Molly Idle
Molly Schaar Idle is an American children's book illustrator, author and animator. In 2014, she was awarded a Caldecott Honor for her picture book .[1]
Life and career[]
Molly Idle was born in Los Angeles, California and moved with her family to Tempe, Arizona when she was six years old.[2] She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Arizona State University.[3] After college, she began her career as an animator for DreamWorks, working as an inbetweener and [4][5] for five years. She worked on the films The Road to El Dorado, Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron and Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas.[6] She also was an animation artist for PBS Kids.[3] She left DreamWorks after the studio transitioned to computer animation.[7]
Idle's illustrated book, Emma's Gift, was published in 2003. Between 2004 and 2007, her self-illustrated books were published as part of the In God We Trust series of fiction.[3]
Idle began a wordless picture book series, starting with the publishing of her book Flora and the Flamingo in 2013. The book received a Caldecott Honor in 2014.[3]
Her drawing technique uses a layering of color pencil drawings.[4]
Selected works[]
- Zombelina (2013), illustrator[8]
- Rodeo Red (2015), illustrator; written by Maripat Perkins[9]
- Coral (2020)
Flora series[]
- Flora and the Flamingo (2013)
- Flora and the Penguin (2014)
- Flora and the Peacocks (2016)
- Flora and the Ostrich: An Opposites Book (2017)
- Flora and the Chicks: A Counting Book (2017)[3]
Rex series[]
- Tea Rex (2013)
- Camp Rex (2014)
- Sea Rex (2015)
- Santa Rex (2017)
- Pearl (2018)[3]
References[]
- ^ Saxon, Antonia (9 September 2014). "Q & A with Molly Idle". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ Morrison, Kara (12 April 2015). "Local Caldecott-winning author shares favorite books". Arizona Republic. pp. 9D. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Stock, Jennifer, ed. (2018). "Molly Idle". Something About the Author. 326. Gale. pp. 107–110. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ a b Manley, Janet (18 May 2020). "Author-Illustrator Molly Idle On How Having Children Changes The Way You Read". Romper. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
- ^ Bird, Betsey (May–June 2015). "Apples to elephants: artists in animation". The Horn Book Magazine. Vol. 91 no. 3. p. 34. Retrieved 13 February 2021.CS1 maint: date format (link)
- ^ Willett, Johanna (13 March 2014). "Success hinges on spirit of story: Movies to Books". Arizona Daily Star. pp. E014. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ Náñez, Dianna M. (19 September 2009). "Author/illustrator finds joy of motherhood/art career". Arizona Republic. p. 8. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
- ^ "Zombelina | From the Zombelina series". Kirkus Reviews. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ Russo, Maria (12 March 2015). "Here Comes Trouble". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- American animators
- American children's book illustrators
- American writers
- American women children's writers
- American women illustrators