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{{short description|British artist, children's illustrator and writer}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Edward Ardizzone
| honorific suffix = [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Royal Academy of Arts|RA]]
| image = Edward Ardizzone - Official War Artist Art.IWMARTLD4056.jpg
| caption = Ardizzone in uniform by [[Henry Carr (artist)|Henry Carr]], 1944
| birth_name = Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1900|10|16}}
| birth_place = [[Haiphong]], [[Tonkin]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1979|11|8|1900|10|16}}
| death_place = [[Rodmersham Green]], Kent, England
| occupation = Artist, illustrator, writer
| nationality = British
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| genre = [[Children's books]]
| movement = 
| notableworks = Tim All Alone (1956) [[Stig of the Dump]] (1963)
| pseudonym = Diz
| spouse = 
| influences = 
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| signature = 
| website = 
| relatives = [[Christianna Brand]] (cousin)
}}

'''Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone''', {{Post-nominals|post-noms=[[Commander of the Order of the British Empire|CBE]] [[Royal Academy of Arts|RA]]}} (16 October 1900 – 8 November 1979), who sometimes signed his work "'''DIZ'''", was a British painter, printmaker and war artist, and the author and illustrator of books, many of them for children.<ref name="Spalding">{{cite book|author=Frances Spalding|publisher=Antique Collectors' Club|year=1990|title=20th Century Painters and Sculptors |isbn=1-85149-106-6|author-link=Frances Spalding}}</ref> For ''Tim All Alone'' (Oxford, 1956), which he wrote and illustrated, Ardizzone won the inaugural [[Kate Greenaway Medal]] from the [[CILIP|Library Association]] for the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject.<ref name=medal1956>[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=52 (Greenaway Winner 1956)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106194742/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/livingarchive/title.php?id=52 |date=6 January 2013 }}. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. [[CILIP]]. Retrieved 15 July 2012.</ref> For the 50th anniversary of the Medal in 2005, the book was named one of the top ten winning titles, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for public election of an all-time favourite.<ref name=topten>
[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/celebration/top_tens.php?action=list "70 Years Celebration: Anniversary Top Tens"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027022418/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/celebration/top_tens.php?action=list |date=27 October 2016 }}. The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards. CILIP. Retrieved 1 July 2012.</ref>

==Early life==
Ardizzone's father, Auguste Ardizzone, was a naturalised Frenchman of Italian descent, who was born a ''[[Pied-Noir]]'' in [[French Algeria]], then a colony of France, and worked on overseas government service elsewhere in the [[French colonial empire]]. Ardizzone's mother, Margaret, was English. Her father, Edward Alexander Irving, was assistant [[Colonial Secretary, Straits Settlements]], in what is now known as [[Singapore]]. Edward Ardizzone was born in the port city of [[Haiphong]], then known as [[Tonkin]], in the north of [[French Indo-China]], a city now in [[Vietnam]], while his father was working for the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company.<ref name="ODNBea">{{cite book|editor= HCG Matthew & Brian Harrison |publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004|title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Vol 2 (Amos-Avory)|isbn=0-19-861352-0}}</ref>

In 1905 Margaret Ardizzone returned to England with her three eldest children. They were brought up in [[Suffolk]], largely by their maternal grandmother, while Margaret returned to join her husband in the Far East. The Ardizzone family lived in Corder Road, [[Ipswich]], between 1905 and 1910, and then in Gainsborough Road from 1911 to 1912. Ardizzone was educated first at [[Ipswich School]] and then, from 1912, at [[Clayesmore School]], a boarding school in Dorset. At Clayesmore his interest in drawing was encouraged by an art teacher.<ref>Edward Ardizzone, ''The Young Ardizzone: An Autobiographical Fragment'' (London, 1970).</ref>

==Early career==
Ardizzone left school in 1918 and twice tried to enlist in the British Army but was refused. After spending six months at a commerce college in [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], Ardizzone spent several years working as an office clerk in both [[Warminster]] and London, where he began taking evening classes at the [[Westminster School of Art]], which were taught by [[Bernard Meninsky]]. In 1922 Ardizzone became a naturalised British citizen. While working as an office clerk, Ardizzone had spent his weekends and free time painting and in 1926, with financial support from his father, gave up his office job to concentrate on establishing himself as a professional, freelance artist.<ref name="ODNBea"/>

Ardizzone's first major commission was to illustrate an edition of ''[[In a Glass Darkly]]'' by [[Sheridan Le Fanu]] in 1929. He also produced advertising material for [[Johnnie Walker]] whisky, and illustrations for both ''[[Punch (magazine)|Punch]]'' and ''[[The Radio Times]]'',<ref name="ODNBea"/> including the 1937 and 1948 Christmas covers of the latter. The first book by Ardizzone listed by the [[US Library of Congress]] is ''The Mediterranean: An Anthology'' (London: [[Cassell (publisher)|Cassell]], 1935, OCLC 2891569), compiled by Paul Bloomfield, "decorated by Edward Ardizzone" with "each chapter preceded by illustrated half-title".<ref>
[http://lccn.loc.gov/37039243 "The Mediterranean: An Anthology"]. Library of Congress Catalog record. Retrieved 1 July 2012.</ref> In 1936 he inaugurated his best-known work, the Tim series of books, featuring the maritime adventures of its eponymous young hero, which he both wrote and illustrated. ''Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain'' was published by [[Oxford University Press]] in both London and New York that year.<ref>[http://lccn.loc.gov/36022341 "Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain"]. Library of Congress Catalog record. Retrieved 1 July 2012.</ref> In 1939 he illustrated the first of a series of four ''Mimff'' children's books by [[H.J.Kaesar]].

By 1939 Ardizzone was regularly holding one-man exhibitions at the Bloomsbury Gallery and, later, the Leger Gallery. At this time the major theme of his paintings was life in London, with affectionate illustrations of the pubs and parks near his home in [[Maida Vale]].<ref name="ODNBea"/> His style was naturalistic but subdued, featuring gentle lines and delicate [[watercolour]]s, with great attention to particular details.

==Second World War==
[[File:We Visit the Ensa Girls in their dressing room at the Lucera Operahouse, November 13th 1943 Art.IWMARTLD3624.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Visit to Ensa Girls in dressing room at the [[Lucera]] Opera house, 1943]]
[[File:Normandy June 1944- Naval Control Post on the Beaches Art.IWMARTLD4392.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''Normandy June 1944 – Naval Control Post on the Beaches'']]
[[File:On the Road to Tripoli - a Cup of Tea for the Burial Party Art.IWMARTLD3035.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|''On the Road to Tripoli – a Cup of Tea for the Burial Party'' (1943)]]
[[File:Ardizzone recorded this visit to Bremen in his diary on 26 April 1945- 'To Bremen again with Brian de Grineau. The city a dead one - ruins everywhere, a drunken Dutchman reeling down the street...Little groups of freed Art.IWMARTLD5255.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Ardizzone recorded this visit to [[Bremen]] in his diary on 26 April 1945: 'To Bremen again with Brian de Grineau']]
In the [[World War II|Second World War]], after a short spell serving in an anti-aircraft unit, Ardizzone was assigned to the [[War Office]] by the [[War Artists' Advisory Committee]] and posted overseas as a full-time official war artist.<ref name="Foss">{{cite book|author=Brain Foss|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2007|title=War paint: Art, War, State and Identity in Britain, 1939–1945 |isbn=978-0-300-10890-3}}</ref> He first served with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] and depicted its retreat through France and Belgium before he was evacuated back to Britain from [[Boulogne-sur-Mer|Boulogne]] in May 1940.<ref name=Brenard>{{cite web |author=Claire Brenard|url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-war-artist-edward-ardizzone-showed-the-human-side-of-war|title=How War Artist Edward Ardizzone Showed the Human Side of War |access-date=3 August 2016|work=Imperial War Museum}}</ref> In Britain, he recorded troops at their training camps and spent nights sketching in the [[London Underground]], where tube tunnels were being used as air-raid shelters during the [[The Blitz|Blitz]].<ref name="WEnd">{{cite web |author=Ronan Thomas|url=http://www.westendatwar.org.uk/page_id__168_path__0p4p.aspx|title=Blitz by Brushstroke; Westminster's War Artists |date=8 December 2010|access-date=4 August 2016|work=West End at War}}</ref><ref name="TolsonEA">{{cite web |author=Roger Tolson (Imperial War Museum)|url=http://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/artwar/essays/artandwar-britains_war_artists_scheme.pdf|title=A common cause: Britain's War Artist Scheme |access-date=4 August 2016|work=Canadian War Museum}}</ref> Ardizzone spent the early part of 1941 travelling around Scotland. In January 1942 he recorded the arrival of American troops in [[Northern Ireland]]. In March of that year he went to Cairo and joined the [[British First Army]] on its march to [[Tunisia]], and then joined the [[Eighth Army (United Kingdom)|Eighth Army]]. By July 1943 Ardizzone was in [[Sicily]], where he witnessed combat at close quarters, and unusually for him, painted the aftermath of the fighting.<ref name=Brenard/><ref name="WW2Art">{{cite book|publisher=Imperial War Museum|year=2007|title=Art from the Second World War|isbn=978-1-904897-66-8}}</ref> He travelled on through Italy with the Eighth Army until April 1944, when he flew to [[Algiers]], from where he sailed back to Britain. In June 1944 he went to France during the Allied invasion, but by September 1944 was back in Italy. He again travelled widely there and witnessed the fall of [[Reggio Calabria]] and Naples. He spent the winter of 1944 in Italy before travelling to Germany for the final months of the War.<ref name="Foss"/> By the time Ardizzone returned to England in May 1945 he had completed almost 400 sketches and watercolours of the War, most of which, along with his wartime diaries, are held at the [[Imperial War Museum]].<ref name=Brenard/> His early experiences between [[Arras]] and Boulogne are illustrated and described in his book ''Baggage to the Enemy'' (London 1941), while ''Diary of a War Artist'', published in 1974, described his later experiences during the conflict.

==Post-war career==
After the War, Ardizzone resumed his freelance career and received commissions from ''[[The Strand Magazine]]'' for cover artwork, from the [[Ealing Studios|Ealing film studios]] for promotional material and from the [[Guinness]] company for adverts. Ardizzone was commissioned to produce a watercolour portrait of [[Winston Churchill]] and continued to write and illustrate books.<ref name="ODNBea"/> The most famous ''Tim'' book is the inaugural Greenaway Medal-winner, ''[[Tim All Alone]]'' (Oxford, 1956).<ref name=medal1956/> The series continued until 1972 with ''Tim's Last Voyage'' which was followed in 1977 by ''Ship's Cook Ginger''.

Beside writing and illustrating his own books, Ardizzone also illustrated books written by others, including some editions of [[Anthony Trollope]] and [[H. E. Bates]]'s ''[[My Uncle Silas]]''. He illustrated the [[C. Day Lewis]] children's novel, ''[[The Otterbury Incident]]'' (1948). One of his happiest collaborations was that with [[Eleanor Farjeon]], especially on ''[[The Little Bookroom]]'' (Oxford, 1955 collection). Ardizzone illustrated some novels by the American author [[Eleanor Estes]], including ''[[Pinky Pye]]'', ''The Witch Family'', ''The Alley'', ''Miranda the Great'', and ''The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode'' (1958 to 1972). In 1962 he illustrated an edition of [[J. M. Barrie]]'s ''Peter Pan'', retold by [[Eleanor Graham]], and ''A Ring of Bells'' (1962), [[John Betjeman]]'s abridged version for children of his autobiographical poem ''[[Summoned by Bells]]'' (1960).<ref name=RAea>{{cite web |url=http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFILE_=templates/full/person.html&_IXTRAIL_=Names%C2%A0A-Z&person=6009|title=Edward Ardizzone R.A |access-date=14 August 2016|work=[[Royal Academy]]}}</ref>

For illustrating ''Titus in Trouble'', written by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]], Ardizzone was a commended runner-up for the 1959 Greenaway Medal.<ref name=ccsu>
[http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/KateGreenaway.htm "Kate Greenaway Medal"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916192441/http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/KateGreenaway.htm |date=16 September 2014 }}. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. [[Central Connecticut State University]] ('''CCSU'''). Retrieved 1 July 2012.</ref>{{efn |name=HC}}
Ardizzone is particularly noted for having not just illustrated the covers and contents of books, but inked in the title text and author's name in his own hand, giving the books a distinctive look on shelves. An example is [[Clive King]]'s ''[[Stig of the Dump]]'' from 1963. The ''[[Nurse Matilda]]'' series of children's books (1964–74) was written by his cousin [[Christianna Brand]], who was seven years younger. Their shared grandmother had told the stories to both cousins and she had learned them from her father.

Early in the 1970s, Ardizzone illustrated a new edition of the 20-year-old [[Graham Greene bibliography#Children's books|''Little'' books]] by [[Graham Greene]]: ''The Little Train'', ''The Little Fire Engine'', ''The Little Horse Bus'', and ''The Little Steamroller''. He also illustrated a re-telling of the [[Don Quixote]] story for children by James Reeves and his illustrations for ''[[The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger|The Land of Green Ginger]]'' by [[Noel Langley]] are regarded as classics in their own right.<ref name=RAea/> His 1970 autobiography, ''The Young Ardizzone - an autobiographical fragment'', was illustrated with his own drawings.

Ardizzone also illustrated several [[telegram|telegrams]] for the Post Office in the 1950s and 1960s, many of which are considered collectors' items. He also held a number of teaching posts, working part-time as an instructor in graphic design at [[Camberwell School of Art]] and as a visiting tutor at the [[Royal College of Art]]. In 1960 he retired from his teaching posts and began spending more time at [[Rodmersham Green]] in Kent before moving there permanently in 1972. In 1929, Ardizzone had married Catherine Josephine Berkley Anderson (1904-1992) and the couple had two sons and a daughter. Ardizzone died of a [[heart attack]] in 1979 at his home in Rodmersham Green. After Catherine's death in 1992, the British government accepted 64 of Ardizzone's sketchbooks in lieu of inheritance tax and these are now held by the [[Ashmolean Museum]] in Oxford.<ref name="ODNBea"/> The [[British Library]] published an illustrated bibliography of his works in 2003. A [[blue plaque]] unveiled in 2007 commemorates Ardizzone's home at 130 [[Elgin Avenue]] in Maida Vale.<ref name='EngHet'>{{cite web|url=http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/search/ardizzone-edward-1900-1979|title=Ardizzone, Edward (1900–1979) |publisher=English Heritage|access-date=18 August 2012}}. Not found 19 March, 2019.</ref>

==Selected works==
{{Main|Edward Ardizzone bibliography}}
===Books written and illustrated by Ardizzone===
[[Image:Stig Dump.JPG|thumb|Front cover of ''Stig of the Dump'' (1971 paperback with original cover art)]]
*''Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain'' (1936)
*''Lucy Brown and Mr Grimes'' (1937)
*''Tim and Lucy Go to Sea'' (1938)
*''Baggage to the Enemy'' (1941)
*''Nicholas and the Fast-Moving Diesel'' (1947)
*''Paul, the Hero of the Fire'' (1948)
*''Tim to the Rescue'' (1949)
*''Tim and Charlotte'' (1951)
*''Tim in Danger'' (1953)
*''Tim All Alone'' (1956) - [[Kate Greenaway Medal]] winner, 1956<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Kate Greenaway Medal Winners – The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards|url=https://carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/archive/kate-greenaway-medal-winners/|access-date=2021-01-31|website=carnegiegreenaway.org.uk|archive-date=6 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106185107/https://carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/archive/kate-greenaway-medal-winners/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*''Johnny the Clockmaker'' (1960)
*''Tim's Friend Towser'' (1962)
*''Peter the Wanderer'' (1963)
*''Diana and her Rhinoceros'' (1964)
*''Tim and Ginger'' (1965)
*''Sarah and Simon and No Red Paint'' (1966)
*''The Little Girl and the Tiny Doll'' (with Aingelda Ardizzone) (1966)
*''Tim to the Lighthouse'' (1968)
*''The Young Ardizzone - An Autobiographical Fragment'' (1970)
*''The Wrong Side of the Bed'' (1970)
*''Johnny's Bad Day'' (1970)
*''Tim's Last Voyage'' (1972)
*''The Old Ballad of the Babes in the Wood'' (1972)
*''Diary of a War Artist'' (1974)
*''Ship's Cook Ginger'' (1977)
*''Indian Diary 1952-53'' (1984)

=== Books by others, illustrated by Ardizzone ===
*''[[In a Glass Darkly]]'', (1929), by [[Sheridan Le Fanu]]
*''The Library'', (1930), by [[George Crabbe]]
*''A Mediterranean Anthology'', (1935), by Paul Bloomfield
*''Tom, Dick, and Harriet'', (1937), by Neil Lyons
*''[[My Uncle Silas]]'', (1939), by [[H E Bates]]
*''The Local'', (1939), by [[Maurice Gorham]]
*''[[Great Expectations]]'', (1939), by [[Charles Dickens]]
*''Mimff,'' (1939), by [[H. J. Kaeser]]
*''The Battle of France'', (1940), by [[Andre Maurois]], translated by F.R. Ludman
*''The Road to Bordeaux'', (1941), by Dennis Freeman and [[Douglas Cooper (art historian)|Douglas Cooper]]
*''Peacock Pie: A Book of Rhymes'', (1946), by [[Walter de la Mare]]
*''Poems of [[François Villon]]'', (1946), translated by H. B. McCaskie
*''[[The Pilgrim's Progress]]'', (1947), by [[John Bunyan]]
*''Hey Nonny Yes: passons and conceits from Shakespeare'', (1947), by Hallam Fordham
*''Three Brothers and a Lady,'' (1947), by Margaret Black
*''Desbarollda, The Waltzing Mouse'', (1947), by [[Noel Langley]]
*''Charles Dickens' Birthday Book'', (1948), by [[Monica Dickens|Enid Dickens-Hawksley]]
*''[[The Otterbury Incident]]'', (1948), by [[Cecil Day-Lewis]]
*''Jubilee Book'', (1948), by [[Leonard Daniels]]
*''Back to the Local'', (1949), by [[Maurice Gorham]]
*''Mimff in Charge,'' (1949) by [[H. J. Kaeser|H.J.Kaeser]]
*''Showmen and Suckers'', (1951), by [[Maurice Gorham]]
*''Londoners'', (1951), by [[Maurice Gorham]]
*''The Blackbird in the Lilac'', (1952), by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''[[The Warden]]'', (1952), by [[Anthony Trollope]]
*''[[Barchester Towers]]'', (1952), by [[Anthony Trollope]]
*''Mimff Takes Over'', (1954), by [[H. J. Kaeser|H.J.Kaeser]]
*''[[The Newcomes]]'', (1954), by [[William Thackeray]], edited by [[Arthur Pendennis]], introduction by [[Angela Thirkell]]
*''The Fantastic Tale of the Plucky Sailor and the Postage Stamp'', (1954), by Stephen Corrin
*''[[David Copperfield]]'', (1954), by [[Charles Dickens]]
*''[[Bleak House]]'', (1954), by [[Charles Dickens]]
*''[[The Little Bookroom]]'', (1955), by [[Eleanor Farjeon]]
*''The Suburban Child'', (1955), by [[James Kenward]]
*''Pictures on the Pavement'', (1955), by George Walter Stonier
*''[[Minnow on the Say (novel)|Minnow on the Say]]'', (1955), by [[Philippa Pearce]]
*''Sun Slower Sun Faster'', (1955) by [[Meriol Trevor]]
*''A Stickful of Nonpareil'', (1956), by [[George Scurfield]]
*''Hunting with Mr. Jorrooks from Handley Cross'', (1956), by [[Robert Smith Surtees]]
*''Pigeons and Princesses'', (1956), by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''The Wandering Moon'', (1956), by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''[[The History of Henry Esmond|Henry Esmond]]'', (1956), by [[William Makepeace Thackeray]]
*''[[Gospel of Luke|St. Luke's Gospel]]'', (1956)
*''Ding Dong Bell'', (1957), by [[Percy M. Young|Percy Young]]
*''Lottie'', (1957), by [[John Symonds]]
*''Prefabulous Animiles'', (1957), by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''Sugar for the Horse'', (1957), by [[H. E. Bates]]
*''The School in Our Village'', (1957), by Joan Goldman
*''Pinky Pye'', (1958), by [[Eleanor Estes]]
*''Jim at the Corner'', (1958), by [[Eleanor Farjeon]]
*''The Story of Joseph'', (1958), by [[Walter de la Mare]]
*''Mimff Robinson'', (1958), by [[H. J. Kaeser|H.J.Kaeser]]
*''[[Shakespearean comedy|Shakespeare's Comedies]]'', (1958)
*''Brief to Counsel'', (1958), by [[Henry Cecil Leon|Henry Cecil]]
*''Holiday Trench'', (1959), by Joan Ballantyne
*''The Godstone and the Blackymor'', (1959), by [[Terence Hanbury White]]
*''Titus in Trouble'', (1959), by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''The Adventures of Don Quixote'', (1959), retold by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''Elfrida and the Pig'', (1959), by [[John Symonds]]
*''The Nine Lives of Island MacKenzie'', (1959), by [[Ursula Moray Williams|Ursula Moray-Williams]]
*''The Story of Moses'', (1959), by [[Walter de la Mare]]
*''The Adventures of Father Brown'', (1959), by [[G. K. Chesterton]]
*''The Rib of the Green Umbrella'', (1960), by [[Naomi Mitchison]]
*''Boyhood of the Great Composers'', (1960), by Catherine Gough
*''The Story of Samuel and Saul'', (1960), by [[Walter de la Mare]]
*''Stories from the Bible'', (1960), by [[Walter de la Mare]]
*''Kidnappers at Coombe'', (1960), by Joan Ballantyne
*''Italian Peepshow'', (1960), by [[Eleanor Farjeon]]
*''A Penny Fiddle'', (1960), by [[Robert Graves]]
*''The Witch Family'', (1960), by [[Eleanor Estes]]
*''Merry England'', (1960), by [[Cyril Ray]]
*''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer|Tom Sawyer]]'', (1961), by [[Mark Twain]]
*''[[Adventures of Huckleberry Finn|Huckleberry Finn]]'', (1961), by [[Mark Twain]]
*''Down in the Cellar'', (1961), [[Nicholas Stuart Gray|Nicholas Stuart Grey]]
*''Folk Songs of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales'', (1961), by [[William Rossa Cole|William Cole]]
*''Sailor Rumblelow and Britannia'', (1962), by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''Mrs. Malone'', (1962), by [[Eleanor Farjeon]]
*''[[Let's Make an Opera]]'', (1962), by [[Eric Crozier]]
*''[[Peter and Wendy|Peter Pan]]'', (1962), retold by [[Eleanor Graham]]
*''The Singing Cupboard'', (1962), by Dana Faralla
*''A Ring of Bells'', (1962), by [[John Betjeman]]
*''Naughty Children: An Anthology'', (1962), compiled by [[Christianna Brand]]
*''Kaleidoscope'', (1963), by [[Eleanor Farjeon]]
*''Boyhood of the Great Composers Book II'', (1963), by Catherine Gough
*''Hurdy Gurdy'', (1963), by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''Wine List Decorations'', (1963), by [[John Harvey & Sons]], further illustrations by [[David Gentleman]], Asgeir Scott and [[Sheila Waters|Shelia Waters]]
*''J.M Barrie's Peter Pan: the story of the Play'', (1963), by [[Eleanor Graham]]
*''[[Stig of the Dump]]'', (1963), by [[Clive King]]
*''[[Nurse Matilda]]'', (1964), by [[Christianna Brand]]
*''Hello Elephant'', (1964), by [[Jan Wahl]]
*''Swanhilda-of-the-Swans'', (1964), by Dana Faralla
*''[[The Thirty-Nine Steps|Thirty-Nine Steps]]'', (1964), by [[John Buchan]]
*''The Land of Up and Down'', (1964), by [[Eva-Lis Wuorio]]
*''Three Tall Tales'', (1964), by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''The Island of Fish in the Trees'', (1964), by [[Eva-Lis Wuorio]]
*''Ann at Highwood Hall: Poems for Children'', (1964), by [[Robert Graves]]
*''The Alley'', (1964), by [[Eleanor Estes]]
*''Old Perisher'', (1964), by [[Diana Ross (author)|Diana Ross]]
*''Timothy's Song'', (1965), by [[William Lederer|William J Lederer]]
*''The Truants'', (1965), by John Walsh
*''The Year Round'', (1965), by [[Leonard Clark (poet)|Leonard Clark]]
*''The Milldale Riot'', (1965), by Freda Nicholls
*''Know About the Law'', (1965), by [[Henry Cecil Leon|Henry Cecil]]
*''The Old Nurse's Stocking Basket'', (1965), by [[Eleanor Farjeon]]
*''The Story of Jackie Thimble'', (1965), by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''[[The Tale of the Land of Green Ginger|The Land of Green Ginger]]'', (1966), by [[Noel Langley]]
*''The Dragon'', (1966), by [[Archibald Marshall]]
*''The Muffletumps'', (1966), by [[Jan Wahl]]
*''Long Ago When I was Young'', (1966), by [[E. Nesbit]]
*''The Eleanor Farjeon book: a tribute to her life and work 1881-1965'', (1966), introduction by [[Naomi Lewis]]
*''The Growing Summer'', (1966), by [[Noel Streatfeild]]
*''The Secret Shoemakers'', (1966), by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''A Likely Place'', (1966), by [[Paula Fox]]
*''[[Daddy-Long-Legs (novel)|Daddy Long Legs]]'', (1966), by [[Jean Webster]]
*''A Group of Apostles'', (1966), by [[Paul Claudel]]
*''The Stuffed Dog'', (1967), by [[John Symonds]]
*''Kali and the Golden Mirror'', (1967) by [[Eva-Lis Wuorio]]
*''Nurse Matilda Goes to Town'', (1967), by [[Christianna Brand]]
*''[[Robinson Crusoe]]'', (1967), by [[Daniel Defoe]]
*''Miranda the Great'', (1967), by [[Eleanor Estes]]
*''Rhyming Will'', (1967), by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''Upsidedown Willie'', (1967), by Dorothy Clewes
*''The Magic Summer'', (1967), by [[Noel Streatfeild]]
*''[[Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes|Travels with a Donkey]]'', (1967), by [[Robert Louis Stevenson|R. L. Stevenson]]
*''Special Branch Willie'', (1968), by Dorothy Clewes
*''Do You Remember What Happened?'', (1969), by [[Jean Chapman (Australian writer)|Jean Chapman]]
*''The Angel and the Donkey'', (1970), by [[James Reeves (writer)|James Reeves]]
*''Fire Brigade Willie'', (1970), by Dorothy Clewes
Rain, Rain, Don’t Go Away, (1972), by Shirley Morgan
*''The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode'', (1972), by [[Eleanor Estes]]
*''The Little Fire Engine'', (1973), by [[Graham Greene]]
*''The Little Horse Bus'', (1974), by [[Graham Greene]]
*''[[A Child's Christmas in Wales]]'', (1978), by [[Dylan Thomas]]

==Awards and honours==
*1956 Kate Greenaway Medal, for ''Tim All Alone''<ref name=":0" />
*1962 Elected Associate member of the [[Royal Academy of Arts]]<ref name=RAea/>
*1970 Elected full member of the Royal Academy
*1971 Appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[1971 New Year Honours]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=45262 |date=31 December 1970 |page=8 |supp=y}}</ref>
*1974 [[Royal Designer for Industry]]
*1975 Senior member of the Royal Academy
==Notes==
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Today there are usually eight books on the Greenaway shortlist. 
According to CCSU, some runners-up through 2002 were Commended (from 1959) or Highly Commended (from 1974). There were 99 commendations of both kinds in 44 years, including Ardizzone and [[Gerald Rose]] when the distinction was inaugurated for 1959.
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==References==
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==Further reading==
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*[[Brian Alderson (writer)|Brian Alderson]], 'Edward Ardizzone: a preliminary hand-list of his illustrated books, 1929–1970', in ''The Private Library''; 2nd series, 5:1 (1972 Spring), pp. 2–64
*Brian Alderson, ''Edward Ardizzone: A Bibliographic Commentary'' (2003. Private Libraries Association) {{ISBN|978-1-58456-103-3}})
*Gabriel White, ''Edward Ardizzone Artist and Illustrator'' (1979)
*Malcolm Yorke, ''To War with Paper and Brush: Captain Edward Ardizzone, official War Artist'' (2007. Fleece Press, Upper Denby Huddersfield)
*Edward Ardizzone, 'Brian Robb', in ''Signature''; new series, 11 (1950), pp. 37–45
*Edward Ardizzone, 'On the illustrating of books', in ''The PLA Quarterly''; 1st series, 1/3 (1957 July), pp. 25–30
*Edward Ardizzone, 'The Born Illustrator', in ''Motif''; 1 (1958 November), pp. 37–44 (reprinted in ''Folio'' (1962 January–March), pp.&nbsp;1–16)
*Richard Knott, 'The Sketchbook War', The History Press, 2013.
*[[Justin Wintle]] and Emma Fisher, 'Edward Ardizzone', in ''The Pied Pipers: Interviews with the influential creators of children's literature'', (1975. Paddington Press, London) pp. 35–48 {{ISBN|0-8467-0038-7}}

==External links==
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*{{official website |http://www.edwardardizzone.org.uk}}
* [http://www.edward-ardizzone-archive.org/ Edward Ardizzone Archive website]
* {{Art UK bio}}
*{{isfdb name |34128 |Edward Ardizzone}}
*[http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=Edward%20Ardizzone Works by Ardizzone] in the [[Imperial War Museum]] collection.
* [https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/69dedefe082f49e6a4edbaf1d2e8177a Cover of the 1937 Christmas edition] of the [[Radio Times]], signed "Ardizzone"
* [https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/page/3d2889a1f4f643cc952e07e5b454b5c6 Cover of the 1948 Christmas edition] of the [[Radio Times]], signed "DIZ"
* [https://specialcollections.usm.edu/repositories/4/resources/34 Edward Ardizzone Papers], Special Collections at The University of Southern Mississippi (de Grummond Children's Literature Collection)

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