directory of children's illustration

Contact Information

First Name

Christy

Last Name

Hale

Street Address

261 Rinconada Avenue

City

Palo Alto

State

CA

Country

United States

Artist Representative

Christina A Tugeau

personal web address

http://www.christyhale.com

Artist Representative Web Address

http://www.catugeau.com

type of art work

watercolor, gouache, collage, mixed media, linoleum cut, digital, pen and ink

Published Works

The Complete Poems to Solve by May Swensen, Macmillan, 1993, Juan Bobo and the Pig: A Puerto Rican Folktale Retold by Felix Pitre, Lodestar Books, 1993, The Ancestor Tree by T. Obinkaram Echewa, Lodestar Books, 1994, Paco and the Witch by Felix Pitre, Lodestar Books, 1995, Those Calculating Crows! by Ali Wakefield, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1996, Elizabeti’s Doll by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, Lee & Low Books, 1998, Billy and Emma by Alice Mead, Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2000, Mama Elizabeti by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, Lee & Low Books, 2000, Who’s In The Hall? A Mystery in Four Chapters by Betsy Hearne, Greenwillow Books, 2000, A Safe Place Called Home by Eileen Spinelli, Marshall Cavendish, fall 2001, Elizabeti’s School by Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen, Lee & Low Books, fall 2002, An Illustrated Treasury of African American Read-Aloud Stories, Black Dog & Leventhal, 2003, It Rained All Day that Night: Autographs, Rhymes & Inscriptions compiled by Lillian Morrison, August House Publishers, 2003, You’re Not My Real Mother! by Molly Friedrich, Little, Brown & Company, 2004, Sky Dancers by Connie Ann Kirk, Lee & Low Books, 2004, In the Kitchen with Grandma, by Inez Ferrari, Sixth&Spring Books, 2005, Guess Again!: Riddle Poems by Lillian Morrison, August House, 2006

Bio

Christy Hale holds a B.A. in fine arts and M.A.T. in education from Lewis & Clark College, as well as a B.F.A. in illustration and graphic design from Pratt Institute. After many years working as a designer and art director in children’s book publishing, she now works as a freelancer to pursue illustration and writing. Christy lives in Northern California with her husband and daughter.

Christy has illustrated numerous award-winning trade titles, Web sites, including the National Museum of American Art Web site, cookbooks, magazines, and educational materials. Among her clients are: Lodestar/Dutton, Simon & Schuster, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Greenwillow, August House, Little, Brown, and Scholastic. For Lee & Low Books Christy illustrated the award winning Elizabeti series.

(Elizabeti’s Doll, 1998) “A little slice of perfection
--Publisher’s Weekly starred review

(Mama Elizabeti, 2000) “The illustrations bring this world alive. Hale perfectly captures the spontaneity and totality of a toddler’s love, and the intimacy among family members is heartwarming and palpable. This is a loving, sensitive book to be shared and cherished.”
--School Library Journal starred review

(Elizabeti’s School, 2002) “Hale’s mixed-media illustrations are once again striking in their juxtaposition of softly speckled backgrounds with brightly patterned fabrics; here they match even more exactly the intimate quality of the text, with effective use of close-ups and warm family groupings.”
--The Horn Book Magazine

History

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