Stéphane Poulin

Stéphane Poulin (born 1961) is a Canadian children's book author and illustrator living in Quebec.^[1]

He was born in Montreal and studied graphic arts at Collège Ahuntsic. In 1983, Poulin received honourable mention as children's book illustrator in a competition held by Communication-Jeunesse. The following year, he was awarded "Best in Show". In 1985, he published his first book ah belle cité!/a beautiful city: abc; the paintings used to illustrate the book were shown at the Galerie l'Art Français in Montreal. His 1986 books Album de famille and As-tu vu Joséphine? received the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize for illustration.^[2] Album de famille also received the Prix Québec-Wallonie-Bruxelles de littérature de jeunesse. In 1989, he received the Vicky Metcalf Award for Literature for Young People.^[3]

Selected works^[3]

• Peux-tu attraper Joséphine? (1987), won an award in a literary contest run by the Boston Globe; translated as Can You Catch Josephine?, won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award and was named to the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) honour list
• Benjamin et la saga des oreillers (1989), received the Canada Council Children's Literature Prize for illustration
• Un voyage pour deux (1991), received a Mr. Christie's Book Award for illustration and was also named to the IBBY honour list
• Poil de serpent, dent d'araignée (1996), received a Mr. Christie's Book Award for illustration
• Petit zizi (1997), received the Prix illustrations jeunesse GLV
• Vieux Thomas et la petite fée (2000), received a Mr. Christie's Book Award for text and illustration and also received the Prix illustrations jeunesse GLV
• Un chant de Noël (2003), received the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Canadian Picture Book Award^[4]

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