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David Ian Roberts (born 8 May 1970) is a British children's illustrator. He has illustrated a large number of books in both black and white and colour. His black and white work mainly features in books for older readers and he has worked with such well-known authors as Philip Ardagh (on the ''Eddie Dickens'' and ''Unlikely Exploits'' series), G.P. Taylor (on the ''Mariah Mundi'' series), Chris Priestley (on the ''Tales of Terror'' series), Mick Jackson (on ''Ten Sorry Tales'' and ''The Bears of England''), Susan Price (on the ''Olly Spellmaker'' series), Jon Blake (on the ''Stinky Finger'' series) and Tom Baker (on ''The Boy Who Kicked Pigs''). ''Mouse Noses on Toast'' by Daren King won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize (ages 6–8 years) in 2006, after which King and Roberts collaborated on other titles including ''Peter the Penguin Pioneer'', ''Sensible Hare and the Case of Carrots'' and ''The Frightfully Friendly Ghosties'' series.〔 Roberts also creates picture books for younger readers, some in collaboration with other writers. The best known may be those written by the 2011–2013 Children's Laureate, Julia Donaldson (''Tyrannosaurus Drip'', ''The Troll'' and most recently ''Jack and the Flum Flum Tree''). Others include ''Iggy Peck, Architect'' by Andrea Beaty, ''Dear Tabby'' by Carolyn Crimi, ''Mrs Crump's Cat'' by Linda Smith, ''Hopping Mad'' by Michael Catchpool, ''Don't Say That Willy Nilly'' by Anna Powell and ''The Dunderheads'' by Paul Fleischman which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2010. The Dirty Bertie character first appeared in two books penned by Roberts himself, ''Dirty Bertie'' in 2002 and ''Pooh! Is That You, Bertie?'' in 2004. Since then he has worked with Alan MacDonald to create a series for older readers with titles such as ''Burp'', ''Fetch'', ''Kiss'' and ''Pants''. His sister Lynn Roberts is also a writer and the siblings have collaborated on several retellings of fairy stories, including ''Rapunzel: A Groovy Fairy Tale'', which was shortlisted for a Blue Peter Book Award, and ''Little Red: A Fizzingly Good Yarn'', which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Roberts has also illustrated the series Wings & Co: The Fairy Detective Agency by Sally Gardner (''Operation Bunny: the fairy detective agency's first case'', ''Three Pickled Herrings'' and ''The Vanishing of Billy Buckle'' as of 2013) and the covers for a reprint of Enid Blyton's St Clare's books. ==References== *(The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards ) *(Books for Keeps ) *(Nestle Book Awards ) *(Children's Laureate ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Roberts (illustrator)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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