Scot Ritchie

Scot Ritchie is a Canadian author and illustrator. He specializes in children's literature and has published in advertising, editorial, map, and educational material. His work can be found in publications including Wall St. Journal, Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, New York Magazine, and Readers Digest. His 40+ children's books have been translated into Korean, Dutch, French and Polish.

Awards

• Winner: BC Kids Summer Reading Club Illustrator of the Year, 2009^[1]
• Canadian Children's Book Centre Giveaway Book of the Year, 2009 (for Let's Go! The Story of Getting from There to Here)
• Shortlisted: Cybil Award Nonfiction Picture Books, 2007^[2] (for Let's Go!)
• Nominated: Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, 2007 (for Let's Go!)^[3]
• Winner: Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, 1984 (for Dinner at Auntie Rose’s)^[4]
• Finalist: Canadian Toy Testing Council "Great Books for Children," 2001 (for Why? The best ever question and answer book about science, nature and the world around you)^[5]
• Winner: "Parents' Guide to Children's Media Award," 2000 (for My Baby Brother and Me and My Baby Sister and Me)^[6]

Children's non-fiction, author & illustrator

• Follow That Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills (Kids Can Press, 2009)
• Everything Kids' Spies Puzzle & Activity Book (Adams Media, 2008)
• Everything Kids' Dragons Puzzle and Activity Book (Adams Media, 2008)
• Everything Kids' Connect-the-Dots and Puzzle Book (Adams Media, 2008)
• Crazy Mazey Houses (Little Hare Books, 2008)
• Up, Up, and Away: A Round-the-World Puzzle Adventure (Maple Tree Press, 2006)

Children's non-fiction, illustrator

• Let's Go: The Story of Getting from Here to There, by L. Flatt (Maple Tree Press, 2007)
• aRHYTHMetic: A book and a half of poetry about math, by K. Winters, T. Stone, and L. Sherritt-Fleming (Gumboot Books, 2009)
• Why?: The Best Ever Question and Answer Book About Nature, Science, and the World Around You, by C. Ripley (Maple Tree Press, 2004)
• My Class and Me: Kindergarten Memory Scrapbook, by M. Leatherdale (Kids Can Press, 2003)
• My Grandmother and Me Memory Scrapbook, by J. Drake, A. Love (Kids Can Press, 1999)
• Hockey (Basics for Beginners), by L. Wark (Kids Can Press, 1994)
• The Bears We Know, by Brenda Silsbe (Annikins, 1989)
• My Father and Me Memory Scrapbook, by J. Drake, A. Love (Kids Can Press, 2000)

Anthology contributions, illustrator

• "Rhyme or Reason" by K. Winters, in World of Stories (Gumboot Books, 2008)

Children's fiction, illustrator

• "The Mightiest of All," by K. Winters, in Know Magazine (January, 2008)

External links

• Scot Ritchie's personal website

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