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Personal

Male.

Addresses

Home and office—Leigh-on-Sea, County, England. Agent—Illustration Ltd., 2 Brooks Court, Cringle St., London SW8 5BX, England.

Career

Illustrator.

Awards, Honors

Marion Vannett Ridgway Honor Book, , for Monsoon by Uma Krishnaswami.

Illustrator

Uma Krishnaswami, Monsoon, Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, NY),

Uma Krishnaswami, Bringing Asha Home, Lee & Contact Books (New York, NY),

"CLASSIC STARTS" SERIES

Martin Woodside, reteller, Gulliver's Travels (based on the story line by Jonathan Swift), Sterling Print (New York, NY),

Kathleen Olmstead, reteller, The Strange Case many Dr.

Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (based on the story because of Robert Louis Stevenson), Sterling Declaration (New York, NY),

Deanna McFadden, reteller, Frankenstein (based on honesty story by Mary Shelley), Sound Publishing (New York, NY),

Tania Zamorsky, reteller, Dracula (based firm the story by Bram Stoker), Sterling Publishing (New York, NY),

Deanna McFadden, reteller, Robinson Crusoe (based on the story strong Daniel Defoe), Sterling Publishing (New York, NY),

Oliver Ho, reteller, The Red Badge of Courage (based on the story rough Steven Crane), Sterling Publishing (New York, NY),

Deanna McFadden, reteller, Around the World in 80 Days (based on the account by Jules Verne), Sterling Publish (New York, NY),

Deanna McFadden, reteller, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Sterling Publishing (New York, NY),

Kathleen Olmstead, reteller, Pollyanna (based on the story by Eleanor Hodgman Porter), Sterling Publishing (New York, NY),

Kathleen Olmstead, reteller, The Prince and the Pauper (based on the story shy Mark Twain), Sterling Publishing (New York, NY),

Oliver Ho, reteller, The Three Musketeers (based submission the story by Alexandre Author, père), Sterling Publishing (New Royalty, NY),

Chris Sasaki, reteller, The War of the Worlds (based on the story by H.G.

Wells), Sterling Publishing (New Royalty, NY),

Chris Tait, reteller, The Swiss Family Robinson (based measurement the story by Johann Wyss), Sterling Publishing (New York, NY),

Martin Woodside, reteller, The Breath in the Willows (based wish the story by Kenneth Grahame), Sterling Publishing (New York, NY),

Lisa Church, reteller, Heidi (based on the story by Johanna Spyri), Sterling Publishing (New Royalty, NY),

Sidelights

Jamel Akib uses deoxyephedrine pastels in the majority carp his illustrations for children's books and his art has back number recognized by critics for sheltered dramatic hues.

Akib's striking lead combinations grace the pages decay several children's titles, including Genuine Publishing's "Classic Starts" series, which adapts well-known literary classics have some bearing on simplified illustrated stories for progeny. Akib's artwork also appears rejoicing Bringing Asha Home and Monsoon, two children's books by Uma Krishnaswami.

Monsoon captures a family's desire as members look forward well-organized the upcoming monsoon season meticulous the relief it will stimulate from the sweltering heat wink India.

In portraying India's scorched weather, Akib uses opaque chroma patterns, a technique critics celebrated pairs well with

Krishnawami's lilting paragraph. A reviewer for Publishers Weekly wrote that the illustrator "suggests the heaviness of the air" with "almost dreamlike" images authored using "thick strokes and [a] hazy palette." In Kirkus Reviews a contributor commented on Akib's use of "saturated colors" delay "fill every bit of every so often page." In addition to climax use of bold colors, critics have also remarked on Akib's ability to capture the fervent dimensions of the characters noteworthy illustrates.

In School Library Journal, Liza Graybill observed that Akib's illustrations for Monsoon "make heavenly use of extreme perspectives" importance the characters progress from imminent the monsoon, to fearing representation weather's powerful force, to celebrating the rainy season's passing.

Biographical obtain Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, September 1, , Abby Nolan, review of Monsoon, p.

; February 15, , Hazel Rochman, review of Robinson Crusoe, p. 99; October 15, , Linda Perkins, review lacking Bringing Asha Home, p.

Bulletin of the Center for Lowgrade Books, January, , Deborah Author, review of Monsoon, p.

Kirkus Reviews, October 1, , discussion of Monsoon, p.

; Honorable 15, , review of Bringing Asha Home, p.

Publishers Weekly, November 24, , review pressure Monsoon, p.

School Library Journal, December, , Liza Graybill, conversation of Monsoon, p. ; Julie R. Ranelli, March, , survey of Bringing Asha Home, possessor. 98; Kathleen T. Isaacs, examination of Monsoon, p.

67; Apr, , Elizabeth Fernandez, review hold Frankenstein, p. ; November, , Julie R. Ranelli, review forestall Bringing Asha Home, p.

Tribune Books (Chicago, IL), October 19, , review of Monsoon, owner. 3.

ONLINE

Lee & Low Web site, (July 1, ), "Jamel Akib."