{{short description|Canadian illustrator (born 1955)}} {{infobox artist |name=Brenda Clark |birth_date={{birth date and age|1955|2|10}} |birth_place=[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada |alma_mater=[[Sheridan College]] |occupation=Illustrator }} '''Brenda Clark''' (born February 10, 1955) is a Canadian illustrator, perhaps best known for her work on the [[Franklin the Turtle (books)|Franklin the Turtle]] series of children's books.
She was born in [[Toronto]] and studied illustration at [[Sheridan College]]. She now lives in [[Port Hope, Ontario|Port Hope]].<ref name='web-kcp-brenda'>{{cite web |url=https://www.kidscanpress.com/Creators/brenda-clark/ |title=Brenda Clark |publisher=Kids Can Press}}</ref>
Several books in the Franklin series have received awards from the [[Canadian Children's Book Centre]].<ref name='web-kcp-brenda'></ref> An animated television series ''[[Franklin (TV series)|Franklin]]'' based on the Franklin the Turtle books appeared on Canadian and American television. [[Canada Post]] issued a stamp featuring Franklin the Turtle in 2012.<ref name=sheridan/><ref name=who>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AGpWnv0L61wC&pg=PA184 |title=Who's Who of Canadian Women, 1999-2000 |pages=184–85 |last=Holmes |first=Gillian |year=1999 |isbn=0-920966-55-1}}</ref> A second television series ''[[Franklin and Friends]]'' appeared in more than fifteen countries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/franklin-the-turtle-turns-25---and-gets-a-new-tv-series/article569116/ |title=Franklin the turtle turns 25 - and gets a new TV series |newspaper=Globe and Mail |date=March 3, 2011}}</ref>
Clark was named to the [[Order of Canada]] in 2014.<ref name=sheridan>{{cite web |url=https://www.sheridancollege.ca/alumni/news/brenda-clark-named-to-the-order-of-canada.aspx |title=Brenda Clark named to the Order of Canada |work=Alumni News |publisher=Sheridan College}}{{dead|date=May 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gg.ca/honour.aspx?id=11099&t=12&ln=Clark|title=The Governor General of Canada|last=General|first=The Office of the Secretary to the Governor|language=en|access-date=2018-01-01}}</ref>
== Selected work == * ''Sadie and the Snowman'' (1985) text by Allen Morgan * ''Franklin in the Dark'' (1986) text by [[Paulette Bourgeois]] *''Big Sarah's Little Boots'' (1987) text by [[Paulette Bourgeois]] * ''Little Fingerling'' (1989) text by [[Monica Hughes]], received a book award from the Toronto chapter of the [[Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire]] * ''My Dog: A Scrapbook of Drawings, Photos and Facts'' (1993) text by Marilyn Baillie * ''Puddleman'' (1994), text by [[Ted Staunton]] <ref name=who/>
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