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Ron Lightburn's career as a children's book illustrator was launched with his Governor General's Award-winning artwork for Waiting for the Whales in 1991. Since then he has illustrated numerous other best selling picture books and has become internationally renowned for his sensitive storytelling skills and range of illustration styles, from the touching realism of How Smudge Came to the exuberant whimsy of Pumpkin People. During the past quarter century his artwork has graced the covers of over sixty books and has been featured in magazines, calendars, posters and advertisements across North America.
Selected List of Publications
- Pumpkin People. Sandra Lightburn. Illustrated by Ron Lightburn. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 2008, ISBN: 978-155109-681-0.
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- Quill & Quire Starred review
- "From the endpapers through the different styles of artwork, this book is a Canadiana gem [...] I loved this book. The artwork alone conjures up a dozen different art activities [...] Highly recommended for elementary classrooms." - Susan Miller, Resource Links, Volume 14, Number 2, December 2008
- "[T]he Lightburns present a richly coloured and cheerful vision of the night's doings." - Gwyneth Evans, Quill & Quire, December 2008
- "The illustrations are slightly eerie, sure to send shivers down the spines of young readers." - Deborah Wiles, Bookworms, Chronicle Herald, October 2008
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- The Happily Ever Afternoon. Sharon Jennings. Illustrated by Ron Lightburn. Annick Press, 2006. ISBN 1-55037-944-5 (pb);1-55037-945-3 (hc).
- Shortlisted, 5th Annual Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award for Excellence in Illustration, 2007 Atlantic Book Award
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- A Poppy Is To Remember. Heather Patterson. Illustrated by Ron Lightburn. Scholastic Canada, 2004. ISBN 0-439-96786-4 (English edition); 0-439-96787-2 (French edition).
- Finalist for the 2006 Hackmatack Children's Choice Book Award.
- Wild Girl and Gran. Nan Gregory. Illustrated by Ron Lightburn. Red Deer College Press, 2000. ISBN 0-88995-221-3.
- Driftwood Cove. Sandra Lightburn. Illustrated by Ron Lightburn. Doubleday Canada,1998. ISBN 0-385-25626-4.
- Winner of the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize for text and illustration, 1999.
- Shortlisted for the Ann Connor Brimer Award for Children's Literature, 1999.
- "Award winning illustrator Ron Lightburn brings his enormous talent to this story with soft pencil drawings that evoke the haunting beauty of Canada's west coast." - "Driftwood Cove." Carol McDougall. CM Magazine, Volume VI, No. 7, November 26, 1999.
- How Smudge Came. Nan Gregory. Illustrated by Ron Lightburn. Red Deer College Press, 1995. ISBN 0-88995-143-8.
- Winner of the 1996 Mr. Christie Book Award.
- Eagle Dreams. Sheryl McFarlane. Illustrated by Ron Lightburn.Orca Book Publishers, 1994. ISBN 1-55143-016-9.
- I Can't Sleep. Patti Farmer. Illustrated by Ron Lightburn. Orca Book Publishers, 1992. ISBN 0-920501-84-2.
- Waiting for the Whales. Sheryl McFarlane. Illustrated by Ron Lightburn. Orca Book Publishers, 1991. ISBN 0-920501-66-4.
- Winner of the 1992 Governor General's Literary Award for Children's Illustration
- Winner of the 1992 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration.
- Winner of the 1992 Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Picture Book Award.
