Anne of Green Gables Award-winning illustrator by L Montgomery (author) and Lauren Child (illustrator)

Author/Illustrator

Lauren Child

Lauren Child burst on to the children’s books scene in 1999 and has since published many bestselling and award-winning books, including those featuring the hugely popular Charlie and Lola, and the Clarice Bean series. Lauren was born in 1967, and grew up in Marlborough, Wiltshire. After studying Art at Manchester Polytechnic and London Art School, she worked in a variety of jobs, including assistant to Damien Hirst. She also started her own company, ‘Chandeliers for the People’, making exotic lampshades.

Her first children’s book Clarice Bean, That’s Me won a Bronze medal at the Nestle Smarties Book Awards. In 2000, she won the prestigious Kate Greenaway medal for I Will Not Ever, Never Eat a Tomato followed by a second Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 2002 for That Pesky Rat. Clarice Bean became the star of Lauren’s first novel Utterly Me, Clarice Bean in 2002, and went on to appear in two more novels. A television series based on her Charlie and Lola books has also become a huge hit for CBBC.

Lauren Child first introduced the character of Ruby Redfort in her three award-winning, bestselling Clarice Bean novels. Since then she has been inundated with letters from fans asking for the Ruby Redfort books. And it must have worked, because the first two in the series, Ruby Redfort: Look Into My Eyes and Ruby Redfort: Take Your Last Breath have already been published to great critical and commercial success.

Lauren Child’s illustrations contain many different mediums including magazine cuttings, collage, material and photography as well as traditional watercolours. Lauren lives in London, where she works for the Design Agency ‘Big Fish’. In 2008 she was announced as UNESCO’s Artist for Peace and in 2010 she was awarded an MBE for services to literature.

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1. Ravenclawcat
   on 14 August 2017

   Saw this in the library but didn’t get it. Wish i could have now- i will probably see it again! Has anyone else read this book?

2. AngelofDeath
   on 7 March 2014

   A great book. Its touching and heart rending. It tells the story of an orphan who struggles against all odds.

3. heart29
   on 5 March 2014

   A very beautiful, inspirational book. Make sure to check out Charlie and Lola if you liked this ;)

   4out of 5

4. Swiftie-Loves-Cookies
   on 27 October 2013

   Great book. I have read the whole Anne series. Classics are such charming books. Anne is so likeable and I have loved reading about her life.

   5out of 5

5. daisystar
   on 21 August 2013

   Brilliant this book is full of funny bits and sad bits I read 4 times.

   5out of 5

6. ninjastickman
   on 7 March 2013

   Anne of Green Gables is a classic tale of a little girl who is an orphan and then she comes to live with the cuthberts. I would recommend as an age rating for the book 10-14

   5out of 5

7. samcharlie123
   on 5 March 2013

   A great, classic book. Fabulous.

   4out of 5

8. catlover96
   on 4 March 2013

   This book is brilliant! It makes me laugh out loud. Anne is one of my favorite book characters of all – she’s hilarious! The rest of the series is equally wonderful.

9. mrmaja
   on 8 November 2012

   I really want to read this book.

10. silverowl
    on 4 July 2012

    it is great story i espeily love the ilistrations

    1out of 5

11. mutemath4ever
    on 5 March 2012

    This is a classic and no wonder ! It’s a really good book and i really enjoyed reading it. I like Anne, she is funny. Good book ages 11+

12. beauti-111
    on 20 July 2011

    it dont let me read any books not fair add me i no all bout this!!!!!!!!!!plzzz not for me

    lily(lucy)

    2out of 5

13. fizzpop01
    on 3 March 2011

    i want to read this book it looks quite good

14. SmileyFluff
    on 19 April 2010

    I love this book and Anne’s character. She’s determined and nearly always looking on the bright side. She’s got the perfect personality for her flaming red hair!

    5out of 5

15. lotty74
    on 10 June 2009

    this book is great it is about a girl called anne and how they adopted her but it was the wrong person because they wanted a boy and they got a girl. but they kept her and they lived at green gables. she also so made a bosom friend. a bosom friend is a friend that you can do and tell everything with.

    5out of 5

16. bobby98
    on 27 April 2009

    I love this series!! Anne’s bold, friendly tale is very entertaining and i delight in her absent-minded short-comings that are hastily fixed and learned from. Anne is practicly my heroine!!

    5out of 5

17. vjganda05
    on 12 September 2008

    its not for me because i do like it but i mostly like her other books about charlie and lola

    2out of 5