Name Shirley Barber | Role Author | |
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Books Tale of Martha B. Rabbit, Cottage Flowers Jigsaw Book Movies Fairies: Music and Stories from Fairyland, Fairies: The Seventh Unicorn and Other Stories | ||
For my friend shirley barber
Shirley Barber (born 23 June 1935) is an English children's author and illustrator, long resident in Australia.
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Her early childhood was spent in Guernsey (Channel Islands). She had no formal art school training, but learnt designing at a textile and wallpaper studio in London.
She emigrated to Australia in 1965, and worked for a time for Oxford University Press in Melbourne, Victoria. She currently lives in Watsonia, a suburb of Melbourne, with her son and his family. She has been married twice; her second husband Keith Barber died in 2000.
She has written many picture books and fairy-themed colouring books, calendars and diaries, which have sold over 10 million copies as at 2008. Most of Barber's books feature fairies and animals. Her books are mainly set in picturesque woods. Her books have been published in 18 languages.
