Graham Percy

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A typical Graham Percy cover

Graham Percy (June 7, 1938 – January 4, 2008)^[1] was a noted illustrator of children's books. He was born and brought up in New Zealand. He studied Graphic Design at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1967 and becoming a freelance artist specializing in children's book illustration. He had over 100 books to his credit^[2]^[3], some of which have been told or re-told by himself. He illustrated numerous board books, pop up books and pull tab books. Among his most notable achievements:

Illustrations for Crime and the law^[4] (1969) by Bernard Brown
Design^[5] of the full-length animated film Hugo the Hippo in Hungary (1970 - 1972)
Illustrations for La Belle au bois dormant^[6] (1977) written by Charles Perrault
Illustration for a TV adaptation of The Emperor's Nightingale which won the Prix d'Italia (1983)
Illustrations for When Dad cuts down the chestnut tree^[7] (1988) by Pam Ayres
Illustrations for the Fantastic Flying Journey^[8] (1987) and Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure^[9] (1989) by the noted author and naturalist Gerald Durrell, both published by Conran Octopus
Illustrations for The Woodland Gospels According to Captain Beaky and His Band^[10], by Jeremy Lloyd, Faber and Faber (1990)
Illustrations for A cup of starshine (1991)^[11] selected by Jill Bennett
Illustrations and text for The Cock, the mouse, and the little red hen^[12] (1992)
Concept and illustrations for Arthouse^[13] (1996), published by Chronicle Books, reviewed in the New York Times^[14], artwork exhibited at Storyopolis gallery^[15] in Los Angeles.
Illustrations and text for Lullabies: Poems and Rhymes to Dream on^[16], Running Press (1995) - this^[17] is a part of the Library of Congress Miniature Book Collection which has books of height 10 cm or less
Design and illustration for the series Graham Percy's Animal Tails^[18], Random House (1995)
Illustrations for the illustrated Mother Goose^[19], Running Press (1997)
Illustrations for the Wind in the Willows ^[20], HarperCollins (1997) joining the likes of Arthur Rackham and E. H. Shepard
Illustrations for The mailbox mice mystery^[21] (1999) by Juli Mahr
Illustrations for Mama tiger, Baba Tiger^[22] (2001) by Juli Mahr
Concept and illustrations for Imagined Histories^[23] (2007), published by Crear, space to create^[24], supported by the Scottish Arts Council.