Busby, Ailie

Personal

Born in England. Education: Attended Nene College; Cambridge School of Art, degree (illustration and design).

Addresses

Home—England.

Career

Author and illustrator.

Writings

SELF-ILLUSTRATED

Hey, Diddle, Diddle, Barron's Educational Series (Hauppauge, NY), 2000.

Rosie's Zoo, Scholastic (London, England), 2001.

As Big as a Pig, Barron's Educational Series (Hauppauge, NY), 2001.

Christmas Is Coming: Favorite Christmas Rhymes to Read and Sing Again and Again!, Barron's Educational Series (Hauppauge, NY), 2001.

Lulu's Shoes, Walker & Co. (New York, NY), 2008.

ILLUSTRATOR

Francesca Simon, Camels Don't Ski, Levinson Books (London, England), 1998.

Elizabeth Arnold, Thief in the Garden, Mammoth (London, England), 1999.

Fiona Waters, Time for a Rhyme, Orion Children's (London, England), 1999.

Elizabeth Laird, King of the Supermarket, Little Hippo (London, England), 1999.

Elizabeth Arnold, The Triple Trouble Gang, Mammoth (London, England), 2000.

Pippa Goodhart, Kind of Twins, Egmont (London, England), 2001.

Sue Ellis and Myra Barrs, selectors, Don't Hit Your Sister, and Other Family Poems, Walker (London, England), 2001.

Jenny Nimmo, Beak and Whisker, Egmont (London, England), 2002.

Simon Puttock, Who's the Boss, Rhinoceros!, Egmont (London, England), 2002.

Pippa Goodhart, Friends Forever, Egmont (London, England), 2003.

Pat Thomason, Drat That Fat Cat!, Arthur A. Levine Books (New York, NY), 2003.

Ivor Baddiel and Sophie Jubb, Cock-a-Doodle Quack! Quack!, Picture Corgi (London, England), 2006, David Fickling Books (New York, NY), 2007.

J. Patrick Lewis, The Kindergarten Cat, Schwartz & Wade Books (New York, NY), 2009.

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, January 1, 2004, GraceAnne A. DeCandido, review of Drat That Fat Cat!, p. 883.

Horn Book, January-February, 2004, Susan Dove Lempke, review of Drat That Fat Cat!, p. 73.

Kirkus Reviews, November 1, 2003, review of Drat That Fat Cat!, p. 1314.

Publishers Weekly, January 5, 2004, review of Drat That Fat Cat!, p. 59; April 2, 2007, review of Cock-a-Doodle Quack! Quack!, p. 56.

School Library Journal, December, 2003, Blair Christolon, review of Drat That Fat Cat!, p. 128; March, 2007, Rachel G. Payne, review of Cock-a-Doodle Quack! Quack!, p. 150.