Jago (illustrator)

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Jago (born 12 November 1979) is a children's book illustrator based in Wadebridge, Cornwall, UK. He attended Falmouth College of Art from 2000 - 2003. He has produced digital illustrations for a variety of publishers: Barefoot Books, Oxford University Press, Mantra Lingua and Zondervan.

The Jesus Storybook Bible, written by Sally Lloyd-Jones and illustrated by Jago has sold in excess of 1 million copies in 19 languages[1] and there have been 8 editions including an audio edition read by actor David Suchet [2]

Awards

  • The Jesus Storybook Bible - 2010 ALA Notable Award[3]
  • The Jesus Storybook Bible - 2009 NAPPA Award Winner[4]
  • The Jesus Storybook Bible - Gold Moonbeam Children’s Book Award from Independent Publisher (2007)[5]
  • "Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim" - Sydney Taylor Honour Award for Young Readers[6]
  • "Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim" - National Jewish Book Award for Young Readers[7]
  • Myron's Magic Cow- selected for 2006 White Ravens [8]
  • NLA Wow! Award - 2006 [9]
  • AOI Silver Award - Student Section, AOI Images 28 Annual 2004 [10]
  • Highly Commended Award - The Macmillan Prize for Children's Illustration - 2003
  • Winner of the UK Further Education Funding Council Calendar Prize - 2000

Published work

References

  1. Burns, Jeremy (2013). "'The Jesus Storybook Bible' Tops 1 Million Units Sold - BCNN1". blackchristiannews.com. Retrieved 20 August 2013. 
  2. "Poirot's David Suchet claims Christianity is being marginalised to avoid offending other faiths | Mail Online". dailymail.co.uk. 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2012. 
  3. "The Jesus Storybook Bible". The Jesus Storybook Bible. Retrieved 2011-07-07. 
  4. "NAPPA WINNERS 2009: Storytelling & Audio Books - Parenthood.com". parenthood.com. 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013. 
  5. "Independent Publisher: THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry". independentpublisher.com. 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013. 
  6. http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/stba/st_books_all_award_winners.pdf
  7. http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/external_links/2009_National_Jewish_Book_Awards_PR.pdf
  8. "White Ravens". childrenslibrary.org. 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013. 
  9. "UK National Literacy Association WoW! Award Winners". goodreads.com. 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013. 
  10. AOI Images 28 Award Winners
  11. "Mowan and the Moon - Cbeebies on Behance". behance.net. 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013. 
  12. "Jago « Children of God". childrenofgodbible.com. 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013. 

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