Rebecca Cobb
{{short description|English children's book writer and illustrator|bot=PearBOT 5}}
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| occupation = Children's book writer and illustrator
| alma_mater = Falmouth University
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Rebecca Cobb is an English children's book writer and illustrator who grew up in Buckinghamshire and Somerset and lives in Falmouth, Cornwall. After graduating Falmouth University,{{cite web|title=Rebecca Cobb|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/rebecca-cobb|website=panmacmillan|accessdate=21 October 2016 |archive-date=16 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816164328/https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/rebecca-cobb |url-status=dead}} she worked with The Child Bereavement Charity, Continuum International Publishing Group, The Guardian, The Independent, Mabecron Books, Marion Boyars Publishers, Waitrose & Partners and You Magazine and she has collaborated with several authors such as Julia Donaldson, Nicola Davies, Mariesa Dulak, Katherine Woodfine, Richard Curtis{{cite web|url=https://www.booktrust.org.uk/authors/c/cobb-rebecca/|title=Rebecca Cobb|website=Book Trust|accessdate=25 October 2016 |archive-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231111162859/https://www.booktrust.org.uk/authors/c/cobb-rebecca/ |url-status=live}} and Helen Dunmore.{{cite web|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/careers/work-life-rebecca-cobb-childrens-book-illustrator/174072|title=Work Life: Rebecca Cobb, Children's Book Illustrator|website=Stylist Magazine|date=23 June 2013 |accessdate=25 October 2016 |archive-date=18 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118002929/https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/careers/work-life-rebecca-cobb-childrens-book-illustrator/174072 |url-status=live}}
Works
- Snow Day (1998) (with Richard Curtis)
- Tongue Twisters to Tangle Your Tongue (2005)
- Missing Mummy: A Book About Bereavement (2011){{cite web|title=Missing Mummy|url=https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/rebecca-cobb/missing-mummy|website=panmacmillan|accessdate=26 October 2016 |archive-date=28 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728172616/https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/rebecca-cobb/missing-mummy |url-status=dead}}
- The Paper Dolls (2012) (with Julia Donaldson)
- The Empty Stocking (2012) (with Richard Curtis)
- A table! (2012)
- Lunchtime (2012)
- Aunt Amelia (2013)
- Na caraidean (2013) (with Julia Donaldson)
- The Something (2014)
- There's an Owl in My Towel (2016) (with Julia Donaldson)
- It's a Little Baby (2016) (with Julia Donaldson)
- The Everywhere Bear (2017) (with Julia Donaldson)
- The Day War Came (2018) (with Nicola Davies)
- Hello Friend! (2019)
- That Christmas (2020) (with Richard Curtis)
- Aunt Amelia's House (2021)
- Elisabeth and the Box of Colours (2022) (with Katherine Woodfine)
- Who Lives Here? With Lift-The-flap-fun! (2023) (with Julia Donaldson)
- There's a Tiger on the Train (2024) (with Mariesa Dulak)
- That Christmas and Other Stories: The Inspiration Behind the Hit Netflix Film (2024) (with Richard Curtis)
- A Wild Walk to School (2024)
Awards and nominations
References
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Category:Alumni of Falmouth University
Category:Artists from Somerset
Category:English children's book illustrators
Category:British women children's writers
Category:British women children's book illustrators