Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom

Mick Manning grew up in Yorkshire, England. He studied Natural History, Illustration and Animation at the Royal College of Art in London. Brita Granström grew up on a Swedish farm and studied Illustration at Konstfack in Stockholm. They now live with their children in the north of England.

Mick and Brita will be appearing at NCBF Gala Day. They will do an event based on their new book Roman Fort.

Awards
Mick and Brita work closely together on their books, sometimes sharing the illustration. Their first book together, The World is Full of Babies won the Smarties Silver Prize in 1996 and their second book, What's Under the Bed? took the TES Junior Information Book Award in 1997. Yum Yum and How Did I Begin? were 2 of the 6 childrens books shortlisted for the Rhone Poulenc Prize in 1998. Science School made the shortlist the following year. In 2000 Wash, Scrub, Brush!, another jointly illustrated title won the English Association's non fiction award for the best picture book with Let's Party making the short list in 2001.

Collaborations
Mick and Brita have also collaborated with other authors including: Karen Wallace, Martin Waddel, Sam McBratney, Kathy Henderson and Joyce Dunbar. In 2001 Mick's book A Ruined House was featured by Quentin Blake as one of his fifty all time favourites in his book The Laureate's Party. Brita won both Parenting Magazine's Book of the Year 1999 and the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award Winner 2000 – with her illustrations for Judy Hindley's Eyes Nose Fingers Toes.