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Zehra Hicks

Author & Illustrator

About Zehra Hicks

Zehra Hicks is the author-illustrator of the award-winning The Boy Who Hated Toothbrushes and its companion title The Girl Who Loved Wellies. The Boy Who Hated Toothbrushes was highly commended for The Macmillan Prize for Illustration in 2009, winner of the Heart of Hawick Award in 2012, shortlisted for the Read It Again! Cambridgeshire Children's Picture Book Award and named Lovereading4Kids Debut of the Year 2011. All Mine! was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Zehra uses a variety of media to create her bold, stylish artwork: the energetic characters in All Mine! are painted using a stick, and in Flying Lemurs by bamboo. Zehra spent a year studying theatre design in Utrecht, Holland, which gave her a great understanding of the stage, but she has not as yet performed any acrobatic shows in public like her lemurs. Zehra lives with her family in Epsom, Surrey.

Recent updates about Zehra Hicks

National Tell A Story Day

Stories is so much fun, why not sit down and read All Mine! by Zehra Hicks from Two Hoots

2 days ago

National Tell A Story Day

Stories is so much fun, why not sit down and read Flying Lemurs by Zehra Hicks from Two Hoots

2 days ago

National Tell A Story Day

Stories is so much fun, why not sit down and read Sid and Sam by Zehra Hicks from Andersen

2 days ago

October Events

Trick or treat? Watch Out! There's a Monster Coming! by Karl Newson from Andersen is a great book for fancy dress inspiration!

2 days ago

Back to school

Read Panda and Penguin Find A Thing by Zehra Hicks from Andersen - perfect for today!

1 month ago

International Read Comics in Public Day

Why not read All Mine! by Zehra Hicks from Two Hoots

2 months ago

International Read Comics in Public Day

Why not read Flying Lemurs by Zehra Hicks from Two Hoots

2 months ago

Happiness Happens Month

August is Happiness Happens Month! Loving Sid and Sam by Zehra Hicks from Andersen.

2 months ago

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