Simon Bartram

Career

Illustrator and author of children's books. Freelance graphic artist.

Awards, Honors

Mother Goose Award runner up, 1999, for Pinocchio; Kate Greenaway Medal shortlist, 2002, for Man on the Moon: A Day in the Life of Bob.

Writings

Self-Illustrated

• Man on the Moon: A Day in the Life of Bob, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2002.

Illustrator

• Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio, translated and adapted by Jane Fior, Dorling Kindersley (New York, NY), 1999.
• Wolfgang Somary, Night and the Candlemaker, Barefoot Books (Bristol, England), 2000.
• Tim Preston, Pumpkin Moon, Dutton Children's Books (New York, NY), 2001.
• Marcus Sedgwick, A Winter's Tale, Templar Publishing (Dorking, England), 2003, published as A Christmas Wish, Dutton Children's Books (New York, NY), 2003.
• Contributor of illustrations to periodicals, including ES and London Independent on Sunday.

Work in Progress

Dougal, the Deep Sea-Diver, a sequel to Man on the Moon.

Biographical and Critical Sources

Periodicals

• Publishers Weekly, September 23, 2002, review of Man on the Moon: A Day in the Life of Bob, p. 72; September 22, 2003, review of A Christmas Wish, p. 71.
• School Library Journal, January, 2001, Miriam Lang Budin, review of Night and the Candlemaker, p. 108; October, 2002, John Peters, review of Man on the Moon: A Day in the Life of Bob, p. 98.*