Rebecca "Becca" Green is an American illustrator, author, and painter who is known for children's books.[1]
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| Born | Rebecca Green January 30, 1986 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.F. A., Kendall College of Art and Design, 2010 |
| Known for | Children's book illustrations |
Biography
Rebecca Green was born in Owosso, Michigan. She has also lived in Osaka, Nashville, Phoenix, and Denver.[2][3][4] She graduated from Kendall College of Art and Design with a bachelor of fine arts in illustration in 2010.[5]
Career
Green was named 21 of 100 creative forces in Phoenix in the Phoenix New Times.[6]
She has illustrated more than one dozen books written by other authors. She has written and illustrated one book, How to Make Friends with a Ghost (Tundra Books, 2017),[7] which the Jim Henson Company began developing for a series in 2021.[1]
Green is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.[8]
Critical reception
Publishers Weekly wrote of Green's illustrations in Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet (Kids Can Press, 2018): "The stylized colored-pencil illustrations from Green offer realistic scenes of Bangladeshi village life in muted hues and portray the closeness of Iqbal’s family"; Kirkus Reviews wrote, "Green's illustrations are earthy and colorful and perfectly capture the soul of the story".[9]
Publishers Weekly called her illustrations in A Year with Mama Earth (Eerdmans, 2019) as "stylized, textural".[10] Kirkus Reviews noted her work in Becoming a Good Creature (HMH Books, 2020) was "visually pleasing illustrations... rendered in a warm, earth-hued palette, and they have an uncomplicated design that effectively complements the story’s wise, authentic narrative".[11]
Kirkus Reviews said Green's work in Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer (Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2020) was "muted, stylized".[12] About the same book, Publishers Weekly said, "mixed media illustrations by Green in dusky pastels provide period atmosphere with fancy costumes, dramatic lighting, and figures that look just a bit like marionettes".[13]
The woodcut and German expressionistic appearance of the illustrations in Kafka and the Doll (Viking, 2021) made an impression on one reviewer.[14] A starred review by Booklist noted, "Green tops off her muted scenes of button-eyed figures in, alternately, autumnal and far-flung settings."[15]
In a starred review for A Bear Far from Home (Anne Schwartz/Random, 2022), Booklist wrote, "Green’s marvelous folk-style illustrations take their cues from medieval artwork, framing scenes with thick, gold borders and flowery flourishes".[16] In another review, her work was noted for "presenting varied human skin tones throughout"; the review continues, "Green’s stylized gouache and pencil renderings complement through their use of ornate, medieval-inspired borders and floral flourishes".[17]
Kirkus Reviews said Green's work in Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers: A Story Inspired by Loujain Alhathloul (minedition, 2022) was "beautifully representational".[18]
Kirkus Reviews commented that her first book as both writer and illustrator, How to Make Friends with a Ghost (Tundra Books, 2017), had "a sophisticated, rather adult aesthetic."[7]
Selected works
As illustrator
- The Great Hibernation. Written by Tara Dairman. Wendy Lamb/Random, 2017.[19][20]
- The Unicorn in the Barn. Written by Jacqueline Ogburn. HMH Books, 2017.[21][22]
- The Glass Town Game. Written by Catherynne M. Valente. McElderry, 2017.[23][24][25]
- From Far Away. Written by Robert Munsch & Saoussan Askar. Annick Press, 2017.[26]
- How to Be a Good Creature: A Memoir in Thirteen Animals. Written by Sy Montgomery. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018.[27][28]
- Iqbal and His Ingenious Idea: How a Science Project Helps One Family and the Planet. Written by Elizabeth Suneby. Kids Can Press, 2018.[9][29][30][31]
- A Year with Mama Earth. Written by Rebecca Grabill. Eerdmans, 2019.[32][10][33]
- Becoming a Good Creature. Written by Sy Montgomery. HMH Books, 2020.[11]
- Madame Saqui: Revolutionary Rope Dancer. Written by Lisa Robinson. Schwartz & Wade/Random, 2020.[12][13][34]
- Kafka and the Doll. Written by Larissa Theule. Viking, 2021.[14][15]
- A Bear Far from Home. Written by Susan Fletcher. Anne Schwartz/Random, 2022.[35][17][16][36]
- Loujain Dreams of Sunflowers: A Story Inspired by Loujain Alhathloul. Written by Lina Alhathloul and Uma Mishra-Newbery. minedition, 2022.[18][37]
As writer and illustrator
References
External links
- Official website
- Rebecca Green on Goodreads
- Rebecca Green on the School of Visual Storytelling Podcast