Ann Blades

Ann Blades (born November 16, 1947)^[1] is a Canadian illustrator, writer and educator.

She was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. She earned a teaching certificate from the University of British Columbia in 1970. In 1974, she graduated in nursing from the British Columbia Institute of Technology. Blades taught school in a number of isolated communities in British Columbia.^[2][3]

Her first book Mary of Mile 18, published in 1971, received the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Children Award. It was followed by A Boy of Taché in 1973.^[2] Mary of Mile 18 was made into a film by the National Film Board of Canada. Her illustrations were included in an exhibition "Canada at Bologna" at the 1990 Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy.^[3]

Selected works

• The Cottage at Crescent Beach (1977)
• Jacques the Woodcutter (1977) text by Michael Macklem
• A Salmon for Simon (1978) text by Betty Waterton, received the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize
• Six Darn Cows (1980), text by Margaret Laurence
• Anna's Pet (1980) text by Margaret Atwood and Joyce Barkhouse
• Pettranella (1980) text by Betty Waterton
• By the Sea: An Alphabet Book (1985), won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award
• Ida and the Wool Smugglers (1987) text by Sue Ann Alderson
• The Singing Basket (1990) retold by Kit Pearson
• A Ride for Martha (1993) text by Sue Ann Alderson
• A Dog Came Too (1993) text by Ainslee Martin
• Back to the Cabin (1996)
• Pond Seasons (1997) text by Sue Ann Alderson

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References

External links

• Ann Blades at IMDb
• Archives of Ann Blades (Ann Blades fonds, R11708) are held at Library and Archives Canada