Children’s Literature News April 2026
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Brian Fitzgerald biography
Brian Fitzgerald is an Irish author-illustrator of children’s picture books and historical books for older readers, based in Dublin.
He graduated from the National College of Art and Design (NCAD) in the early 1980s.
As an illustrator, his clients include Little Tiger Press (UK), Usborne Publishing (UK), Random House (New York), Blue Apple Books (New Jersey), Carthusia Books (Italy), Les Apprentis Réveurs (France), An Gúm and Futa Fata (Ireland).
His published works as author include historical nonfiction books such as McCarthyism: The Red Scare, The Korean War: America’s Forgotten War, Fighting the Vietnam War, and Under Fire in World War II under the “On the Front Line” and “Snapshots in History” series.
As author-illustrator, his picture book Bounce Bounce won the International Silent Book Competition at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2014.
Biography writer: Joanna Nance-Phillips
Children’s literature expert and primary school teacher with 30+ years of experience running a primary school library, teaching literacy and tutoring in the UK and abroad. Articles and reviews by Joanna Nance-Phillips 
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