Jago (illustrator)

Jago

Jago at The Cruel & Curious Sea exhibition 2014
Born (1979-11-12) 12 November 1979
Exeter
Occupation Children's book illustrator
Known for illustrating Jesus Story Book Bible

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 two million copies[1] in 19 languages.[2] In 2015 it was included in the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association (ECPA) Top 100 Best-sellers list.[1]

In September 2014 Jago exhibited commissioned work at The Cruel & Curious Sea exhibition in the National Trust maintained barns of Stowe Barton in North Cornwall.[3]

Awards

Published work

References

  1. 1 2 Berglund, Taylor (2016). "‘Jesus Storybook Bible’ reaches sales milestone". christianretailing.com. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  2. Burns, Jeremy (2013). "'The Jesus Storybook Bible' Tops 1 Million Units Sold - BCNN1". blackchristiannews.com. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. Butler, Jackie (2014). "The Cruel & Curious Sea II weekend art exhibition comes to National Trust cliifftop barns at Stowe Barton near Bude | Western Morning News". westernmorningnews.co.uk. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  4. "The Jesus Storybook Bible". The Jesus Storybook Bible. Retrieved 2011-07-07.
  5. "NAPPA WINNERS 2009: Storytelling & Audio Books - Parenthood.com". parenthood.com. 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  6. "Independent Publisher: THE Voice of the Independent Publishing Industry". independentpublisher.com. 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  7. http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/stba/st_books_all_award_winners.pdf
  8. http://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/external_links/2009_National_Jewish_Book_Awards_PR.pdf
  9. "White Ravens". childrenslibrary.org. 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  10. "UK National Literacy Association WoW! Award Winners". goodreads.com. 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2013.
  11. AOI Images 28 Award Winners
  12. "Mowan and the Moon - Cbeebies on Behance". behance.net. 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  13. "Jago « Children of God". childrenofgodbible.com. 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

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