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Joan Rankin (September 19, 1927 – March 4, 2014) was a Canadian abstract artist. [1] Rankin was born Joan Melvin Dowswell in Calgary, Alberta, [2] but moved with her family a year later to Regina, Saskatchewan. During her childhood she took a drawing class at Regina College and was a member of her high school camera club; in her grade twelve ...
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Born June 24, 1940, in Johannesburg, South Africa; daughter of Edward Baker (a surgeon) and Ada Lillie (a nurse) Trehair; married Anthony Mottram Rankin (a surgeon), November 25, 1961; children: Nicolette Rojas, Susan, Lorrain. Education: Attended Michaelis Art School, 1957-58. Politics: "Mandela supporter." Hobbies and other interests:Cats, dogs, ...
Artist, children's book author, and illustrator. Puppeteer. Exhibitions: Participant in group exhibitions, including International Exhibitions of Children's Book Illustrations, Sarmede, Italy, 1987-93, 95-96; Twenty-third Exhibition of International Children's Books, Japan, 1988; International Exhibition of Children's Book Illustrations, Catalonia,...
Johannesburg Children's Book Forum, Union Internationale de la Marionette, Johannesburg Spinner and Weavers Guild.
First place, HAUM-Daan Retief competition for children's book illustrations, 1986, for The Far-Away Valley;Katrine Harries Children's Book Illustration Award.
SELF-ILLUSTRATED
Peter's Dulcie Duck, Anansi (Cape Town, South Africa), 1993. The Little Cat and the Greedy Old Woman, Margaret K. McElderry (New York, NY), 1995. Come Quickly,Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1996. Hurry! Hurry!,Human & Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), 1996. Scaredy Cat, Margaret K. McElderry (New York, NY), 1996. Sorry, I Lost the Baby,Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1996. Fat Paws and Pit Wit,Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1996. Wow! It's Great Being a Duck,Margaret K. McE...
ILLUSTRATOR
Moira Thatcher, Tselane,Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1986. M. Margoles and S. Hoffenberg, Mandu and the Forest Guardian,Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1987. Jenny Seed, The Far-Away Valley,translated by H. J. M. Retief, Daan Retief (Pretoria, South Africa), 1987. Teddy Knoetze, The Samurai without a Sword,Daan Retief (Pretoria, South Africa), 1988. P. Grobbelaar, The House with the Seven Doors,Daan Retief (Pretoria, South Africa), 1988. The Twelve Days of Christmas,Daan Retief (...
South African author and illustrator Joan Rankin was born and raised in the city of Johannesburg, where she still lives today. After studying painting, weaving, and pottery in college, she set out to become an illustrator, mostly geared toward adults. In 1986, however, she began illustrating books for children. One of her early works, The Far-Away ...
BOOKS
Rankin, Joan, First Day,Margaret K. McElderry (New York, NY), 2002.
PERIODICALS
Booklist, June 1, 1998, April Judge, review of Wow! It's Great Being a Duck, p. 1781; July, 1999, Shelle Rosenfeld, review of You're Somebody Special, Walliwigs!, p. 1954; September 1, 2001, Susan Dove Lempke, review of Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats, p. 113; June 1, 2002, Hazel Rochman, review of First Day, p. 1743; November 1, 2003, Kay Weisman, review of A Frog in the Bog,p. 508. Books for Keeps, January, 1999, Judith Sharman, review of Scaredy Cat, p. 18; September, 1999, review of...
ONLINE
Children's Literature Research Unit,http://www.childlit.org.za/ (October 1, 2003), biography of Joan Rankin.*
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Joan Rankin has illustrated more than twenty-five books for children. She received the South African HAUM Dann Retief Prize for Children’s Book Illustration in 1986 and the Katrina Harris Award for Children’s Book Illustration in 1991. Books she has illustrated include A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson and Off to First Grade by Louise Borden.
