Church, Caroline Jayne

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Church, Caroline Jayne

Personal

Born in Oxford, England; children: Ian, William. Education: Middlesex Polytechnic (design and illustration).

Addresses

Home and office—Farnham, Surrey, England. Agent—Eunice McMullen Children's Literary Agent, Ltd., Low Ibbotsholme Cottage, Off Bridge Lane, Troutbeck Bridge, Windmere, Cumbria LA23 1HU, England. E-mail—[email protected].

Career

Author and illustrator. Works variously as a greeting-card designer.

Awards, Honors

Kate Greenaway Award nomination, Publishing Design Award, and Stockport Book Award shortlist, all 2002, all for Hungry Hen by Richard Waring; Southampton Favourite Book to Share Award, Southampton Library Services, 2003.

Writings

SELF-ILLUSTRATED

Do Your Ears Hang Low?: A Love Story, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2002.

Farmyard Carousel: A Fold-out Pop-up Farmyard with Play Pieces, Marks & Spencer (Chester, England), 2004.

Pond Goose, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2004.

Ballet School Carousel: A Fold-out Pop-up Ballet School with Play Pieces, Marks & Spencer (Chester, England), 2004.

One Smart Goose, Orchard Books (New York, NY), 2005.

Scruff Sheep, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2006.

Digby Takes Charge, Margaret K. McElderry Books (New York, NY), 2007.

One More Hug, Orchard Books (London, England), 2008.

ILLUSTRATOR

Wendy Hobson, abridger, Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus, P. Bedrick Books (New York, NY), 1989.

Sheila Lavelle, Fish Stew, Paperbird, 1990.

Kate Khadir and Sue Nash, Little Ghost, Barron's (Happauge, NY), 1991.

Alan Gibbons, S.O.S. Save Our Santa, Dent Children's Books (London, England), 1992.

Margaret Ryan, Millie Morgan, Pirate, Walker (London, England), 1992.

Iris Smith, Little Witch, Barron's (Happauge, NY), 1993.

Theodore Clymer, Animal Tales, Ginn (Aylesbury, England), 1993.

Stewart Cowley, From My Window, Reader's Digest Association (Pleasantville, NY), 1994.

Stewart Cowley, What's That Sound?, Reader's Digest Association (Pleasantville, NY), 1994.

Tony Bradman, One Puzzled Parrot, Collins Educational (London, England), 1994.

Stewart Cowley, Getting Dressed, Joshua Morris (Bath, England), 1994.

Stewart Cowley, Yellow Fish, Blue Fish, Joshua Morris (Bath, England), 1994.

Karen Dolby, Chocolate Island, Usborne (London, England), 1994.

Tessa Krailing, Supersnail, Puffin (London, England), 1994.

Stewart Cowley, My Wild Animals, Joshua Morris (Bath, England), 1995.

Stewart Cowley, My Toy Garage, Joshua Morris (Bath, England), 1995.

Stewart Cowley, My Dolls' House, Joshua Morris (Bath, England), 1995.

Stewart Cowley, My Busy Farm, Joshua Morris (Bath, England), 1995.

Karen Dolby, The Usborne Book of Young Puzzle Adventures: Lucy and the Sea Monster, Chocolate Island, Dragon in the Cupboard, Usborne (London, England), 1995.

Julia Eccleshare, Stories to Share, Hodder Children's (London, England), 1996.

Joanne Reay, Hippo Pot and Hippo Tot, Ginn (Aylesbury, England), 1996.

Tim Healey, Real Magic: A First Story about Things That Change, Reader's Digest Children's Books (Bath, England), 1997.

Tim Healey, The Farmyard Band: A First Story about Sound, Reader's Digest Children's Books (Bath, England), 1997.

Alison Prince, Fatso's Rat, Hodder Children's (London, England), 1997.

Alison Prince, Fergus-Fabulous Ferret, Hodder Children's (London, England), 1997.

Karolina Edge, Freddy's Wish, Heinemann Library (Oxford, England), 1998.

Martine Oborne, I Love You More, Tango (London, England), 1998.

Siobhán Brandon, The Bird's Story; The Buffalo's Story, Zero to Ten (Slough, England), 1999.

Siobhán Brandon, The Honey Badger's Story; The Honey Guide's Story, Zero to Ten (Slough, England), 1999.

Gill Davies, Little Ladybird, Reader's Digest Children's Books (Bath, England), 1999.

Linda Jennings, Nine Naughty Kittens, Little Tiger (London, England), 1999.

Miriam Moss, What's That Shape?, Macdonald Young Books (Hove, England), 1999.

Mandy Ross, The Wiggly Worms, Ladybird (London, England), 1999.

Moira Butterfield, Whose Ears?, Ladybird (London, England), 2000.

Moira Butterfield, Whose Bottom?, Ladybird (London, England), 2000.

Richard Waring, Hungry Hen, HarperCollins Publishers (New York, NY), 2001.

Nancy I. Sanders, The Pet I'll Get, Reader's Digest Children's Books (Bath, England), 2001.

Jonathan Emmett, A Turtle in the Toilet: A Pop-up Book, Tiger Tales (Wilton, CT), 2002.

Jonathan Emmett, A Mouse in the Marmalade: A Pop-up Book, Tiger Tales (Wilton, CT), 2002.

Karen Dolby, Lucy and the Sea Monster, Usborne (London, England), 2002.

Kath Smith, Fairies Are Fun, Marks & Spencer (London, England), 2002.

Kath Smith, Princesses Are Pretty, Marks & Spencer (London, England), 2002.

First Prayers, Marks & Spencer (London, England), 2003.

Pippa Goodhart, Pudding, Chicken House (London, England), 2003.

Ian Whybrow, Wobble Bear, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2003.

Ian Whybrow, Wobble Bear Says Yellow, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2003.

Pippa Goodhart, Pudgy: A Puppy to Love, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2003.

Francesca Simon, Hugo and the Bullyfrogs, Gullane Children's (London, England), 2005.

Kath Smith, Mermaids Are Amazing, Marks & Spencer (Chester, England), 2005.

Kath Smith, Ballerinas Are Beautiful, Marks & Spencer (Chester, England), 2005.

Bernadette Rossetti-Shustak, I Love You through and Through, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2005.

Michaela Morgan, Dear Bunny: A Bunny Love Story, Chicken House (Frome, England), 2006.

Laurie Berkner, The Story of My Feelings, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2007.

Sidelights

Award-winning British artist Caroline Jayne Church incorporates bright colors, pleasing shapes, and texture in the majority of her illustrations for children's books. Church's illustration work is inspired by American folk art, which influences the paper cut outs the artist uses to form her collage images. In addition to her work both illustrating and writing children's books, Church has also created a popular line of greeting cards, prints and posters.

Church's self-illustrated One Smart Goose showcases her talent for integrating her paper collage art within an engaging story. The book recounts the tale of a white goose who is outcast by his fellow flock members because of the muddy condition of his feathers. The tidy and well-groomed geese around him eventually come to realize that being unkempt has its benefits: their dirty friend is able to camouflage himself from the hungry wolf who menaces the flock during the summer night. During the winter the clever but dingy goose finally takes a bath, thereby blending with the winter snow to conceal himself from the wolf, but when he suggests to his now-dirty flockmates that they do the same, the silly geese refuse to listen. Ultimately, the wise white goose must use his wits to save his empty-headed friends from the stealthy predator. Booklist reviewer Carolyn Phelan labeled Church's story "clever," and went on to remark that the child-friendly "illustrations are the book's most striking feature." Rachel G. Payne noted in her School Library Journal review that Church's "simple, playful text is full of fun sound effects and repeated phrases," while her textured collages "give the images depth." A Publishers Weekly critic dubbed One Smart Goose an "uplifting outing" that applauds individuality and cleverness.

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Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, January 1, 2002, Hazel Rochman, review of Hungry Hen, p. 868; March 1, 2005, Carolyn Phelan, review of One Smart Goose, p. 1202; February 1, 2006, Karin Snelson, review of Dear Bunny: A Bunny Love Story, p. 44.

Kirkus Reviews, November 1, 2001, review of Hungry Hen, p. 1555; December 1, 2001, review of Do Your Ears Hang Low?, p. 1682; April 1, 2003, review of Pudgy: A Puppy to Love, p. 534; April 1, 2005, review of One Smart Goose, p. 414; January 1, 2006, review of Dear Bunny, p. 44.

Publishers Weekly, December 12, 1994, review of Getting Dressed, p. 63; December 12, 1994, review of Yellow Fish, Blue Fish, p. 63; December 12, 1994, review of What's That Sound?, p. 63; December 12, 1994, review of From My Window, p. 63; December 20, 1999, review of Hugo and the Bully Frogs, p. 79; November 5, 2001, review of The Bird's Story; The Buffalo's Story, p. 70; November 26, 2001, review of Hungry Hen, p. 60; January 21, 2002, review of Do Your Ears Hang Low?, p. 88; December 23, 2003, review of Pudgy, p. 69; April 11, 2005, review of One Smart Goose, p. 54.

School Library Journal, March, 2000, Olga R. Barnes, review of Hugo and the Bully Frogs, p. 212; January, 2002, Mary Elam, review of Hungry Hen, p. 112; February, 2002, Blair Christolon, review of Do Your Ears Hang Low?, p. 118; April, 2003, Sally R. Dow, review of Pudgy, p. 120; February, 2004, Carolyn Janssen, review of Cluck, Cluck Who's There?, p. 118; April, 2005, Martha Topol, review of I Love You through and Through, p. 110; May, 2005, Rachel G. Payne, review of One Smart Goose, p. 79.