the ' Kate Greenaway Award'
2018 - 'The Egg' (Prestel) has received a special mention at the Bologna Ragazzi Non Fiction Award 2018
2018 - Artwork selected for the 'Ilustrarte 2018' in Portugal
2017 - 'Die Feder/Birds and Their Feathers' is shortlisted for the 'Nami Concours 2019 '
2018 - 'Look at the Weather' has received a Kirkus starred review and is on the Kirkus Best Children's Books of 2018 List!
2018 - 'We Are Together', 'Before I Wake Up', 'Under the Same Sky' and 'Bee' are read on BBC's Cbeebies by Orlando Bloom, Suranne Jones, Celia Imrie and George Ezra
2017 - 'Under the Same Sky' is longisted for the UKLA Book Awards
2017 - 'Under the Same Sky' & 'Never Take a Bear to School' are nominated for the ' Kate Greenaway Award'
2017 - 'Worauf wartest du?' (Jacoby&Stuart) is on the White Ravens list 2017
2017 - 'Don't Wake Up Tiger/'Ssst! De tijger slaapt' (Nosy Crow/Gottmer) has been chosen as the 'Dutch picture book of the year 2018'
2017 - 'Das Ei' (Prestel) - 'Emys Sachbuchpreis im Monat September'
2017 - 'Das Ei' (Prestel) - 'DIE BESTEN 7 - Deutschlandradio Kultur ' (June)
2017 - 'Das Ei' (Prestel) ist Naturbuchtipp des Monats Mai 2017, Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
2017 - 'Don't Wake Up Tiger' (Nosy Crow) has been nominated for the Children's and Teen Choice Book Awards in the US
2017 - 'Worauf wartest du?' (Jacoby&Stuart) won the Purple Island Award at the 'Nami Concours 2017 '
2017 - 'Worauf wartest du?' (Jacoby&Stuart) - Book recommendation on '3Sat Kulturzeit' (4.November)
2016 - 'Worauf wartest du?' (Jacoby&Stuart) - 'DIE BESTEN 7 - Deutschlandradio Kultur ' (November)
2016 - 'Alle Wetter' (Jacoby&Stuart) is shown on 'Kika'
2016 - 'The Odd One Out' series (Templar) has won an excellence award at the 'Global Illustration Awards' awarded at the Frankfurt Book Fair
2016 - 'Alle Wetter' (Jacoby&Stuart) is nominated for the DJLP (Sachbuch) Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2016
2016 - 'Alle Wetter' (Jacoby&Stuart) has received a special mention at the Bologna Ragazzi Non Fiction Award 2016
2016 - Bologna Book Fair, selected for the Buchkollektion der "alten Meister", Germany Guest of Honour 2016
2016 - Tree, is nominated for the Independent Book Seller Award
2016 - Tree/Baum der Jahreszeiten, is on the shortlist for Die schönsten deutschen Bücher
2016 - Selected into the top ten of the 'Dutch picture book of the year' award/Prentenboek TopTien 2016 - 'Tree'
2015 - Ilustratour - invited guest artist for Germany, Madrid
2015 - Parents' Choice Awards - recommendation for 'Get Out of My Bath', Nosy Crow
2015 - Natur Buchtipp Oktober 2015 'Der Baum der Jahreszeiten', Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V.
2015 - Institut für Jugendliteratur, Wien 'Alle Wetter', Buch des Monats August 2015
2015 - Die 100 Besten, Münchner Bücherschau Junior - Der Baum der Jahreszeiten
2015 - Emys Sachbuchpreis Juli 2015 WIS proWissen Potsdam e. V. - 'Alle Wetter'
2015 - Klima Buchtipp April 2015'Alle Wetter', Deutsche Akademie für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur e.V.
2015 - „Alle Wetter“ steht auf der Longlist der diesjährigen Wissensbücher des Jahres
2015 - „Tree“ wriiten by Pat Hegarty and published by Little Tiger UK has won the Junior Design Award for most innovative picture book
2015 - Nominated for the Beehive Book Award Children’s Literature Association of Utah - 'The Odd One Out'
2015 - Chosen book for Bookstart/Stiftung Lesen Belgium - 'Lauf nach Haus, kleine Maus' (Got tmer/Jacoby&Stuart)
2015 - Selected as one of the best 30 books for children in 2015 by Crescer magazine in Brazil - 'The Memory Tree' (Rovelle/Orchard)
2014 - FINALISTA en el Premio del Gremio de Libreros de Madrid - 'The Memory Tree'
2014 - ABC Best Books for Children (American Booksellers Association) - 'The Odd One Out'
2014 - Parents' Choice Awards - silver honor for 'The Odd One Out'
2014 - Selected into the top ten of the 'Dutch picture book of the year' award/Prentenboek TopTien 2015 - 'Snel naar huis kleine muis'
2014 - CCBC Choice of 2014 - Run Home Little Mouse, Kids Can Press
2014 - Eselsohr September 2014 - Cover, Galerie und Portät von Kathrin Köller
2013 - Die 100 Besten, Münchner Bücherschau junior - Der Baum der Erinnerung
2013 - Kinder- und Jugendbuchliste SR, Radio Bremen, Winter 2013/14 - Der Baum der Erinnerung
2013 - Chosen by Bank Street as one of the best children's books of 2013 - 'Animal 123' (Outstanding Merit) & Animal Spots and Stripes
2013 - 'A Quiet Day in the Jungle' is shortlisted in the Baby Book Category for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award
2013 - 'Monsieur lion chez le coiffeur' is one of 36 books shortlisted for the Prix jeunesse des libraires du Québec
2013 - 'Monsieur lion chez le coiffeur' is one of the 5 books shortlisted in the 2/3 category for the Prix du hérisson 2013/14
2013 - 'Best Books for Babies' - one of the 10 selected books, Animal Spots & Sripes/123
2013 - Smart Book Award Winner - Grumpy Cat
2013 - Grand Canyon Reader Award shortlist - Grumpy Cat
2013 - CCBC Choice of 2013 - Animal Spots & Stripes
2013 - Bücher, die noch keiner kennt, Münchner Bücherschau junior - Ab ins Bett, kleiner Bär
2013 - Best Children's Books of 2013, Gift book category, Amazon.com - Playbook Pirates
2012 - '123-Tierzählerei' is one of 15 books selected by Bookstart Switzerland (buchstart.ch) for their recommended reading list of 2012/13
2012 - Die 100 Besten, Münchner Bücherschau junior - Lauf nach Haus, kleine Maus
2012 - Kirkus starred review for 'Playbook Farm'
2012 - Chosen for 'Little Big Books' by Gestalten Verlag
2010 - Chosen as one of the 9 best books of 2010 by Smithonian Magazine - Little Wolf's Song
2009 - Chosen book for Bookstart UK (250.000 copies) - Grumpy Cat
2009 - Texas 2x2 reading list Big Smelly Bear
2009 - Voted as one of 100 Best Picturebooks of the Decade by Readingrecovery.org- Big Smelly Bear
2009 - Chosen book for Raising Readers - 'A red train'
2008 - Texas 2x2 reading list Grumpy Cat
2008 - Chosen by Bank Street as one of the best children's books of 2008 - 'How big is the world'
2005 - Recommended Read for World Book Day 2005 - Bumposaurus
2004 - Read on the 'Cbeebies bedtime hour' by Graham Norton & John Barrowman - Bumposaurus
2000 - White Ravens 2000 for 'Well, a Crocodile Can' - written by Malachy Doyle
1996 - Daler Rowney Award 1996 for Printmaking, RCA
1994 - New York Times Bookshelf - 'Coyote makes man'
1992 - Macmillan Children's books (highly recommended entry)
1992 - Work selected for Images - Best of British Illustration
1992 - Elle talent competition - Finalist
1992 - Newcomer of the year, Creative Handbook
Interviews, workshops & events:
January 2017 - Prentenboek van het jaar 2018 -various workshops in the Netherland
August 2017 - Edinburgh Festival - Workshop and readings - click here
31st May - Hay Festival - Workshop and Down the Rabbit Hole LIVE (Kate Greenaway Medal Winners: The Illustrators
Who Made Us) with: Rob Biddulph, Leigh Hobbs, Emma Lewis and Britta Teckentrup - click here
April 2017 - Interview with Ute Wegmann - Deutschlandfunk - Büchermarkt Bücher für junge Leser 'Das Dunkle zieht mich an...' - click here
October 2016 - Various events at the Bath- and Guildford Book Festivals
October 2016 - Interviews in Der Buchmarkt, The Scottish Book Trust, Artist&Illustrators magazine
April 2016 - Waterstones Picadilly, in conversation with Damian Kelleher (with Ben Newman,Benji Davies and myself); London
April 2016 - Central St Martins, talk and various school events and book signings in London
April 2016 - The Guardian - Guardian Gallery with 'Before I Wake Up'
December 2015 - Portrait & Seite 1002, Herbstausgabe 1000 und 1 Buch, Wien
October 2015 - The Guardian - How to draw feature with 'Tree', Little Tiger Press
20-26.7.2015 - Ilustratour invited artist, Madrid, 4 day workshop for professionals & book signings
22.7.2015 - Workshop for children 'Hans im Glück', Goethe Institut, Madrid
14.6.2015 - RBB Radio 1, Interview über 'Alle Wetter', Literaturagenten, Thomas Böhm & Lydia Herms
10.6.2015 - Workshop for children & exhibition, Büchereien Wien
10.6.2015 - Interview Stube Wien, 1001 Buch
16.6.2015 - Radio Interview Ö1 Radio
3.12.2015 - Workshop, Stadtbücherei, Berlin Mitte - Luisenbad
September 2014 - Interview & Cover, Eselsohr
2014 - Radio France Inter - Un intrus s'est perdu
2013 - Münchner Bücherschau - reading, workshop & exhibition for children 'The Memory Tree'
2011 - present - Readings in various bookshops and schools
1994 - 2005 - Visiting lecturer at various colleges including Central St. Martins & Middlesex University
Exhibitions etc
2018 - 100 outstanding picturebooks’ exhibition at the Frankfurt Book Fair - dpictus.com
2018 - Augen ZU? Augen AUF! Exhibiton curated by Christine Knödler at the Münchner Bücherschau
with Quint Buchholz, Mira Poferl, Susanne Straßer and Britta Teckentrup
2018 - Buchsegler, Exhibition of 'Worauf wartest du?', Berlin
2018 - Ilustrarte 2018 Exhibition, Portugal
2018 - 'Ei & Feder', Exhibition at Krumulus , Berlin
2018 - 'Licht aus! Die Nacht im Bilderbuch', Städtische Galerie, Rosenheim
2018 - Gruppenaustellung, Burg Wissem, Bilderbuchmuseum
2017 - Nami island, Exhibition - Nami Concours 2017 (Purple island winner 'Worauf wartest du?')
2017 - 'Schöner verstehen'Exhibition at Illu 3 – Freiburger Festival für Illustration , Freiburg
2017 - 'Worauf wartest du?'Exhibition at Ravenburger Lesefestival 2017, Buchhandlung „Anna Rahm mit Büchern unterwegs“
2016 - Bologna Book Fair, selected for the 'Buchkollektion der "alten Meister"', Germany Guest of Honour 2016
2016 - Illustration Cupboard, London; 'Das Beste von Allem' - group exhibition
2015 - Exhibition as part of 'Das Beste von Allem', Burg Wissem Stiftung Illustration
2015 - Exhibition, Büchereien, Wien
2014 - Gruppenaustellung 'Es wimmelt in der Burg'- Wimmelbücher überall, Burg Wissem, Bilderbuchmuseum
2013 - Münchner Bücherschau, Austellung und Lesung -'Der Baum der Erinnerung', Gasteig
2013 - Gruppenaustellung (Achtung Baustelle), Burg Wissem, Bilderbuchmuseum
2003-2010 - Represented and annual exhibition - James Freeman Gallery, London
2009 - The Illustrators' Eye, St. Martin's College of Art & Design, London
2005 - 2009 Art Fair (AAF), Battersea, London
2007 - Bridge Art Fair, London
2005 - Art Fair (AAF), New York
1998 - Whitechapel Open, The Tannery, London
1997 - 71:40, Group show, Milch Gallery, London
1996 - The spirit of the staircase, RCA Group show, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
1996 - RCA centenary show, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London
1996 - Last minute creations, Group Show, Parkhaus Gallerie, Berlin
1996 - Front Art, Group show, Berlin
1996 - RCA centenary show, Royal Festival Hall, London
1996 - Four visions, Group show, SNAP, London
Bibliography
2018 - "Working Title - Mole..."
by Britta Teckentrup
Orchard Books
2018 - "Working Title - Fantastic"
by Britta Teckentrup
Nosy Crow
2018 - "Working Title"
by Britta Teckentrup
Templar/Big Picture Press
2017 - "Working Title - Best Bear Friends"
by Britta Teckentrup
Orchard Books
2017 - "Working Title -The Wall"
by Britta Teckentrup
Orchard Books
2017 - "Working Title"
by Britta Teckentrup
Nosy Crow
2017 - "Working Title"
by Britta Teckentrup
Templar/Big Picture Press
2016 - "Bee"
by Britta Teckentrup, Pat Hegarty
Little Tiger/Caterpillar - London
2016 - "Worauf wartest du"
by Britta Teckentrup
Jacoby&Stuart, Berlin
2016 - "OSKAR LOVES..."
by Britta Teckentrup
Prestel - Berlin, London, New York
2016 - "Nachts, wenn alles schläft"
"Before I wake Up"
by Britta Teckentrup
Prestel - Berlin, London, New York
2016 - "One is Not a Pair"
by Britta Teckentrup
Big Picture Press/Templar, London
2016 - "Schau mal, da ist ein Wurm drin""
by Britta Teckentrup
Ars Edition
2016 - "Don't Wake Up the Tiger"
by Britta Teckentrup
Nosy Crow
2015 - "Welches Tier tapst denn hier?"
by Britta Teckentrup
Ars Edition
2015 - "Alle Wetter"
by Britta Teckentrup
Jacoby Stuart - Berlin
Spring 2015 - "Where's the Pair"
by Britta Teckentrup
Templar - London
Spring 2015 - "The Odd One Out- Postcard Book"
by Britta Teckentrup
Templar - London
2015 - "Tous mes habits"
by Britta Teckentrup
Bayard - Paris
2015 - "Take a Shape" "Triangle" - "Square" - "Line" - "Circle"
4 picture books by Britta Teckentrup
Words & Pictures/Quarto - London
2015 - "Tree"
illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
Little Tiger Press- London
2015 - "Get Out of my Bath!"
by Britta Teckentrup
Nosy Crow - London
2015 - "Up and Down" Paperback
by Britta Teckentrup
Templar - London
Autumn 2014 - "Your Hand in my Hand"
written by Mark Sperring
Orchard - London
Co-editions: German, French, Finnish, Chinese, Korean, US
Spring 2014 - "Die Katze" - "Die Maus" - "Die Eule" - "Die Ente"
by Britta Teckentrup
Ars Edition
Autumn 2014 - "Playbook Castle"
with paper engineer Corina Fletcher
Nosy Crow - London
Spring 2014 - "Monsieur Lion s'habille"
by Britta Teckentrup
Bayard Editions - France
2015 - "In the Night Garden"
4 illustrated board books
Penguin Books - London
Autumn 2014 - "The 12 Days of Christmas"
illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
Little Tiger Press- London
Spring 2014 - "The Odd One Out"
by Britta Teckentrup
Templar - London
Co-editions: german, norwegian, chinese, french, US, italian
Spring 2014 - "Busy Bunny Days"
by Britta Teckentrup
Chronicle Books - US edition of Jacoby Stuart's Busy Books
Publishers Weekly starred review!
2013 - "Fast and Slow"
illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
Barefoot Books - UK/US
2013 - "Big and Small"
illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
Barefoot Books - UK/US
2013 - "Up & Down"
by Britta Teckentrup
Templar - UK
Co-editions: Australia, US, France, Chinese
2013 - "Clumsy Duck"
by Britta Teckentrup
Boxer Books
Co-editions: US, German. Australian, Chinese
2013 - "Grumpy Cat - Board Book Edition"
by Britta Teckentrup
Boxer Books - UK,US
2013 - "Big Smelly Bear - Board Book Edition"
by Britta Teckentrup
Boxer Books - UK,US
2013 - "Monsieur lion chez le coiffeur",
by Britta Teckentrup
Bayard - France
Co-editions: South Korean
One of 36 books shortlisted for the Prix jeunesse des libraires du Québec 2013
2013 - "Ab ins Bett, kleiner Bär",
by Britta Teckentrup
Jacoby Suart
Co-editions: danish, US
2013 - "Playbook Pirates"
with paper engineer Corina Fletcher
Nosy Crow - London
Co-editions: greek, dutch, spanish, catalan, US, italian
New York Time Out best pop-up book of 2013
Amazon.com best gift book of 2013
2013 - "The Wheels on the Bus - Paperback Edition",
by Britta Teckentrup
Orchard Books
2013 - "The Memory Tree"
Britta Teckentrup
Orchard Books/Hachette - London
Co-editions: dutch, finnish, german, french, japanese, south korean, welsh, spanish, brazilian, chinese
2013 - "My Book of Opposites",
illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
Little Tiger Press
Co-editions: US, french
2013 - "My Book of Counting",
illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
Little Tiger Press
Co-editions: US, french
2014 - "My Book of Colours",
illustrated by Britta Teckentrup
Little Tiger Press
Co-editions: US
2013 - "Les Frères Loup"
written by Pascale Chénel,
Les Belles Histoires, Bayard, France
2012 - "Lauf nach Haus, kleine Maus"
by Britta Teckentrup
Jacoby Stuart - Berlin
Co-editions: Büchergilde Gutenberg, spanish, dutch, north american, korean, french
Die 100 Besten 2012, Boersenverein München
2012 - "The Wheels on the Bus"
by Britta Teckentrup
Orchard Books - new edition with sound chip
2012 - "Playbook Farm"
with paper engineer Corina Fletcher
Nosy Crow - London
co-editions: Candlewick Press - USA, Greece, Holland/Belgium, Spain
France, Sweden, Italy, Allen&Unwin - New Zealand, german; Brazil
Reviews in the Telegraph, The Times, Time Out NY and more...
Kirkus starred review
2012 - "Animal 123"
by Britta Teckentrup
Templar Publishing UK,
co-editions: Handprint Books/Chronicle, Walker Australia, Gallucci Editore - Italy
Cruilla - Spain, Ars Edition - Germany, Editions Tourbillon - France
Review in the NY Times as one of the best inter-active books of the season
One of the CCBC Choices of 2013
Best Books for Babies 2013
2012 - "Animal Spots & Stripes"
by Britta Teckentrup
Templar Publishing UK
co-editions: Handprint Books/Chronicle, Gallucci Editore - Italy
Shown on the Booktrust Site
One of the CCBC Choices of 2013
Best Books for Babies 2013
2012 - "123 Tierzählerei"
by Britta Teckentrup
Ars Edition
One of 15 books selected by Bookstart Switzerland (buchstart.ch)
for their recommended reading list for 2012/13
2012 - "In the Night Garden - Party Book"
written by Andy Davenport,
BBC/Penguin/Ragdoll
2012 - "In the Night Garden"- Christmas Book"
written by Andy Davenport,
BBC/Penguin/Ragdoll
2012 - "A Quiet Day in the Jungle"
written by Andrew Weale,
Corgi/Random House UK
co-editions: Sterling US
One of six books shortlisted in the Baby Book Category
for the Sheffield Children’s Book Award 2013
2012 - "Big Noisy Book of Busy Places"
written by Harriet Blackford,
Boxer Books UK, Sterling US, Chinese
2012 - "Das 24-Stunden-Wimmelbuch - Am Hafen ist was los!
by Britta Teckentrup
Jacoby Stuart - Berlin
co-editions: Samlaget - Norway, Chronicle - USA, Bayard - France, Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags - Faroe Islands, Fontein - Netherlands
2012 - "Das 24-Stunden-Wimmelbuch - Auf der Baustelle ist was los!"
by Britta Teckentrup
Jacoby Stuart - Berlin
co-editions: Büchergilde Gutenberg, France
2011 - "In the Night Garden - Snow Book"
written by Andy Davenport,
BBC/Penguin/Ragdoll
2011 - "Das 24-Stunden-Wimmelbuch - In der Stadt ist was los!"
by Britta Teckentrup
Jacoby Stuart - Berlin
co-editions: Bayard - France, De Fontein - Netherlands, Büchergilde Gutenberg, Club Bertelsmann, Chronicle - USA
2011 - "Das 24-Stunden-Wimmelbuch - Auf dem Bauernhof ist was los!"
by Britta Teckentrup
Jacoby Stuart - Berlin
co-editions: Chronicle - USA
2011 - "The Wheels on the Bus"
by Britta Teckentrup
Orchard Books UK
co-editions: Forlaget Flachs - Denmark, South Africa, Sterling - USA, Lind & Co - Sweden
2010 - "Little Wolf's Song"
by Britta Teckentrup
Boxer Books UK, Sterling US
co-editions: Albin Michel - France, Lamberth - Denmark, Bohem Press - Italy
Chosen as one of the 9 best books of 2010 by Smithonian Magazine US
2009 - "Big Noisy Book of Animals"
written by Harriet Blackford,
Boxer Books UK, Sterling US
co-editions: Hatier Jeunesse/Hachette - France, Lamberth - Denmark, Bonnier Carlsen - Sweden, Chinese
2009 - "Big Noisy Book of Dinosaurs"
written by Harriet Blackford,
Boxer Books UK, Sterling US
co-editions: Gottmer - Holland, Lamberth - Denmark, Chinese
2008 - "Big Noisy Book of Vehicles"
written by Ronnie Randall
Boxer Books UK, Sterling US
co-editions: Hatier Jeunesse - France, Bonnier Carlsen - Sweden, Lamberth - Denmark, Daekyo - Korea , Gottmer - Holland, Chinese
2008 - "A Happy Home"
written by Bernette Ford,
Boxer Books UK, Sterling US
co-editions: Blue Rabbit - Korea
2008 - "A Black Cat"
written by Bernette Ford,
Boxer Books UK, Sterling US
US Children's Book of the Month Club
co-editions: Blue Rabbit - Korea
2008 - "A Red Train"
written by Bernette Ford,
Boxer Books UK, Sterling US
Chosen book for Raising Readers
co-editions: Blue Rabbit - Korea
2008 - "A Starfish"
written by Bernette Ford,
Boxer Books, Sterling
US Children's Book of the Month Club
co-editions: Blue Rabbit - Korea
2008 - "Grumpy Cat"
by Britta Teckentrup
Boxer Books UK, Sterling US
co-edition: Koala Books - Australia, DCTY - Korea, Lamberth - Denmark, Chinese Scholastic Audio CD
Chosen book for Bookstart UK - 150.000 copies sold,
Starred review Booklist,
Texas 2X2 Reading List 2009
2007 - "How Big is the World"
by Britta Teckentrup
Boxer Books UK, Sterling US
co-edition: Kokuyo - Japan, DCTY - Korea, Lamberth - Denmark, Iran
Chosen by Bank Street as one of the best children's books of 2008
2007 - "Big Smelly Bear"
by Britta Teckentrup
Boxer Books UK, Sterling US,
co-editions: De Ballon-german, french & dutch, Koala Books-Australia, Lamberth-Denmark, Kokuyo-Japan, DCTY-Korea, Chinese Scholastic audio CD
Texas 2X2 Reading List 2008>
Voted as one of 100 Best Picturebooks of the Decade by Readingrecovery.org
2004 - "Ten steps to bed time"
by Britta Teckentrup
Walker Books/ Walker Books Australia
2004 - "Flabby Tabby"
written by Penny McKinlay
Frances Lincoln
co-editions: Sjostrads Forlag Stockholm
2004 - "Dog"
written by Daniel Pennac
Walker Books, Candlewick Press
2004 - "Whump"
written by Susie Day
Penguin Character Books Ltd/BBC
2003 - "Bumposaurus"
written by Penny McKinlay
Frances Lincoln
co-edition: La Renaissance du Livre Jeunesse-France, Korea Dewey, Beijing Poplar Culture Project Co Ltd-China
read on the 'Cbeebies bedtime hour' by Graham Norton & John Barrowman
Recommended Read for World Book Day 2005
2002 - "Love Ruby Lavender"
written by Deborah Wiles
Walker Books
2001 - "Teletubbies" Animal Parade"
BBC/Ragdoll
2001 - "Baby's like me"
written by Malachy Doyle
Frances Lincoln /Penguin
co-editions Putnam, USA
2000 - "Plumpudding"< written by Margarete Mayo Orchard Books 1999 - "Well a crocodile can" written by Malachy Doyle Frances Lincoln co-editions: Millbrook Press, Viking-Australia, Hyronsha-Japan, Elfos Ediciones-Spanish & Catalan White Ravens Award 2000 1997 - "Rumble in the jungle" by Britta Teckentrup ABC/Viking Korea Piaget - Korea Publishers Weekly - starred review , 1996 - "Kancil and the crocodiles" written by Noreha Yussof Day ABC/Simon&Schuster 1995 - "Elephants never forget" written by Natasha Biebow ABC/Freeman 1994 - "Coyote makes man" written by James Sage ABC/Simon&Schuster, New York Times Bookshelf Publishers weekly starred review Clients include: Vogue, Elle, Habitat, Jamie Oliver Magazine Yearbook, Volkswagen, London Transport/LIDA, Easyjet, Marie Claire, BBC Worldwide, Elle Decoration, Waitrose, Daily Telegraph, The Artgroup, Boxerbooks, Chorion - Noddy, Skew Studio, Waterstones, BDOSH, Evening Standard, Delicious Magazine Ragdoll/Teletubbies/In the Night Garden, Hasbro, Ravensburger, Tweenies, Orchard Books, Albin Michel, Frances Lincoln, Simon & Schuste, Walker Books, Penguin Books, Korea Dewey, Korea Piaget, Southbank Centre, Hyronsha Japan, Dorling Kindersley, Scholastic, Ladybird, Candlewick Press, Sjostrads forlag Stockholm, Koala Books, Balloon Books, Milan Presse (Picoti/Toupie), Audio Verlag, Regenerate Magazine, Ebury Press (Random House), Popi/Tralalire/Belle Histoire/Pomme d'Api magazine - Bayard Presse, Navyblue Design, Proximity London, Duncan Baird Publishing, New Scientist, Two Associates, Ahmad Tea, Sainsburys, Imaginear, The Scotsman, Emap, John Lewis, Bladonmore, De Ballon, Daekyo Bertelsmann Korea, Blue Rabbit - Korea, Bohem Press - Italien, Lamberth - Denamrk, Bonnier Carlsen - Sweden, Gottmer - Holland, Korea Piaget, Hachette, La Renaissance du Livre Jeunesse, Beijing Poplar Culture Project Co Ltd, World Fashion Channel, Korea Piaget, Jacoby Stuart, Little Tiger Press, Nosy Crow , Büchergilde Gutenberg, Corgi/Random House, Handprint Books/Chronicle, Fair Trade
Britta Teckentrup – Illustrator Interview
Posted on November 8, 2016 by Joanna
portraitI am reviewing Britta’s latest picture book this Friday, OSKAR LOVES… and fell in love with the art so I reached out to her publicist to see if she would be willing to do an interview, et voila! It’s been too long since I interviewed a German on Miss Marple’s Musings.
[JM] Illustrator or author/illustrator? If the latter, do you begin with words or pictures?
[BT] Author/illustrator. I tend to begin with the pictures until the story reveals itself to me.
[JM] Where are you from/have you lived and how has that influenced your work?
[BT] I was born and raised in Germany but moved to London straight after school when I was 19. I also lived in the English countryside for quite a few years and had brief stints in Dublin and Paris whilst I was studying.
After 17 years in England I now live in Berlin and it looks like I am here to stay.
Germans say that my work looks British and British people say that my work looks German … which is quite funny.
But I really like the fact that my work seems to be somewhere in the great in between.
[JM] Tell us a little of your beginnings and journey as an artist.
[BT] Art has been with me since childhood and has never left me.
At school it was my favourite subject and I remember endless days drawing and painting in my room making up my own worlds – that’s the part of me that has never really grown up.
After school I studied Illustration at St Martin’s College of Art & Design and Fine Art Printmaking at the Royal College of Art in London.
I was very lucky when a publisher offered me my first picture book contract straight after my degree show in 1992 and I haven’t looked back since …
[JM] How do you feel European picture books differ from those being written for the American market?
[BT] That is so difficult to answer as even on the European market books vary so greatly from country to country and publisher to publisher … with some being more adventurous than others.
I think that it is a very exciting time for picture books right now with more publishers trying out something new and really caring about the beautiful production of a book.
[JM] I agree, it is a great time for picture books! What does your workspace look like?
[BT] … one messy desk for printing and collage making and one clean desk for my digital work.
Messy
Messy
Clean table in studio
Clean table in studio
[JM] Congratulations on your work being sold in more than 20 nations? Have you ever been surprised by any title changes for any of your books when translated?
[BT] My book ‘Grumpy Cat’ published in the UK was renamed ‘Mombert’ in Germany which was quite amusing.
The change of the cover design seems to be more frequent than a title change.
The cover of ‘Where’s the Pair’ has got an orange background in the US, a cream background in Germany and the original blue background in the UK ….
[JM] Can you share a piece or two with us, maybe of OSKAR , and the process of creating this story?
[BT] The character Oskar was developed quite a few years ago and lived through many different story ideas.
And even though I was never 100% happy with any of my story ideas it helped me to understand his character.
Oskar just seemed so positive and happy … just like a little child that finds magic in the smallest of thing.
That’s when I decided to create a very simple and happy book about everything that Oskar loves.
(Well, actually it is a book about everything I love and all the simple and magical things I remember from my childhood.)
Oskar
Oskar
And here’s a few of the process with BEFORE I WAKE UP
[JM] What was the first book you bought with your own money?
[BT] I think that it was a Hermann Hesse book when I was a teenager.
I devoured them when I was that age and can’t remember which one of his many books I bought. They were so perfect for that rite of passage.
[JM] What artwork do you have hanging in your house?
[BT] I have got too many pictures and not enough wall space.
A few things on my wall are:
A large old East German school map
A painting of a Great Dane painted by a good friend
An old relief map of Sicily
pictures-on-my-wall
[JM] At what point in your process do you consider the endpaper design?
[BT] That varies greatly …
Sometimes they exist right from the start and sometimes I decide at the end.
No set rules!
Five Fun Ones to Finish? [JM] What’s your favorite park (state/urban..) in the world?
Maybe the park outside my parents’ house where I grew up in Wuppertal, Germany.
Lots of wonderful memories of childhood!
[JM] Cats or dogs?
Cats
Oskar the Cat
Oskar the Cat
[JM] I love ginger toms! Fact that most people don’t know about you?
I am addicted to raspberries.
[JM] First job after high school?
Quite sad but true … it was probably an illustration job!
[JM] Go to snack/drink to sustain your creative juices?
Lots and lots of coffee and you have guessed … raspberries!
Guest Author - Britta Teckentrup
Britta is the author and illustrator of many well-loved books for children, including the bestselling 'The Memory Tree', 'The Odd One Out' and 'Grumpy Cat', which was selected by the Booktrust's Bookstart scheme - 250,000 copies to be distributed to families throughout the UK.
Her awards include a nomination for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and a Special Mention at the Bologna Ragazzi Award.
Since 1993 Britta has written and illustrated over 80 children's picture books which have been published in over 20 different countries.
After 17 years in the UK - Britta now lives and works in Berlin with her Scottish husband, son Vincent and their old cat Oskar.
What inspired the story ‘Before I Wake Up’?
My work quite often develops in a quite subconscious way and on a very visual level.
Images and ideas start to emerge out of seemingly nowhere and I can’t always tell where the idea originated from or what inspired it.
It was the same with this book.
I started to create more and more images about a little girl living in the wild together with a menagerie of wild animals and beasts - nature seems to be a recurring theme in my work.
The girl is happy and content living in her world made up of darkness and light, a place where the imagination can run wild and where she feels at home and safe.
The idea of the dream, which is now the framework of ‘Before I Wake Up’, developed at a slightly later stage.
The artwork is beautiful, how would you describe your style of illustration?
My work is all based around collage, printmaking and digital collage.
I create a large selection of textured papers and shapes using hand-made printing techniques. I will then start creating my collages by hand which I scan into the computer to manipulate them further….
I guess that you could call it a combination of digital and hand-made collage.
Whose work inspires you and why?
Inspiration comes from many different places… I tend to admire people who are brave and have gone their own way. People who have developed a unique voice and way of seeing things because of it…
There are so many... but maybe Astrid Lindgren and Tove Jansson are two very obvious and big names that come to mind when thinking about children’s books.
I have recently re-discovered the landscapes of Munch and always really like the stories of Toon Tellegen.
You’ve illustrated over 80 amazing children’s picture books do you have a favourite and why?
Many of the books are special to me in different ways and it is very hard to pick a favourite. But some books are a bit more personal than others: ‘The Memory Tree’ is special to me because I wrote it after the death of my beloved grandmother…
‘Before I Wake Up’ is special because it has been a part of me for so long. And sometimes I wonder if the little girl is me…
Do you have a special place that you write/illustrate in?
The best place to illustrate is in my studio at home …
I also write in my studio but a good place to get ideas is on long train journeys and in the bath…
Do you have any advice for budding writers/artists?
Try to stay true to yourself and find your own unique voice…
Write and create for yourself and not for others…
Be patient and persistent…
Don’t let a bad experience or rejection hold you back…
Listen to advice along the way but be aware that not all advice is good advice…
Embrace mistakes…
Work hard and just get on with it …
But most of all: Love what you do!
Can you sum up ‘Before I Wake Up’ in 3 words?
Dreamy, dark, atmospheric
***
Thanks to Britta Teckentrup for taking time out of her busy schedule for this exclusive guest author interview!
You can find out more about Britta and her work at her website: www.brittateckentrup.com and on
Twitter: @Bteckentrup.
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Kate Greenaway Award 2018 Shortlist – Under The Same Sky by Britta Teckentrup
Posted on April 29, 2018 by alibrarylady
This charming picture book, shortlisted for this year’s Kate Greenaway Award, uses a clever peep through technique to emphasise the way in which everyone around the world is united by the same hopes and dreams. It is a timely and thoughtful book.
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Award winning illustrator Britta Teckentrup combines beautiful pictures with a simple yet lyrical text to portray a celebration of global unity in this lovely book. It gently depicts how the world’s communities are united by the same hopes and dreams.
When this book was first published I was drawn to the cover without having known anything about either the author or the title itself. The cover depicts two animals on the front, one large and the other smaller, possibly a parent and child, both gazing upwards at a cut-out of a cloud through which one can read the title. One animal is wide eyed, the other with eyes closed and the overall look is serene and reassuring. As you turn the pages a variety of animals are portrayed in contrasting landscapes with each linked by a clever use of a cut-out through which the reader catches a glimpse of another animal or another place. This technique works beautifully as the connection feels natural and unforced. Despite the simplicity of the text the message of a world united by shared emotions is conveyed with great impact. Beautiful, gentle illustrations combine with the brief but slightly poetic text to demonstrate that we have so much that unites us rather than divides us and that we all share this one world together. In a time of political turmoil this is an important and timely message.
And yet despite the important message this is of course an engaging and lovely picture book that is a delight to share with young children. The interactive element is something that little ones always love and this is done very well as it invites them to peep through and maybe return to previous pages to see how the trick was done. I loved the way in which the shape of the cut-out tied in with the content. The colours are muted and gentle, in keeping with the warmth of the message in many ways. Many types of animals are included so children are able to recognise some and be introduced to others.
A lovely book and highly recommended for all ages from early years onwards.
As this book is shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway award there are a range of brilliant teaching resources available on the Shadowing website prepared by the Centre For Literacy in Primary Education. Please click on this link to access them.
You may also enjoy watching this interview with Britta Teckentrup.
This book is available to purchase in all good book shops, can be borrowed at your local library or can be bought online
TECKENTRUP, Britta. Under the Same Sky
Yelena Voysey
School Library Journal. 64.9 (Sept. 2018): p97.
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TECKENTRUP, Britta. Under the Same Sky. illus. by Britta Teckentxup. 32p. Tiger Tales.' Sept. 2018. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781680100945.
PreS-Gr 1-Beginning with "We live under the same sky ... in lands near and far./We live under the same sky .../wherever we are," this lyrical tale carries the message of unity, beautifully illustrated by assorted animals from around the world. Two of the poem lines accompany every full page illustration. Each spread features a differently shaped cutout in the page, cleverly incorporated into the image; as the page is turned, this opening highlights and repeats a line of the poem further reinforcing the theme of interconnection. Teckentrup's stylized earth-toned graphic illustrations of cats and lions, penguins and otters, deer and rabbits depict the beauty and diversity of nature but her message "We dream the same dreams ... and we dream them ... together" extends to the human community, even if no people are depicted in the book. VERDICT A delightful book with wide appeal that should be welcome in most collections.--Yelena Voysey, formerly at Pickering Educational Library, Boston University
Source Citation (MLA 8th Edition)
Voysey, Yelena. "TECKENTRUP, Britta. Under the Same Sky." School Library Journal, Sept. 2018, p. 97. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A553280035/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=98ce53a9. Accessed 1 Dec. 2018.
Gale Document Number: GALE|A553280035
CLARKE, Jane. Neon Leon
Amy Shepherd
School Library Journal. 64.7 (July 2018): p49.
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CLARKE, Jane. Neon Leon. illus. by Britta Teckentrup. 24p. Nosy Crow. Jul. 2018. Tr $14.99. ISBN 9780763699154.
PreS-Gr 1-Leon is a bright orange chameleon who cannot change colors like other chameleons. He is a little self-conscious about this and feels bad that he doesn't quite fit in. Leon goes in search of a place where he can blend in and ultimately meets his match. This interactive picture book for young children is entertaining and informative, without going into much detail about the life of chameleons. Kids will learn that chameleons change colors to match their environment. Questions on some pages encourage readers to respond to the text and offer suggestions to help Leon along his journey. The book is great for identifying colors and even a few landforms. The full-page, digitally created illustrations are delightfully colorful, with Leon's fluorescent orange color emphasizing just how much he stands out. VERDICT A simple look at nature and searching for one's place in the world. A colorful addition to most collections.--Amy Shepherd, St. Anne's Episcopal School, Middleton, DE
Source Citation (MLA 8th Edition)
Shepherd, Amy. "CLARKE, Jane. Neon Leon." School Library Journal, July 2018, p. 49. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A545432316/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=3c79ca5d. Accessed 1 Dec. 2018.
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Clarke, Jane and Teckentrup, Britta: Firefly Home
Carolyn Copland
School Librarian. 66.2 (Summer 2018): p89.
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Clarke, Jane and Teckentrup, Britta
Firefly Home
Nosy Crow, 2018, pp24, 11.99 [pounds sterling]
978 1 78800 023 9
Nosy Crow have deservedly earned a reputation for producing excellent fiction and quality picture books. This offering is another wonderful book, designed to engage and delight young children. The Firefly's ability to glow is magical and the process of bioluminescence captivates and intrigues us all. Firefly Home attracts the reader's eye, making the book irresistible to pick up and read.
There's no place like home, but poor Florence Firefly is lost, and there are so many bright lights shining in the night sky she doesn't know which way to go. The author encourages the reader to turn the page and follow the lights. Let the search for Florence's home begin! Florence sees so many lights, including the moon, a lighthouse, a train and houses. She becomes sad and we are encouraged to help the sad little firefly find her home. Maybe a wish can help Florence? A truly human interactive book!
The beautiful illustrations make Florence's light glow and children are encouraged to reach out and touch the light trails that streak across the sky. This book will be enjoyed by any class but would work best when read in small groups, where the children have a chance to crowd round and help Florence to reach home. This is simple story telling at its very best.
Source Citation (MLA 8th Edition)
Copland, Carolyn. "Clarke, Jane and Teckentrup, Britta: Firefly Home." School Librarian, Summer 2018, p. 89. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A544712529/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=5d61c900. Accessed 1 Dec. 2018.
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TECKENTRUP, Britta. Look at the Weather
Carole Phillips
School Library Journal. 64.3 (Mar. 2018): p140+.
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TECKENTRUP, Britta. Look at the Weather. tr. from German by Shelley Tanaka, illus. by Britta Teckentrup. 152p. glossary. Owlkids. Apr. 2018. Tr $19.95. ISBN 9781771472869.
Gr 1-5--Fans of Tree and Bee will recognize Teckentrup's bold and vibrant art style as she now introduces the topic of weather to readers. Although not as playful as her other books, this title explores the different elements of weather phenomena in four chapters: "Sun," "Rain," "Ice and Snow," and "Extreme Weather." In short lyrical prose, Teckentrup captures ephemeral sights: "Look at the clouds. Some look whispery and barely there. Others are puffy, like giant fleecy cotton balls." Her full-page and sometimes spread-size landscape illustrations evocatively convey the incredible variations and sheer power of weather. These range from the sometimes beautiful to the sometimes destructive. This illustrated nonfiction book captures the richness of our natural environment and invites young readers to observe and wonder about the world around them. ("Can you see the halo around the moon" What does it mean? Is it a sign of wet weather?") VERDICT This would work wonderfully as an introduction in a weather unit, as well as a lovely nature-themed read-aloud. Recommended.--Carole Phillips, Greenacres Elementary School, Scarsdale, NY
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Neon Leon
Children's Bookwatch.
(Oct. 2018):
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Neon Leon
Jane Clarke, author
Britta Teckentrup, illustrator
Nosy Crow
c/o Candlewick Press
99 Dover Street, Somerville, MA 02144
www.candlewick.com
9780857638069, $18.00, HC, 24pp, www.amazon.com
Everyone knows that chameleons are the best at fitting in. But not Leon. Leon is neon! In fact, he's SO
bright that he keeps all the other chameleons awake at night. But poor Leon is lonely, so he goes off in
search of somewhere he can blend in. Charmingly written by Jane Clarke and engagingly illustrated "Neon
Leon" is simply delightful and thoroughly 'kid friendly' interactive picture book that is filled with vibrant
neon artwork. Young children can help Leon on his journey by counting his steps, sending him to sleep and
giving him lots of reassurance when he's feeling down. But will he ever find a place he can fit in...? A
thoroughly kid friendly entertainment from cover to cover, "Neon Leon" will prove to be an immediate and
enduringly popular addition to family, preschool, elementary school, and community library picture book
collections.
Please Note: Illustration(s) are not available due to copyright restrictions.
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Teckentrup, Britta: UNDER THE SAME
SKY
Kirkus Reviews.
(July 15, 2018):
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Teckentrup, Britta UNDER THE SAME SKY Tiger Tales (Children's Fiction) $16.99 9, 1 ISBN: 978-1-
68010-094-5
Animals around the world are united in living "under the same sky" in this die-cut picture book for the very
young.
What do cats on a rooftop, owls in trees, lions on plains, penguins in snow, deer, dolphins, bears, foxes, and
flamingos all have in common? In simple, rhyming text, answers appear through cloud- or heart-shaped
holes in the pages: "We live under the same sky"; "We feel the same love"; "we play the same games"; "we
sing the same songs"; "we dream the same dreams / and we dream them... / ...together." The textured
illustrations favor darkened hues of blue, green, teal, and brighter, natural hues of green and gold, with
charming, collagelike animals looking at each other or at the sky. For grown-ups wanting to introduce ideas
of world peace and unity to young children without broaching the messiness of humanity, this visually
pleasing trip across the world's natural settings could fill the bill. The book's main attraction, the cutouts
that offer a surprise upon first reading, is a lovely effect, though the fragility of the pages may hasten their
end--not necessarily a bad thing, as the slight text has little staying power as well.
Not entirely new, but beautiful and comforting enough to be a reliable bedtime story. (Picture book. 3-6)
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Look at the Weather
Danielle J. Ford
The Horn Book Magazine.
94.4 (July-August 2018): p139+.
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* Look at the Weather
by Britta Teckentrup; illus. by the
author; trans. from the German
and adapted by Shelley Tanaka
Intermediate Owlkids 152 pp. g
4/18 978-1-77147-286-9 $19.95
"We have such a strong connection to weather, we can't help but wonder about it." Across the next 150-plus
pages, Teckentrup's words and illustrations embody this connection, modeling curiosity and wonderment
about sun, rain, snow, and extreme weather. Her journey meanders not only from topic to topic but also
back and forth across the impulses toward reasoning and emotion that deep engagement with nature can
evoke. Questions sprinkled throughout encourage readers to think about experiences both personal ("Does
rain make you want to run for cover? Or does it make you want to jump and splash in the puddles?") and
global ("Will extreme weather events become more common and widespread as the planet continues to
warm and climates continue to change?"). Moody, textured images play with the relationships among art,
nature, and light to explore the nuances of weather phenomena. Rain appears as hard sheets of water, as
eerie mists, or in a summery golden haze; vast expanses of sky are bright blue, winter white, or filled with
snow, sleet, and hail. The details encourage both careful, continuous observation and appreciation for the
endless varieties of weather.
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Ford, Danielle J. "Look at the Weather." The Horn Book Magazine, July-Aug. 2018, p. 139+. General
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Under the Same Sky
Publishers Weekly.
265.26 (June 25, 2018): p186.
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Under the Same Sky
BrittaTeckentrup.TigerTales, $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-68010-094-5
Cats under the night sky and lions in the noonday sun, deer in the mountains and rabbits in the forest,
dolphins in the ocean and birds in the air--all of them "live under the same sky," Teckentrup writes, "in
lands near and far." Each pair of animals, and each pair of spreads, are united by a die-cut that reveals
something of the second page in the first, and repeats the first line of the poem with the second line. The
cats, composed of flat, graphic shapes, have yellow eyes that mimic a diecut yellow cloud among the stars;
a page turn reveals the cloud to be part of a sun-baked sky over a grasslands-dwelling family of lions. Earthtoned
browns and water-toned blues carry through the theme of a world shared by many. By drawing the
animals into relationships with one another, Teckentrup (Don't Wake Up the Tiger) celebrates the majesty of
the natural world and the creatures that inhabit it, and in plain, almost prayer-like words, holds up this
essential union. Ages 3-6. (Sept.)
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Teckentrup, Britta: WHERE'S THE
BABY?
Kirkus Reviews.
(Mar. 15, 2018):
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Teckentrup, Britta WHERE'S THE BABY? Big Picture/Candlewick (Children's Fiction) $14.99 4, 10
ISBN: 978-0-7636-9901-7
"I spy" fun for little ones.
Rhyming text (uncredited) invites readers to scan pages illustrated with groups of animals in order to find a
baby animal hidden among the rest. Elephants adorn the cover and title page, and then parrots, orcas, hens,
sea horses, snails, and other creatures populate subsequent spreads. Representative quatrains read, "With
trumpeting trunks / and thundering feet, / elephants march through / the still desert heat. / And right by his
mom / with his skin just as gray, / is an elephant calf / who is ready to play." The repetitive, orderly,
arrangements of the animals on the pages makes finding the baby on each one satisfyingly challenging, as
does the limited color contrast between background colors and animals on many spreads. Excellent design
allows layout changes to enhance visual interest, with some double-page spreads including both art and
(uncredited) text, and others isolating the text to one page and the art to another, for example. Until the final
spread, which shows animals of varied sizes together, the uniform scale of the individual animals makes the
illustrations seem as though they'd be at home on children's clothing fabrics or nursery decor. That last
spread reveals all the parent-and-baby pairs from prior spreads and gives readers a little, final surprise to
culminate the search-and-find interactivity of the book as a whole.
It won't be difficult at all to find eager readers for this book. (Picture book. 2-4)
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"Teckentrup, Britta: WHERE'S THE BABY?" Kirkus Reviews, 15 Mar. 2018. General OneFile,
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Look at the Weather
Kay Weisman
Booklist.
114.13 (Mar. 1, 2018): p42.
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Look at the Weather. By Britta Teckentrup. Illus. by the author. Tr. by Shelley Tanaka. Apr. 2018.152p.
Owlkids, $19.95 (9781771472869). 551. Gr. 1-4.
Teckentrup offers readers a lyrical introduction to weather, focusing on the sun, rain, ice and snow, and
extreme weather events. Using conversational language that includes questions addressed to the reader, she
touches on many details for each topic. "Extreme Weather," for example, notes climate change and explains
thunderstorms, tropical storms, hail, floods, hurricanes, typhoons, tornadoes, blizzards, drought, and fire.
Each spread contains brief text and a large, frameworthy painting, often rendered in the style of the
impressionists. She makes use of a wide color palette (depending on the mood conveyed), with humans,
animals, and architecture taking a backseat to atmospheric conditions. Sometimes the text draws attention to
a detail in the illustrations, which will assist adults in leading discussions and young readers in focusing on
particular elements of the art. Additionally, flocks of birds appear in each chapter, unifying the presentation.
Appended with a glossary and author's note, this is smoothly translated and makes a perfect introduction for
readers just beginning to notice the world around them.--Kay Weisman
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Edition)
Weisman, Kay. "Look at the Weather." Booklist, 1 Mar. 2018, p. 42. General OneFile,
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Teckentrup, Britta: LOOK AT THE
WEATHER
Kirkus Reviews.
(Feb. 15, 2018):
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Teckentrup, Britta LOOK AT THE WEATHER Owlkids Books (Children's Informational) $19.95 4, 15
ISBN: 978-1-77147-286-9
A visual compendium of weather phenomena offers some scientific explanations along with more personal
reflections.
Teckentrup's handsome full-color, full-page illustrations in a generous trim size offer a range of perspectives
and moods that photographs might be hard-pressed to capture. A conversational, explanatory text supports
the art, briefly describing the science behind rain or sunlight or wind. "We have such a strong connection to
the weather, we can't help but wonder about it." An unseen narrator invites readers to consider their own
experiences with weather: "Have you ever seen a glorious, clear summer sky and wondered why it is so
blue?" The illustrations are divided into four sections: "Sun," "Rain," "Ice and Snow," and "Extreme
Weather." Landscapes and townscapes depicted are in four-season temperate (rather than desert or tropical)
zones. People and animals appear as distant shapes in a very few of the illustrations. The introduction to
extreme weather notes that it "feels like someone turned up the volume on our regular weather,"
acknowledging human activity as the cause of the rapid warming of the planet. Thunderstorms, hail, floods,
hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and droughts are described, and this section ends with a question about the
future. A 27-item glossary and an author's note acknowledging several classical landscape painters
constitute the backmatter.
An immersive, inviting mix of appealing art and information. (Nonfiction. 5-10)
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"Teckentrup, Britta: LOOK AT THE WEATHER." Kirkus Reviews, 15 Feb. 2018. General OneFile,
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Look at the Weather
Publishers Weekly.
265.5 (Jan. 29, 2018): p191.
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Look at the Weather
Britta Teckentrup, trans, from the German by Shelley Tanaka. Owlkids (PGW, dist.), $19.95 (152p) ISBN
978-1-77147-286-9
German author-artist Teckentrup (Oskar and Mo) devotes four chapters of this long-format picture book to
aspects of the weather: "Sun," "Rain," "Ice and Snow," and "Extreme Weather." Brief scientific facts
("When the air cools at night, the water vapor in the ground becomes dew") alternate with lyrical
observations ("The setting sun spreads its golden light over the ground"). The pages offer anywhere from a
single sentence to several short paragraphs opposite evocative, silkscreen-style landscapes and meditative
views of skies brushed with clouds, snowflakes, and driving rain. The images create a sense of grandeur, but
they're not detailed enough to represent cloud types or ice crystals, for example. Those interested in extreme
weather may be disappointed by the calm, impressionistic representations of hurricanes and floods. The
work is strongest when it looks at the way everyday weather makes humans feel and invites readers to
reflect on their experiences. Each section finishes with questions: "Have you ever seen a sunset that seemed
to fill the sky like a blanket of fire?" Climate change is broadly referred to toward the end but is not the
book's main focus. Ages 7-up. (Apr.)
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"Look at the Weather." Publishers Weekly, 29 Jan. 2018, p. 191. General OneFile,
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