Kiddell-Monroe, Joan

Joan Kiddell-Monroe is a free-lance artist and illustrator who also wrote children's books (1939-1949, self-illustrated). She has received the Carnegie Medal Commendation from the British Library Association (1955), the Boys' Club Award and Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1961), and the Children's Books of the Year award from the Child Study Association (1968).

From the description of Joan Kiddell-Monroe papers, 1939-1963. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63315043

Joan Kiddell-Monroe was born August 9, 1908, in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, England. She made a career as a free-lance artist and illustrator, and also write a few self-illustrated children's books. Early in her career she worked in an advertising studio. Her work has earned her several awards.

Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 551

From the guide to the Joan Kiddell-Monroe Papers, 1939-1963, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])