Emily Bolam
Author of Colors
About the Author
Series
Works by Emily Bolam
Boo Boo Baby and the Giraffe 1 copy
Patterns 1 copy
Associated Works
The Princess and the Pea (Penguin Young Readers, Level 2) (1996) — Illustrator — 135 copies, 2 reviews
This Little Egg Went to Market (Lift-the-Flap, Puffin) (2003) — Illustrator, some editions — 18 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Bolam, Emily
- Birthdate
- 1969
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- UK
- Birthplace
- Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Brighton, England, UK - Education
- Amersham College
Brighton College of Art - Occupations
- Children's Author
Book Illustrator - Short biography
- Emily Bolam is a British children's author and illustrator. She was born in Buckinghamshire in 1969. She studied at Amersham College and Brighton College of Art under the tutelage of well known illustrators John Vernon Lord and Chris McEwan. Her first idea for a children's book began as a college project and was published upon her graduation.
Since then, Emily has illustrated over a hundred books for children, by many different authors, including Georgie Adams, Vivian French and Francesca Simon. She has worked with publishers such as Penguin, Macmillan, Orchard Books and Orion amongst many others.
She continues to live and work in Brighton where she shares her studio with other artists and illustrators.
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Reviews
Emily Bolam offers little rebuses to help readers remember all the words to the traditional Christmas song, but I have to admit that I still stumbled. Damn those pipers! And I mean, c'mon, half of the rebuses are just birds. I still had fun singing along though, even when I went awry.
I liked the colorful pictures and the stimulating textures caused by the raising of the page surface. I was less impressed by the lack of words on each page -- only 1 word, the animal's sound, was on each page. However, we made up for that by using the textures as a starting point for discussion, whether related to the sound the animal makes or something else related to the animal.
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My 2 year old liked the book when he read it with me, but he LOVED the book when he "read" it with my 4 year old. My 4-year-old turned the pages, said the name of the animal (he can't read yet), and had my 2-year-old repeating the name of the animal. This was a book we shared and they shared lots of times.
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Statistics
- Works
- 75
- Also by
- 65
- Members
- 562
- Popularity
- #44,484
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 8
- ISBNs
- 137
- Languages
- 8
Premise/plot: Busy Nativity is an interactive board book to share with little ones. There are elements to push, pull, or slide on each spread. The story itself is the nativity story told in rhyme. The story is simple, short, yet satisfying enough.
My thoughts: I enjoyed the elements in this one. They add a bit of fun. Does the nativity story need extras to make it fun? No. Not really. But the elements are harmless fun. Animals that appear, for example. In one scene (the one about the stable), little ones can watch sheep pop up and down in the scene. The peek-a-boo sheep are harmless enough and just delightful. Perhaps it would be a different story if it was Santa popping up in the manger scene. In another scene, little ones can rock baby Jesus to sleep.
I liked this one. Definitely recommended reading for this age group during the holidays.… (more)