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After graduating University in 2008, Sutton started working professionally as an illustrator, specializing in the illustration of children’s books. She takes inspiration from the work of [[Eric Ravilious]], [[Edward Bawden]], and lithographed children’s books from the United States. She often features objects she has found in museums and antique shops.<ref>https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1242419/pursuing-a-strange-hat-drawing-emily-sutton</ref> |
After graduating University in 2008, Sutton started working professionally as an illustrator, specializing in the illustration of children’s books. She takes inspiration from the work of [[Eric Ravilious]], [[Edward Bawden]], and lithographed children’s books from the United States. She often features objects she has found in museums and antique shops.<ref>https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1242419/pursuing-a-strange-hat-drawing-emily-sutton</ref> |
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Sutton has designed packaging for a number of brands including , [[Charlie Bigham’s]], and [[Fortnum & Mason]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.countryliving.com/uk/create/a64231850/emily-sutton-artist-illustrations/|title=Meet the whimsical illustrator tapping into childhood nostaglia|date=March 21, 2025|website=Country Living}}</ref> |
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In 2014, Sutton had a solo exhibition titled Emily Sutton Town and Country, at [[Yorkshire Sculpture Park]]. The exhibition featured paintings, screen prints, and handmade birds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/an-artist-at-home-1830410|title=An artist at home|date=November 15, 2014|website=Yorkshire Post}}</ref><ref name=”auto1″>{{Cite web|url=https://www.meer.com/en/10668-emily-sutton-town-and-country|title=Emily Sutton. Town and Country|date=August 13, 2014|website=Meer}}</ref> |
In 2014, Sutton had a solo exhibition titled Emily Sutton Town and Country, at [[Yorkshire Sculpture Park]]. The exhibition featured paintings, screen prints, and handmade birds.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/an-artist-at-home-1830410|title=An artist at home|date=November 15, 2014|website=Yorkshire Post}}</ref><ref name=”auto1″>{{Cite web|url=https://www.meer.com/en/10668-emily-sutton-town-and-country|title=Emily Sutton. Town and Country|date=August 13, 2014|website=Meer}}</ref> |
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Emily Sutton is an English illustrator.
Early life and education
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Sutton was born in North Yorkshire.[1] She spent the first four years of her childhood living on her family farm in the Yorkshire Wolds.[2] As a child, she loved picture books, especially those filled with detail like those by Maurice Sendak and Richard Scarry.[3] She studied at the Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2008. She also attended York College and the Rhode Island School of Design.[1][4]
After graduating University in 2008, Sutton started working professionally as an illustrator, specializing in the illustration of children’s books. She takes inspiration from the work of Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, and lithographed children’s books from the United States. She often features objects she has found in museums and antique shops.[5]
Sutton has designed packaging for a number of brands including Bettys and Taylors of Harrogate, Charlie Bigham’s, and Fortnum & Mason.[6]
In 2014, Sutton had a solo exhibition titled Emily Sutton Town and Country, at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. The exhibition featured paintings, screen prints, and handmade birds.[7][8]
As of 2023, Sutton has illustrated over twenty children’s picture books, collaborating with a number of authors including Anne Twist, Nicola Davies, Michael Bond, and Katherine Rundell.[2]
In 2024, Sutton illustrated Shakespeare’s First Folio: All The Plays: A Children’s Edition, an abridged edition of William Shakespeare’s First Folio for children. The book was sponsored by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and written by Anjna Chouhan, a teacher and scholar at the nonprofit.[9]
In 2011, Sutton was awarded the Elle Decoration British Design Award for her Curiosity Shop fabric.[8]
In 2015, the book Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes which Sutton illustrated won an AAAS award for best picture book.[10] That year, the book also was nominated for a CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal.[11]
In 2017, The Times and The Guardian named One Christmas Wish by Katherine Rundell and lllustrated by Sutton as one of the best children’s books of the year. The book tells the story of a boy who is left home alone on Christmas with a babysitter by his parents. After making a wish on a shooting star, the Christmas decorations come to life.[12][13]
In 2021, the National Science Teaching Association named Grow: Secrets of Our DNA one of the Outstanding Science Trade Books of the year.[14]
- Clara Button and the Magical Hat Day (2011)[15]
- Clara Button and the Wedding Day Surprise (2013)
- Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes (2014)[16]
- The Christmas Eve Tree (2015)[17]
- The Tale of the Castle Mice (2016)[18]
- Lots: The Diversity of Life on Earth, published as Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth in the United States (2017)[19]
- One Christmas Wish (2017)[20][21]
- A First Book of the Sea (2018)[22]
- The Ups and Downs of the Castle Mice (2019)[18]
- Ernestine’s Milky Way (2019)[23]
- Grow: Secrets of Our DNA (2020)[24]
- Jumbo: The Most Famous Elephant Who Ever Lived (2020)
- The Season of Giraffes (2022)[25]
- Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper (2022)[26]
- Betty and the Mysterious Visitor (2023)[27]
- Green: The Story of Plant Life on Our Planet (2024)[28]
- The World to Come (2024)[29]
- King Winter’s Birthday (2025)[30]
- Penny and the Little Lost Puppy (2021)[31]
- Emily Sutton’s Toy Shop (2024)
- ^ a b “Emily Sutton at The Scottish Gallery”.
- ^ a b “Illustrator Emily Sutton on her favourite things about Yorkshire”. Great British Life. October 31, 2023.
- ^ “Picture Alphabet Print by Emily Sutton”. Sessions & Co. October 19, 2018.
- ^ https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1242419/pursuing-a-strange-hat-drawing-emily-sutton
- ^ https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1242419/pursuing-a-strange-hat-drawing-emily-sutton
- ^ “Meet the whimsical illustrator tapping into childhood nostaglia”. Country Living. March 21, 2025.
- ^ “An artist at home”. Yorkshire Post. November 15, 2014.
- ^ a b “Emily Sutton. Town and Country”. Meer. August 13, 2014.
- ^ Gurdon, Meghan Cox (April 17, 2024). “Children’s Books: Shakespeare the Storyteller”. The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ “Tiny Creatures”. AAAS/Subaru Prize for Excellence in Science Books.
- ^ “Access Restricted”. www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ Williams, Imogen Russell (December 2, 2017). “The best children’s books of 2017” – via The Guardian.
- ^ O’Connell, Alex (December 2, 2017). “The best children’s books of 2017”. www.thetimes.com.
- ^ “OSTB 2021 | NSTA”. www.nsta.org.
- ^ “CLARA BUTTON AND THE MAGICAL HAT DAY | Kirkus Reviews” – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ^ “The Whole Wide World (Published 2014)”. August 13, 2014.
- ^ “How to draw… a Christmas Eve tree – in pictures”. December 22, 2015 – via The Guardian.
- ^ a b “Michael Bond Castle Mice sequel to be published posthumously”. October 9, 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
- ^ Stevenson, Deborah (December 7, 2017). “Many: The Diversity of Life on Earth by Nicola Davies (review)”. Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. 71 (3): 113–113 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ “ONE CHRISTMAS WISH | Kirkus Reviews” – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ^ https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781481491617
- ^ “A FIRST BOOK OF THE SEA | Kirkus Reviews” – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ^ http://www.publishersweekly.com/9781524714840
- ^ http://www.publishersweekly.com/9781536212723
- ^ https://www.proquest.com/openview/21193c43589ace605b2821b7d5eb3c43/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=296199
- ^ “Light Hearted ep 188 – Anna Crowley Redding, “Courage Like Kate” – U.S. Lighthouse Society News”. August 27, 2022.
- ^ “BETTY AND THE MYSTERIOUS VISITOR | Kirkus Reviews” – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ^ Quealy-Gainer, Kate (December 7, 2024). “Green: The Story of Plant Life on Our Planet by Nicola Davies (review)”. Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books. 77 (5): 173–173 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ http://www.publishersweekly.com/9781917044257
- ^ “KING WINTER’S BIRTHDAY | Kirkus Reviews” – via www.kirkusreviews.com.
- ^ https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/penny-and-the-little-lost-puppy-by-emily-sutton-review-skcbp0fkf?
