Kerry Argent

Kerry Argent (born 1960) is an Australian illustrator of children's books.

Kerry Argent
Born1960 (age 59–60)
Angaston
NationalityAustralian

Life

Argent was born in Angaston in South Australia.[1] She came to notice when she was part of the new wave of children's books published when Bob Hawke was the Prime Minister.[2] After studying commercial art at TAFE, Argent went on to study graphic design at the South Australian School of Design.[1] As part of her graduate course she illustrated a counting book written by her partner, artist and author Rod Trinca, called One Woolly Wombat. This book inspired a revival of Australian children's picture book literature and helped provide the publisher Omnibus Books with the finance needed to publish its second book: Possum Magic by Mem Fox. One Woolly Wombat has been the recipient of both international and national awards and was selected as the "Best Children's Book" in 1985, when it won a Whitley Award by the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales.[3] It is now considered a modern-day classic of Australian children's literature. It continues to sell, 35 years after its first release.

Argent has illustrated several books by Australian children's writers Mem Fox, Thelma Catterwell and Margaret Wild. Her illustrations for Sofie Laguna's Too Loud Lily gained the Children's Book Council of Australia's Book of the Year award for early childhood in 2003.[3]

Works
YearTitleAuthor
1982One Woolly WombatRod Trinca[1]
1985Sebastian Lives in a HatThelma Catterwell[1][3]
1985A Bush BirthdayEleanor Nilsson[1]
1987Derek the DinosaurMary Blackwood
1991Thank you, SantaMargaret Wild[1]
1995Gotcha!Gail Jorgensen[1]
1995Wombat DivineMem Fox
1999Sleepy BearsMem Fox
2000Nighty NightMargaret Wild
2002Too Loud LilySofie Laguna
2007Ruby RoarsMargaret Wild

References
  1. Scobie, Susan, ed. (1997). The Dromkeen Book of Australian Children's Illustrators. Scholastic Australia. pp. 18–20. ISBN 1863886958.
  2. Sheahan-Bright, edited by Craig Munro & Robyn (2006). Paper empires : a history of the book in Australia 1946–2005 ([Online-Ausg.]. ed.). St Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press. p. 300. ISBN 0702235733. Retrieved 7 November 2014.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  3. Kerry Argent, Scholastic.com, retrieved 9 November 2014


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