Illustrator Īfter graduating she became an illustrator for children's bibles and a series of collections of prayers and graces. On leaving school, she studied illustration at St Martin's in London. Educated at Loughton High School, after an accident when she was thirteen resulting in a detached retina, she was unable to take part in PE or games at school and instead developed her talent for drawing and art. She was the daughter of John and Ivy Gaze who ran a family-owned department store in the town. Jill Barklem was born as Gillian Gaze in Epping on. Her most famous work is the Brambly Hedge series, published from 1980. Several activity and "Toy and Moveable" books, such as "Primrose's Adventure (Brambly Hedge Sliding Pictures)" & Wilfreds Birthday Sliding Pictures some board books, such as "House for a Mouse", "Nice for Mice", "The Snow Ball" and (probably) Poppy and Dusty's Wedding.Jill Barklem (born Gillian Gaze – 15 November 2017) was a British writer and illustrator of children's books.
"Baby Mice in Brambly Hedge" (1999) is a joint publication version of Summer Story and Poppie's Babies."Outings for the Mice of Brambly Hedge" (1999) is a joint publication version of Spring Story and The High Hills."The Mice of Brambly Hedge Celebrate" (1998) is a joint publication version of Winter Story and Secret Staircase."Adventures of the Mice of Brambly Hedge" (1998) is a joint publication version of Autumn Story and Sea Story."Tales from Brambly Hedge" (1997) contains the other 4 original titles: Staircase, Sea, Hills & Babies."Four Seasons of Brambly Hedge" (1986) contains the 4 seasonal titles and a 20-page "conversation" with the author about the origins and developments of the stories.Her interest in natural history and her curiosity about traditional rural customs and crafts have spilled over into these chronicles of hedgerow life.īarklem is married and lives with her husband and her two children, Elizabeth and Peter, in a house near Epping Forest. She spent five years on research before she started to write her first stories about the mice of Brambly Hedge. Barklem is a full-time illustrator, working on the expanding series of books about the mice of Brambly Hedge. After an accident when she was thirteen, she was unable to take part in PE or games at school and instead developed her talent for drawing and art.
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