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Barbara Spurll

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The United Kingdom

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Barbara grew up in Winnipeg. Since she always loved to draw, her mother signed her up for Saturday morning art classes in grade one. Her interest never waned and at sixteen, she signed herself up for life drawing classes where she learned contour line drawing. A few years later, she moved east to Toronto to study fine art. She later graduated from the design and illustration program at George Brown College, where she would go on to teach illustration for many semesters.
Her professional career began as a freelance illustrator with regular assignments from a variety of major North American newspapers and magazines such as The Toronto Star, Macleans, Your Big Backyard Magazine, Wildlife Conservation Magazine, Owl and Chickadee magazines, to na ...more

	Rhinos for Lunch and Elephants for Supper! by Tololwa M. Mollel, Barbara Spurll (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1992 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Flying Tortoise: An Igbo Tale by Tololwa M. Mollel, Barbara Spurll (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emma's Eggs by Margriet Ruurs (Goodreads Author), Barbara Spurll (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.96 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alexander Graham Bell: An Inventive Life by Elizabeth MacLeod, Barbara Spurll (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1998 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emma's Cold Day by Margriet Ruurs (Goodreads Author), Barbara Spurll (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emma and the Coyote by Margriet Ruurs (Goodreads Author), Barbara Spurll (Goodreads Author) (Illustrations) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1999 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Emma at the Fair by Margriet Ruurs (Goodreads Author), Barbara Spurll (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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