Babette Cole

Babette Cole ( born September 10, 1949 at Jersey, UK) is a British children's book author and illustrator

After studying art in Kent at Canterbury College of Art, she worked from 1973 at the BBC. They recorded for several series in the children's television program. Her first book she published in 1976. Unlike other picture book illustrators she writes her stories themselves

Cole treated in their storybooks issues such as education, divorce, fears, and even the meaning of life in a child-friendly and humorous manner, often with crazy -looking images and text. Her illustrations are characterized by restrained color and wit. So far, more than seventy books have been published about her.

Works (selection)

• Mami has laid an egg. ( Original title: Mummy laid an egg ). 3rd edition, Sauerland. Aarau 1995, ISBN 3-7941-3638-1
• We share everything! (Original title: Two of everything ). Sauerland, Aarau 1998, ISBN 3-7941-4324-8
• Why, what sprouts there? Hairy truths over the wholesale and Greater Will ( Original Title: Hair in funny places ). Sauerland, Aarau 2000, ISBN 3-7941-4626-3
• True Love. ( Original title: True Love ). Gerstenberg, Hamburg, 2001, ISBN 3-8067-4944-2
• Lady Lupines etiquette book. ( Original title: Lady Lupin 's book of etiquette ). Gerstenberg, Hamburg, 2002, ISBN 3-8067-4965-5
• I 'm so afraid of animals. ( Original title: Animals scare me stiff ). Gerstenberg, Hamburg, 2003, ISBN 3-8067-4925-6
• What mom never speaks. ( Original title: Mummy never told me). Gerstenberg, Hamburg, 2003, ISBN 3-8067-4994-9
• Handbook for brats owner (or how children work). ( Original title: The sprog owner's manual). Gerstenberg, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 3-8067-5049-1
• Princess Smartypants. ( Original title: Princess Smartypants ) Var. Neuflage, Carlsen, Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-551-51653-7
• That's why! ( Original Title: That's why). Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 2006, ISBN 978-3-8067-5138-3