Scot Ritchie
Scot Ritchie is a Canadian author and illustrator. He specializes in children's literature and has over 65 books published. He also illustrates for the advertising, editorial and educational markets. His work can be found in publications including Wall St. Journal, ''Newsweek, Chicago Tribune, and New York Magazine.'' His books have been translated into many languages including Korean, Chinese, Dutch, French, Arabic, Russian and Polish.
Biography
Ritchie was born September 12, 1954, in Vancouver to Ross Brian and Geraldine Ritchie.He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia in 1974.
Awards and honours
- Skipping Stones Honour List, Skipping Stones Magazine, Winner 2021
- Best Books for Kids + Teens, Starred Selection, Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner 2019
- Best Children's Books of the Year, Bank Street College, Listed 2018
- Best Books for Kids and Teens, The Canadian Children's Book Centre, Winner 2018
- Winner: BC Kids Summer Reading Club Illustrator of the Year, 2009
- Canadian Children's Book Centre Giveaway Book of the Year, 2009
- Shortlisted: Cybil Award Nonfiction Picture Books, 2007
- Nominated: Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award, 2007
- Winner: Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada, 1984
- Finalist: Canadian Toy Testing Council "Great Books for Children," 2001
- Winner: "Parents' Guide to Children's Media Award," 2000
Selected publications
Children's non-fiction, author & illustrator
Tug: A Log Boom's Journey See Where We Come From! A First Book of Family Heritage Lilliana and the Frogs Follow Your Breath! A First Book of Mindfulness Owen at the Park My House is Alive! Federica P'esk'a and the First Salmon Ceremony See How We Move! A First Book of Health and Well Being See What We Eat! A First Book of Healthy Eating Look Where We Live! A First Book of Community Building Look at That Building! A First Book of Structures Follow That Map! A First Book of Mapping Skills Everything Kids' Spies Puzzle & Activity Book Everything Kids' Dragons Puzzle and Activity Book Everything Kids' Connect-the-Dots and Puzzle Book Crazy Mazey Houses- ''Up, Up, and Away: A Round-the-World Puzzle Adventure''
Children's illustrator
If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It by Colleen Nelson and Kathie MacIsaac Dinos Driving by Lynn Leitch On the Line by Kari-Lynn Winters There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Moose by Chrissy Bozik How? The Most Awesome Question and Answer Book About Nature, Animals, People, Places - and You! by Catherine Ripley What Milly Did by Elise Moser Let's Go: The Story of Getting from Here to There, by L. Flatt- aRHYTHMetic: A book and a half of poetry about math, by K. Winters, T. Stone, and L. Sherritt-Fleming Why?: The Best Ever Question and Answer Book About Nature, Science, and the World Around You, by C. Ripley My Class and Me: Kindergarten Memory Scrapbook, by M. Leatherdale My Grandmother and Me Memory Scrapbook, by J. Drake, A. Love Hockey, by L. Wark The Bears We Know, by Brenda Silsbe My Father and Me Memory Scrapbook, by J. Drake, A. Love
Anthology contributions, illustrator
- "Rhyme or Reason" by K. Winters, in ''World of Stories''