John Shelley (illustrator)
Introduction '''John Shelley''' ('''ジョン・シェリー''') is a British illustrator, particularly noted for his work in Japan.
Career John Shelley (born 1959) grew up in Sutton Coldfield before studying illustration at Bournville School of Art and Manchester Polytechnic under Tony Ross. His first children's trade picture book ''The Secret in the Matchbox'' published by André Deutsch and Farrar, Straus and Giroux was shortlisted for the Mother Goose Award in the UK and won a Parents' Choice Award in the US in 1989.From 1987–2008, he lived in Tokyo, rising to prominence following a series of posters for Parco, the fashion retail chain of Seibu Department Stores, and animated TV commercials for Mitsubishi Estate Co. He received a Dentsu Ad Award for a Suntory Whisky newspaper ad in 1991, and a Nikkei Environmental Ad Award in 1993.From 2000–2007, he was Vice Chairman of the International Committee of the Japan Graphic Designers Association (JAGDA).===Children's books===He has illustrated children's books for all age groups through publishers in the UK, Japan and the US, and has self-authored picture books published in Japan. He is a former Board member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and has been a multiple time nominee for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.In 2002 the comic character "Brat" was launched in Japan on apparel, collectors figurines and a web comic.Shelley returned to the UK in 2008 following the death of his wife, and currently lives in Norfolk.
Bibliography *1982  ''Fatbag''  author: Jeremy Strong (A & C Black, UK)*1983  ''Get Lavinia Goodbody''  author: Roger Collinson (Andersen Press, UK) (Alfaguara, Spain)*1984  ''A Canoe in the Mist''   author: Elsie Locke (Jonathan Cape, UK)*1985  ''Night Eyes''  author: Peter Ward (Crystal Clear, UK)*1986  ''Japanese Vegetarian Cookery''  author: Lesley Downer (Jonathan Cape, UK)*1989  ''The Secret in the Matchbox''  author: Val Willis (Andre Deutsch UK / Farrar Straus & Giroux US)*1989  ''Santa ni Yoroshiku''  author: John Shelley (Parco Shuppan, Japan)*1990  ''The Surprise in the Wardrobe''  author: Val Willis (Scholastic UK / Farrar Straus & Giroux US)*1990  ''Peer Gynt''  author: Henrik Ibsen (condensed adaptation by Hiroshi Kawasaki) (Hyoronsha, Japan)*1991  ''The Mystery in the Bottle''   author: Val Willis (Scholastic UK / Farrar Straus & Giroux US)*1991  ''Ju -ni no Tsukitachi (The Month Brothers)''  trans: Sho Suzuki (Miki House, Japan)*1991  ''Ai o Uranau Sabian Astrology'' author:Kiyoshi Matsumura (Fun House Books, Japan)*1994  ''A Father's Diary''  author: Fraser Harrison (Media Factory, Japan)*1994  ''Shikake E-Hon series (3 volumes)''  author: John Shelley (Hikari no Kuni, Japan)*1995  ''Hoppy no Atarashii Uchi (Hoppy's New House)''  author: John Shelley (Fukuinkan Shoten, Japan)*1996  ''Cinderella''  trad., adapted by Misako Nakamura (Hikari no Kuni, Japan)*1999  ''Maho no Kasa (The Magic Umberella)''  author: Rose Fyleman (Fukuinkan Shoten, Japan)*2002  ''King Smelly Feet''  author: Hiawyn Oram (Andersen Press, UK / Uitgeverij Sjaloom, Netherlands)*2002  ''Tinpot Tales''   author: John Shelley (Artbox, Japan)*2003  ''Hawaiian Big Daddy''  author: Banbis Snowflower (Nikkei BP, Japan)*2004  ''MVP''  author: Douglas Evans (Front Street, US)*2004  ''The Deptford Mice (3 volumes)''  author: Robin Jarvis (Hayakawa Shobo, Japan)*2005  ''Anata no Shiranai Andersen series (4 volumes)''  author: Hans Christian Andersen (Hyoronsha, Japan)*2005  ''Sekai Isshu Ohanashi no Ryo (Stories from Around the World)''  Ed. Linda Jennings, Trans. Rika Nogi (PHP, Japan)*2005  ''Bella Baxter series (4 volumes)''  author: Jane B. Mason / Sarah Hines Stephens (Aladdin, US)*2005  ''I Wish I Could be a Ballerina''  author: Rosie McCormick (Inky Press, UK/ Backpack Books, US)*2005  ''Mighty Mike''  author: Pascal-Auban Scher (Aeon, Japan)*2006  ''Charlie Bone Children of the Red King Series (5 volumes)''  author: Jenny Nimmo (Tokuma Shoten, Japan)*2006  ''The Magic Train Ride''  author: Pascal-Auban Scher (Aeon, Japan)*2007  ''The Boat in the Tree''  author: Tim Wynne-Jones (Front Street, US)*2007  ''The Elves and the Shoemaker''  author: Brothers Grimm (Fukuinkan Shoten, Japan)*2008  ''The House of the World''  author: John Shelley (Benesse, Japan)*2008  ''Zipper-kun to Chaku no Maho''  author: Machiko Hayakawa (Rironsha, Japan)*2009  ''Family Reminders''  author: Julie Danneberg (Charlesbridge, US)*2010  ''Nasty''  author: Michael Rosen (Barn Owl, UK)*2010  ''Outside-In''  author: Clare Smallman (Frances Lincoln, UK)*2012  ''Jack to Mame no Ki (Jack and the Beanstalk)''  author: John Shelley (Fukuinkan Shoten, Japan)*2012  ''Halloween Forest''  author: Marion Dane Bauer (Holiday House, US)*2013  ''Ishi no Kyojin''  author: Jane Sutcliffe (Komine Shoten, Japan)*2014  ''Stone Giant: Michelangelo's David and How He Came To Be''  author: Jane Sutcliffe (Charlesbridge, US)*2015  ''Crinkle, Crackle, Crack''  author: Marion Dane Bauer (Holiday House, US)*2016  ''Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk''  author: Jane Sutcliffe (Charlesbridge, US)*2016  ''Yozora o Miageyo''  author: Yuriko Matsumura (Fukuinkan Shoten, Japan)*2016  ''The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus'' author: L. Frank Baum (Hesperus, UK)*2017  ''Magic For Sale''  author: Carrie Clickard (Holiday House, US)*2019  ''A Purse Full of Tales: Folk Tales from Korea'' author: Chan Young Kim, David Carter (Hesperus, UK)*2020  ''The Boy in the Jam Jar'' author: Joyce Dunbar (Bloomsbury, UK)
References ===Citations======Other sources===*FEN Guide November 1991*Mainichi Shimbun Face No.330 2004*The Communicator February 2002
External links * *  John Shelley Charles Bridge