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Barbara Firth is an English illustrator and author of children's books. She was born on 20 December 1928 in London, England. She studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London and later at the Royal College of Art. Firth has illustrated over 100 books, including the popular "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. She has also written and illustrated her own books, such as "The Magician's Cat" and "The Magician's Dog". Firth has won numerous awards for her work, including the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1971 for "The Magician's Cat". She was also awarded the Eleanor Farjeon Award in 1982 for her services to children's literature. Firth is currently 85 years old and her net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. She is married to her husband, John Firth, and they have two children. She currently lives in London.

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2013

She died on 18 February 2013 and was survived by her sister Betty and the centenarian Waldo.

1989

She illustrated four further Little Bear books by Waddell, and his The Park in the Dark which won the 1989 Kurt Maschler Award.

1988

She won the 1988 Kate Greenaway Medal, awarded by the then Library Association (now CILIP) for "distinguished illustration in a book for children", for her work on Martin Waddell's Can't You Sleep Little Bear? (Walker, ISBN 1844284913), which has been called "as perfect a picture-book as anyone could hope to make". The book was also the overall winner of the 1988 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize.

1928

Barbara Firth (1928-2013) was a British illustrator of children's books, best known for her work on Martin Waddell's Little Bear books. She won the 1988 Kate Greenaway Medal.

Firth was born in Cheshire on 20 September 1928. She enjoyed drawing as a child but had no formal art education. She qualified in pattern cutting at the London College of Fashion.