Catherine and Laurence Anholt's Big Book of Little Children

Catherine Anholt began as nurse, but decided that she liked art too much not to pursue it. She attended Falmouth School of Art in Cornwall, England, where she met her husband and partner, Laurence Anholt. She earned her Masters Degree at the Royal College of Art in London.

The first books the husband and wife team published were about a small pig called Truffles, in 1983 for their oldest daughter, Claire. Laurence writes all of their books and Catherine has illustrated about half of them. Their work has won many awards, including the Nestlé Smarties Gold Award, the Kids' Club Network Award, the Right Start Toy and Book Award three times, the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award twice, the English Association Four to Eleven Awards twice, the US Children's Media Award and the CCBC Choices 2001 twice. They have over 70 children's titles in print.

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