Claudia Boldt
Claudia Boldt was born in Germany but now lives in London. She attended the Glasgow School of Art, and then Kingston University, London, where she graduated with her Masters in Illustration in 2007 - the same year she founded Cloud Cuckoo Studio with fellow illustrator Katharina Koall in London's East End.
Already with two books to her name, UUGGHH! and Star Gazers, Skyscrapers & Extraordinary Sausages (both Child’s Play), Claudia loves to write and illustrate fun and slightly absurd comedies for four-year-olds, which are as equally entertaining for adults. She received a BookTrust Best New Illustrators Award in 2011.
Books
Stargazers, Skyscrapers and Extraordinary Sausages
Author: Claudia Boldt
Publisher: Child's Play
Interest age: 4+
Reading age: 6+
Henrietta is definitely not short on ambition. She’s going to start by being the world’s first ice-cream-making, sky-scraper-climbing lighthouse keeper.
UUGGHH!
Author: Claudia Boldt
Publisher: Child's Play
Reading age: 6+
The fascinatingly retro-styled illustrations in this book represent a fabulous world
You're a Rude Pig, Bertie!
Author: Claudia Boldt
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Reading age: 6+
Bertie is a rude pig. He insults all the other animals, whilst all the time thinking what a magnificent and beautiful piglet he is. Then he meets cute rabbit Ruby.