Howarth, Daniel

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Howarth, Daniel

Personal

Children: two. Education: Bristol University, B.A. (graphic design; with honors), 1994. Hobbies and other interests: Surfing, camping.

Addresses

Home and office—Devon, England.

Career

Illustrator. Worked previously at King Rollo Animation.

Writings

A Treasury for Five Year Olds: A Collection of Stories, Fairytales, and Nursery Rhymes, Marks & Spencer (London, England), 2001.

Keith Faulkner, Guess Who? At the Zoo, Barrons (Hauppauge, NY), 2002.

Emma Fischel, Land of the Lost Teddies, Usborne (London, England), 2002.

David Bedford, What Are You Doing in My Bed?, Little Tiger (London, England), 2003.

M. Christina Butler, Who's Been Eating My Porridge?, Tiger Tales (Wilton, CT), 2004.

The Chicken Who Saved Christmas, Sterling Publishing Company (New York, NY), 2004.

Sarah Nash, The Cuddliest Cuddle in the World, Gullane Children's (London, England), 2005.

Gillian Lobel, Bertie Bunny's Big Adventure, Igloo (Kettering, England), 2005.

Claire Freedman, The Busy Busy Day, Little Tiger (London, England), 2005.

M. Christina Butler, Why I Love My Daddy, HarperCollins (London, England), 2006.

Jonathan Emmett, I Love You Always and Forever, Scholastic (New York, NY), 2007.

Sarah Nash, The Snuggliest Snuggle in the World, Gingham Dog Press (Columbus, OH), 2007.

Gillian Lobel, For Everyone to Share, Good Books (Intercourse, PA), 2008.

Sidelights

British-born illustrator Daniel Howarth cultivated his skills as an artist at the University of Bristol. After graduating, Howarth went to work for King Rollo Animation, where he contributed to popular children's cartoon series such as Spot and Maisy. His animation work has also been presented on The Bedtime Hour, a children's television series broadcast in England. As a freelance illustrator, Howarth has created artwork for several children's books, among them Christina M. Butler's Who's Been Eating My Porridge? and Jonathan Emmett's I Love You Always and Forever.

Critics consistently characterize Howarth's book illustrations as gentle and often cite the artist's ability to incorporate realistic details within his images. In School Library Journal Andrea Tarr wrote that Howarth's illustrations for Who's Been Eating My Porridge?—a story of a little bear who is reluctant to eat his breakfast—" are gentle and sweet." Likewise, a Kirkus Reviews critic, reviewing the same title, remarked that Howarth's "sweet illustrations rendered in earthy tones depict" a little bear's attempt to solve a riddle posed by its mother. In I Love You Always and Forever a father reassures his downcast daughter that one day she will be able to do all the things he can do as an adult. Howarth's illustrations for Emmett's story are large in scale and capture the expressiveness of each character, a Kirkus Reviews contributor observed. The same critic went on to note that, in his picture-book illustrations, Howarth "achieves the ideal balance between cuteness and realistic detail."

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Kirkus Reviews, August 1, 2004, review of Who's Been Eating My Porridge?, p. 738; December 1, 2006, review of I Love You Always and Forever, p. 1219.

Publishers Weekly, June 30, 2003, "A Moveable Feast for Preschoolers," p. 82.

School Librarian, summer, 2004, Peter Andrews, review of Who's Been Eating My Porridge?, p. 73.

School Library Journal, January, 2005, Andrea Tarr, review of Who's Been Eating My Porridge?, p. 88; April, 2007, Linda Staskus, review of I Love You Always and Forever, p. 98.