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'''Jill Masefield  McDonald'''  (30 October 1927 – 2 January 1982) was a New-Zealand-born children's writer and  illustrator, working in the United Kingdom from the mid-1960s. Much of her work was done for Puffin Books, the children's imprint of [[Penguin Books|Penguin]], and for its club's  magazine ''[[Puffin Post]]''.

==Life==
She was born in [[Wellington]], New Zealand in 1927. Her father was Reginald Bedford Hammond, a distant cousin of [[John Masefield]]. She initially trained as an architect, but turned to illustration following her marriage, becoming art editor of the ''[[New Zealand School Journal]]''.<ref name=times/><ref>For a brief history of the ''School Journal'' see {{cite web|title=Centennial Celebration of NZ School Journal|url=http://www.beehive.govt.nz/node/29249|website=Beehive|publisher=Government of New Zealand|accessdate=8 July 2014}}</ref>

In 1965 she moved to England with her two children. There she worked  for [[Puffin Books]], the children's imprint of Penguin. Much of her work was on ''Puffin Post'', the members' magazine of the Puffin Club,<ref name=times/>  launched in 1967,<ref>{{cite web|title=Puffin Post to become extinct|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/dec/17/puffin-post-penguin-become-extinct|website=The Guardian|accessdate=8 July 2014}}</ref> whose visual style she shaped.<ref name=times/> In addition to the cover designs,<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Eye Magazine |url= http://www.eyemagazine.com/review/article/nuffin-like-a-puffin |title=Nuffin' like a Puffin: Robert Hanks Reviews Puffin by Design: 70 Years of Imagination 1940–2010 |accessdate=5 July 2014}}</ref> her contributions included a regular column in which Odway, a philosophical dog, invited responses from readers. In McDonald's ''Times'' obituary, [[Kaye Webb]], the editor of Puffin Books wrote of her work:<blockquote>everyone who knows it has been captivated  not only by her brilliant use of colour and unique style, but the way each sure, strong line seems to impose a very individual and secret humour.<ref name=times/></blockquote>

She was the author of twelve picture books for children.<ref name=times/>

She died in [[London]] on 2 January 1982.<ref name=times>{{cite news| author=Webb, Kaye|title=Jill Masefield McDonald |newspaper=The Times |location=London|date= 8 January 1982|  url=http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=palmers&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS170363432&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0}}, p. 10; issue 61126 {{subscription needed}}.</ref>

==Selected works==
===As writer and illustrator===
* ''Maggy Scraggle Loves the Beautiful Ice-cream Man'' (1978) Harmondsworth: Kestrel Books {{ISBN|978-0-7226-5313-5}}
* ''Counting on an Elephant '' (1975) Harmondsworth : Kestrel Books {{ISBN|978-0-7226-6795-8}}
* ''The Happyhelper Engine'' (1980) London: Methuen Children's Books {{ISBN|978-0-416-89240-6}}

===As illustrator===
* Aitchison, Janet (1970), ''The Pirates' Tale'' Harmondsworth: Penguin (Picture Puffin) {{ISBN|978-0-14-050026-4}}
* Cash, Alan (1966), ''The Puffin Crossword Puzzle Book'' Harmondsworth: Penguin Books (Puffin)
* Cunliffe, John (1971), ''Farmer Barnes and the Goats'' London: Collins {{ISBN|978-0-233-96235-1}}
* Greaves, Margaret (1966), ''Your Turn Next'' London: Methuen Educational; (1973 edn): {{ISBN|978-0-423-88180-6}}
* Greaves, Margaret (1968), ''Gallery'' London: Methuen Educational
* Greaves, Margaret (ed.) (1969), ''Scrap-box: Poems for Grown-ups to Share with Children'' London: Methuen
* Greaves, Margaret (1971), ''The Snowman of Biddle'' (Gallimaufry 1) London: Methuen Educational {{ISBN|978-0-416-65300-7}}
* Greaves, Margaret (1971), ''The Rainbow Sun'' (Gallimaufry 2) London: Methuen {{ISBN|978-0-416-65310-6}}
* Greaves, Margaret (1971), ''King Solomon and the Hoopoes'' (Gallimaufry 3) London: Methuen {{ISBN|978-0-416-65320-5}}
* Greaves, Margaret (1971), ''The Great Bell of Peking'' (Gallimaufry 4) London: Methuen {{ISBN|978-0-416-65330-4}}
* Greaves, Margaret (1971), ''The Dagger and the Bird'' London: Methuen {{ISBN|978-0-416-16900-3}}
* Greaves, Margaret (1972), ''Two at Number 20'' London: Methuen {{ISBN|978-0-423-87380-1}}
* Greaves, Margaret (1973), ''Little Jacko and the Wolf People'' London: Methuen {{ISBN|978-0-416-65930-6}}
* [[Norman Hunter (author)|Hunter, Norman]] (1974), ''Norman Hunter's Book of Magic'' London: Bodley Head {{ISBN|978-0-370-01594-1}}
* [[Norman Hunter (author)|Hunter, Norman]] (1976), ''[[Professor Branestawm]]’s Do-it-yourself Handbook'' London: Bodley Head {{ISBN|978-0-370-10847-6}}; (1979) Harmondsworth: Penguin Books (Puffin) {{ISBN|978-0-14-031148-8}}
* [[Norman Hunter (author)|Hunter, Norman]] (1978), ''Vanishing Ladies, and Other Magic'' London : Bodley Head {{ISBN|978-0-370-30078-8}}
* [[Norman Hunter (author)|Hunter, Norman]], with illustrations by [[George Worsley Adamson|George Adamson]], Derek Cousins, [[W. Heath Robinson]] and Jill McDonald (1980), ''The Best of [[Professor Branestawm|Branestawm]]'' London: Bodley Head
* Sloan, Carolyn (1974), ''The Penguin and the Vacuum Cleaner''. Harmondsworth: Penguin (Puffin) {{ISBN|978-0-582-15320-2}}
*Turnbull, Michael Robert McGregor (1960), ''The Changing Land: A Short History of New Zealand for Children'' London: Longman
*Waters, John F. (1972) ''The Royal Potwasher'' London: Methuen

==References==
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==External links==
{{Portal |Children's literature |Visual arts }}
* {{LCAuth|n80004151|Jill McDonald|24|ue}}

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