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Edward Ardizzone was the eldest of five children. In 1905 his
family moved to Ipswich, where he learnt to know and love the little
coastal steamers that he was to draw so often in the Little Tim books.
Illustrator of more than 170 much-loved children's books, Edward
Ardizzone was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1956 and the CBE in
1971. He died in 1979.