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Rebecca Elgar (born in Lincoln) is an English children's book illustrator and writer.〔() Pan Macmillan featured author page for Rebecca Elgar〕 She is best known for creating the pre-school children's TV series ''Driver Dan's Story Train''. She also created the original designs for the series ''Boo!'' and illustrated some spinoff books. Both ''Driver Dan's Story Train'' and ''Boo!'' were shown on CBeebies. ''Driver Dan's Story Train'' is currently being shown by CBeebies, PBS Kids Sprout and ABC2. The TV series ''Boo!'' was nominated for a BAFTA. In an interview with the BBC Elgar said that "bringing a love of books and reading to young children" was one of her aims when she created Driver Dan's Story Train.〔() BBC news online, 15 January 2010, Twilight leads boost in children's book sales〕 After gaining a degree in graphic design at Norwich School of Art she started in publishing as a book designer, and worked on ''Playdays'' magazine, before concentrating on illustrating her own books. Some of her published credits include: the Driver Dan series (2011), the Where's Boo! series (2004), ''Where's my Dinner?'' (2003), ''Time for Bed'' (2003), ''Is that an elephant over there?'' (1995),〔() National Library of Australia catalogue entry for Is that an elephant over there?〕 ''Shhh everyone's sleeping'' (1996), and the popular Jack books including ''Jack: It's a sunny day!'' (1999), ''Jack: It's a rainy day'' (1999), ''Jack: It's playtime'' (1998), ''Jack: It's bedtime'' (1998). Her currently projects include 'charming little picture',〔() charming little picture website〕 a range printed toys and original illustrations. == References == 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「Rebecca Elgar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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