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CANSCAIP Members
 Celia Godkin
Author/Illustrator
10 James Street, Mod. 6, Comp. 12
Frankville, ON
K0E 1H0
Phone: (613) 275-7204
Fax: (613) 275-7204
Email: celiagodkin@ripnet.com
Born: 15 April 1948. London, England
Family: Married to O. John Hawkins
Biography
Celia spent her childhood in Brazil, her adolescence in England and
her adult life in Canada. Trained as a biologist, she worked
variously as a school aide, fisheries biologist and herpetologist
before embarking on a career as a scientific illustrator.
An illustration job preparing signs for the Winnipeg zoo led to
collaboration with zoo director, Clive Roots, on Endangered Species:
Canada's Disappearing Wildlife, published in 1987 by Fitzhenry &
Whiteside. Encouraged by this success, Celia illustrated an ecology
story she had written many years earlier and showed it to her
publisher. The resulting book, Wolf Island, won the Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada 1990 Best Information Book Award and led to a succession of information story books.
In addition to her publications in children's literature, Celia has illustrated many textbooks and scientific papers and has written a number of technical works. She taught scientific illustration, painting and drawing at the University of Toronto for many years, but now lives and works in an old farmhouse in Eastern Ontario.
Published Works
Fire! The Renewal of a Forest, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2006
Amber, the Story of a Red Fox by Shirley Woods, illustrated by Celia Godkin, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2004.
When the Giant Stirred: Legend of a Volcanic Island, by Celia Godkin; Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2002.
Jack, the Story of a Beaver, by Shirley Woods, illustrated by Celia Godkin; Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2002.
Kit: The Adventures of a Raccoon, by Shirley Woods, illustrated by
Celia Godkin; Groundwood Books, 1999.
Flying Lessons, by Celia Godkin: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1999.
Black Nell: The Adventures of a Coyote, by Shirley Woods, illustrated
by Celia Godkin; Groundwood Books, 1998.
Sea Otter Inlet, by Celia Godkin; Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1997.
Ladybug Garden, by Celia Godkin; Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1995.
Published simultaneously in the US by Sierra Club Books as What About
Ladybugs?
Wolf Island, by Celia Godkin; Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 1989; W. H. Freeman, 1993.
Endangered Species: Canada's Disappearing Wildlife, by Clive Roots,
designed and illustrated by Celia Godkin; Fitzhenry & Whiteside,
1987.
Exhibitions
April 2005: John B. Aird Gallery, McDonald Block, 900 Bay Street, Toronto. Three works exhibited in Botanical Artists of Canada juried show.
June 2004: Niagara Flower and Garden Show, 2565 Niagara River Parkway North, Niagara Falls, On. Three works exhibited in Botanical Artists of Canada group show.
January 2004 - April 2005: Hummingbird Centre, Toronto. Two works exhibited in each of five fundraiser shows for the Canadian Opera Company.
September - October 2002, Link Gallery, Civic Garden Centre, Toronto. Two works exhibited in the Botanical Artists of Canada Fall Show.
October 1992 - to present: The Canadian Society of Children's Authors,
Illustrators and Performers Traveling Exhibit. One original illustration
from Wolf Island is displayed in the show.
July 1999: Botanical Garden, University of British Columbia. One work
exhibited in group show at the American Association of Botanical Gardens &
Arboretum annual meeting.
May 1999: Link Gallery, Civic Garden Centre, Toronto. Three works exhibited
in group show: Botanical Elements.
January - February 1999: Link Gallery, Civic Garden Centre, Toronto. Thirty
five works exhibited in solo show: Flora & Fauna III.
April - May 1997: Toose Art Gallery, 229 College Street, Toronto. Nineteen
works exhibited in solo show: Flora & Fauna II.
April 1997: BolognaFiere Children's Book Fair Illustrator's Exhibition:
non-fiction section (juried show). Five original illustrations from Ladybug
Garden were selected for display.
March 1996: York University Student Gallery, 4700 Keele Street, North York,
Ont. Eight works exhibited as part of the Conference and Celebration of
Female Spirituality given by the Centre for Feminist Research at York
University.
November 1994 - January 1995: Staff Lounge, Royal Ontario Museum, 100
Queen's Park, Toronto. Fifteen works exhibited in a group show of the
Canadian Guild of Natural Science Illustrators.
November 1994: Gallery 503, 80 Spadina Ave, Toronto. Five works exhibited
in group show entitled: Personal Mythologies.
September 1994: Bancroft Art Gallery, Station Street, Bancroft, Ontario.
Thirty works exhibited in solo show: Flora & Fauna.
May 1993: The Academy of Spherical Arts, 38 Hanna Ave, Toronto. Two works
exhibited in group show of works by the Eclectic Collective.
June/July 1990 & July/August 1989: Staff Lounge, Royal Ontario Museum, 100
Queen's Park, Toronto. One work exhibited in each of two Creative Arts
staff shows.
December 1986: Taiwan Museum, 2 Siangyang Road, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of
China. Five works exhibited in group show: Natural Science
Illustration.
February - April 1984: Staff Lounge, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's
Park, Toronto. Twenty-two works exhibited.
July 1983: Slusser Gallery, Art and Architecture Building, University of
Michigan. Two works exhibited in group show: The 4th Annual National Guild
Exhibit.
October - November 1976: Gallery 76, 76 McCaul Street, Toronto. Curated
group show: Images from the Interior Self. Exhibited three works.
Awards
Kit, the Adventures of a Raccoon was a Red Cedar nominee, a Silver Birch nominee and an Ann Connor Brimer Award nominee.
Black Nell, the Adventures of a Coyote was a Red Cedar Award nominee.
Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada 1996 Honor Book Award for Ladybug Garden. Children's Literature Roundtables of Canada 1990 Best Information Book Award for Wolf Island.
Runner up for Mr. Christie's 1989 Children's Book Award (for Wolf Island; illustration in English language category).
Children's Literature Roundtable of Canada 1996 Honour Book for
Ladybug Garden
Children's Literature Roundtable of Canada 1990 Information Book
Award for Wolf Island
(Wolf Island was runner up for the Mr. Christie Book Award)
Other Memberships
The Writer's Union of Canada
Botanical Artists of Canada
Founder and past president of the Canadian Guild of Natural Science
Illustrators.
Available For
Readings in schools/libraries: K - 6.
Presentations to teachers on teaching ecology.
Editorial illustration in natural science subjects.
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