Sanja Rescek was born in Zagreb, Croatia in 1978. After graduating from the School of applied Arts, she studied at the academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb. In competition with 47 renowned artists, Sanja won the Grigor Vitez Award for best childrenrs"s book illustrator in 2003. She is also a winner of the Wellcome Award given by the Association of Visual artists of Croatia and the award given by the public at Interliber Book Fair for 2004. Over 25 of her picturebooks have been published in Croatia, Switzerland, Great Britain, Canada and the United States. Latest published and forthcoming books: I Do Not Want To, Kathy Sculz, Scholastic, Childrenrs"s Press 2004 FR Foxrs"s Socks, Damian Harvey, OUP 2004 Tiddalik the Frog, Anne Faundez, QED 2004 Said Mouse to Mole, Clare Bevan, QED 2004 Wherers"s My Sock, Joyce Dunbar, Chicken House 2006 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Little Tiger Press 2006 Hickory Dickory Dock, Little Tiger Press 2006 Bless Us All, Sam McKendry, Intervisual Boks, 2006.
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