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Joan Rankin (24 June 1940 -), née Trehair, is a South African Children’s Writer and Illustrator.

Joan Rankin was born on 24 June. She grew up in Johannesburg and attended Roedean School. She studied graphic art at the Michaelis Art School Cape Town (1957-1958) under Katrina Harris and studied Fine Art under Sidney Goldblatt for several years. She was influenced by the work of Ronald Searle of Punch magazine.

Her books have been published in Europe, UK, USA, South America and Korea and have been translated into numerous languages.

A Frog in A Bog by Karma Wilson, has been very popular and has also been published in Korea. Publishers’ Weekly describes Rankin's illustrations in this story as “sassy, intricately composed watercolors” which “feature variegated, saturated backgrounds that often look appropriately bog-spattered and sun-dried (even, sometimes, tie-dyed).” Another favourite is Mrs McTats and her houseful of cats by Alyssa Satin Capucilli. ''Wow! It’s Great being a Duck'' was co-published in South America and Korea. Publishers’ Weekly refers to Rankin’s illustrations in Your somebody Special, Walliwigs as “delicious comic confections.”

Titles as writer and illustrator
 * Come Quickly, Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1996.
 * Fat Paws and Pit Wit, Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1996.
 * First Day, Margaret K. McElderry (New York, NY), 2002.
 * Oh, Mum!, Red Fox (London, England), 2002.
 * Hurry! Hurry!, Human & Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), 1996.
 * Let's Make a House, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, England), 1999.
 * Peter's Dulcie Duck, Anansi (Cape Town, South Africa), 1993.
 * Scaredy Cat, Margaret K. McElderry (New York, NY), 1996.
 * Sorry, I Lost the Baby, Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1996.
 * The Little Cat and the Greedy Old Woman, Margaret K. McElderry (New York, NY), 1995.
 * Wow! It's Great Being a Duck, Margaret K. McElderry (New York, NY), 1998.
 * You're Somebody Special, Walliwigs!, Margaret K. McElderry (New York, NY), 1999.

Titles as illustrator
 * Kathleen Arnot, Five Zulu Tales, Anansi (Cape Town, South Africa), 1992.
 * Elana Bregin, Bert the Crusher, Human & Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), 1995.
 * Alyssa Satin Capucilli, McTats and Her Houseful of Cats, Margaret K. McElderry (New York, NY), 2001.
 * Anne Clulow, Bubble Gum Mess, Human & Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), 1993.
 * Anne Clulow, Help!, Human & Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), 1993.
 * Anne Clulow, Pepper Pig and the Bad Rats, Human & Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), 1993.
 * Anne Clulow, Pepper Pig and the Robber, Human & Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), 1993.
 * Anne Clulow, Pepper Pig, Human & Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), 1993.
 * Renee Deatlefs, Ask Patricia, Human & Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), 1989.
 * Judith Garratt, The Beautiful Chinese Balloon, Knowledge Unlimited (Sandton, South Africa), 1993.
 * Judith Garratt, The Green Umbrella, Knowledge Unlimited (Sandton, South Africa), 1993.
 * Judith Garratt, Titch and Mitch Go to France, Knowledge Unlimited (Sandton, South Africa), 1993.
 * P. Grobbelaar, The House with the Seven Doors, Daan Retief (Pretoria, South Africa), 1988.
 * Jay Heale, Storyland, Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1991.
 * Jenny Hatton, Finding Aunt Joan, Jacana Media, 1911.
 * Jenny Hatton, Moving House, Jacana Media, 1911.
 * Jenny Hatton, Swimming in the Sun, Jacana Media, 1911.
 * Dianne Hofmeyr, Hic Hic Hiccups, R.E.A.D. (Johannesburg, South Africa), 1993.
 * Dianne Hofmeyr, The Magical Mulberry Blanket, Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1991.
 * Teddy Knoetze, The Samurai without a Sword, Daan Retief (Pretoria, South Africa), 1988.
 * Ian Macdonald, The Dancing Elephant, Human & Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), 1990.
 * Lindi Mahlangu and Lungi Maseka, Scary Footsteps, R.E.A.D. (Johannesburg, South Africa), 1993.
 * M. Margoles and S. Hoffenberg, Mandu and the Forest Guardian, Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1987.
 * Mitzi Margoles, King Fob, Knowledge Unlimited (Sandton, South Africa), 1994.
 * Mitzi Margoles, Ten Are Too Many, Human & Rousseau (Cape Town, South Africa), 1990.
 * John Mathibe, John and the Porcupine, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1994.
 * Lindi Nkululeko, Three Fat Cats, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge, England), 1998.
 * Julius Oelke, chronicler, From the Heart of the Fire: Folk Tales and LegendsItalic text, Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1995.
 * Diane Pitcher, Catch Me a River, Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1990.
 * Phyllis Savory, The Little Wise One: African Tales of the Hare, Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1990.
 * Max Sed, Princess, setshameki sa dibaesekapo!, Oxford University Press (New York, NY), 1994.
 * Jenny Seed, Old Grandfather Mantis: Tales of the San, Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1992.
 * Jenny Seed, The Far-Away Valley, translated by H. J. M. Retief, Daan Retief (Pretoria, South Africa), 1987.
 * Jenny Seed, The Wind's Song, Daan Retief (Pretoria, South Africa), 1991.
 * Moira Thatcher, Tselane, Tafelberg (Cape Town, South Africa), 1986.
 * The Twelve Days of Christmas, Daan Retief (Pretoria, South Africa), 1989.
 * Karma Wilson, A Frog in the Bog, Margaret K. McElderry (New York, NY), 2003.

Awards

1986 - HAUM Daan Retief Publisher’s Competition for children’s book illustration for The Far-Away Valley by Jenny Seed, Pretoria: Daan Retief, 1987.

1991 - Katrina Harris Award for Children’s Book Illustration.

2003 - The Oppenheim Toy portfolio Gold award in U.S.A.

2011 - The M.E.R. (Mimie E. Rothmann) award for Best Illustrated Children's Book: Just Sisi/Net Sisi by Wendy Hartmann, illustrated by Joan Rankin, Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 2011.

2012 - Crystal Kite award for Finding Aunt Joan by Jenny Hatton, illustrated by Joan Rankin, Johannesburg: Jacana Media, 2011.

2012 - Tienie Holloway medal for Children’s Literature from the Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns.

2012 - IBBY Honour List for Just Sisi/Net Sisi by Wendy Hartmann, illustrated by Joan Rankin, Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 2011.

2013 - Shortlisted for the M.E.R. Prize for Best Illustrated Children’s Book: Sisi gaan skool toe by Wendy Hartmann, illustrated by Joan Rankin, Cape Town: Human & Rousseau, 2013.

Exhibitions

1960 - Artists of Fame and Promise. Lawrence Adler Galleries. Johannesburg. South Africa.

1960 - RAU university. Sidney Goldblatt and eight of his students. Johannesburg.

1987 - RAU university. Exhibited with Elza Botha, Phillipa Hobbs and Dina Prinsloo.

1987-1990 - Mostra Internazionale D'Illustrazione per L'Infanzia. Sarmede, Italy.

1988 - Owl Prize Exhibition of Original pictures of International Children’s Books.

1991-2001 and 2006 - Le Immagini dela Fantasie Sarmede, Italy.

1990 - Premi Interncional Catalonia d'Il.lustracio.

1993, 1997, 1995 - BIB - Bienale ilostracii Bratisalava. 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009 - I Colori del Sacro, Padua, Museo Diocesano. Italy.

2003 - Exlibris Collection of Brunico's Civil Museum.

2003 - Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award, USA.

2004 - The Original Art. Exhibition Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators.

2004 - Ausstiellung.

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