Ruth Paul
Paul in 2015
Paul in 2015
Born1964 (age 58–59)
OccupationWriter, illustrator
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's, picture books
Website
ruthpaul.co.nz

Ruth Paul (born 1964) is a children's picture book author and illustrator from Wellington, New Zealand.[1]

Paul completed a Bachelor of Arts at Victoria University of Wellington, and a Diploma of Visual Communication Design at Wellington Polytechnic (Massey University, Wellington). In 2004 Scholastic NZ published The Animal Undie Ball, her first publication as author and illustrator. Her books have since been translated into many languages. In 2019 she received the NZ Arts Foundation Malinson Rendel Laureate Award for Illustration.

Books

  • 2004 – The Animal Undie Ball[2]
  • 2005 – The Little White Lie
  • 2007 – The King's Bubbles
  • 2008 – Superpotamus
  • 2010 – Two Little Pirates
  • 2011 – Stomp!
  • 2012 – Hedgehog's Magic Tricks
  • 2013 – Red Panda's Toffee Apples
  • 2013 – Bad Dog Flash[3]
  • 2013 – My Dinosaur Dad
  • 2014 – Rabbit's Hide and Seek
  • 2014 – Go Home Flash
  • 2015 – Bye-Bye Grumpy Fly
  • 2015 – What's The Time Dinosaur?
  • 2016 – My Meerkat Mum
  • 2017 – I Am Jellyfish[4]
  • 2018 — Mini Whinny Happy Birthday to Me author Stacy Gregg
  • 2018 — Little Hector and the Big Blue Whale[5]
  • 2019 — Mini Whinny Goody Four Shoes author Stacy Gregg
  • 2019 — Little Hector and the Big Idea[6]
  • 2019 — Mini Whinny Bad Day at the Ok Corral author Stacy Gregg
  • 2020 — Cookie Boo[7]
  • 2020 — Little Hector Meets Mini Maui[8]
  • 2021 — Mini Whinny No Place Like Home author Stacy Gregg
  • 2022 — Lion Guards the Cake

Awards

  • 2005 – Aim Children's Book Awards 2005, Honour Award for Tom's Story ill. Ruth Paul, written by Mandy Hager
  • 2008 – NZ Post Children's Book Awards, Children's Choice Award for The King's Bubbles[9]
  • 2008 – BPANZ Children's Book Design Award, Winner for The King's Bubbles
  • 2011 – Storylines Notable Books listing for Two Little Pirates[10]
  • 2012 – Storylines Notable Books listing for Stomp!
  • 2012 – New Zealand Post Children's Book Awards, finalist for Stomp!
  • 2013 – Storylines Notable Books listing for Bad Dog Flash
  • 2018 – New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, Picture Book award for I am Jellyfish[11]
  • 2018 — Storylines Notable Books Listing for I Am Jellyfish
  • 2018 — Storylines Notable Books Listing for Mini Whinny Happy Birthday to Me author Stacy Gregg
  • 2019 — NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, finalist for Mini Whinny Happy Birthday to Me author Stacy Gregg
  • 2019 — NZ Arts Foundation, Mallinson Rendel Laureate Award
  • 2020 — NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, finalist for Mini Whinny Goody Four Shoes author Stacy Gregg

References

  1. ↑ "New Zealand Book Council". bookcouncil.org.nz. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Scholastic NZ 2004
  3. ↑ Scholastic NZ 2013
  4. ↑ Penguin Random House 2017
  5. ↑ Penguin Random House 2018
  6. ↑ Penguin Random House 2019
  7. ↑ Harper Collins 2020
  8. ↑ Penguin Random House 2020
  9. ↑ National Library of New Zealand
  10. ↑ Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust http://www.storylines.org.nz/Awards/Notable+Books+Awards.html#Lists Archived 26 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "Past Winners – 2018". New Zealand Book Awards Trust. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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