About

Aaron Blabey is an Australian author/ illustrator, who lives in Leura NSW. He was born in 1974 in the town of Bendigo, Victoria.

Blabey was inspired to write and illustrate by famous people such as: Bob Dylan, Picasso, Steven Spielberg, Francis Bacon, Herge, The Coen Brothers, Edward Gorey and Murray Ball. He decided he wanted to be an author and illustrator because stories and pictures are the only thing that makes complete sense to him (Scholastic, 2014).

Aaron has written a variety of well known bestselling books for children. The first book that Aaron wrote was 'Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley' in 2007 (Scholastic, 2014). Aaron has over 3 million books in print which are published in over 29 different countries (Penguin, 2019). His books have won different awards these include: nine REAL Awards, an INDIE Book Award for Children's Book of the Year, a Children's Book Council of Australia (Book of the Year Award), a NSW Premiers Literary Award for Children's Literature, two Australian Book Design Awards, and a Children's Peace Literature Award. He has three extremely successful book series for children which are: The Bad Guys, Pig the Pug, and Thelma the Unicorn.

 

some Influences

Bob dylan

(Google Images, 2019)

picasso

(Google Images, 2019)

steven spielberg

(Google Images, 2019)

published books

Books published by Aaron Blabey include:

- The Bad Guys (series)                                                    - Don't Call Me Bear!                                                       - Stanley Paste                           

- Pig the Pug (series)                                                        - I Need a Hug                                                                  - Sunday Chutney

- Thelma the Unicorn                                                       - Guff                                                                                   - Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley 

- Busting                                                                              - The Brothers Quibble                                                   - Babies Don't Suck

- Piranhas Don't Eat Bananas                                        - Noah Dreary 

- The Dreadful Fluff                                                           - The Ghost of Miss Annabel Spoon

- Stanley Paste                                                                   - Sunday Chutney

- Pearl Barley and Charlie Parsley                                - Babies Don't Suck

List of books from (aaronblabeybooks, 2014)


audience & features

It is evident that Aaron Blabey's target audience of his work is for a younger audience. Most of his books are picture books which are suitable for younger aged children, whilst his novels are suitable for readers in middle to upper primary.

After reading through a majority of Blabey's books, it is evident that there are common themes of sharing, friendship, animals, identity and behaviour. In majority of his stories the characters are animals instead of a human character, drawn in a more cartoon like form which is a great way to catch children's eyes and attention. Whilst the stories are written in a figurative language, he  tends to keep sentences more simple and descriptive.

Created by Jasmine Livingstone on the 19th March 2019