No.50 uses 3 words but conveys so much emotion in Hug, about a chimp who loses his mum.
Nothing stops Fix-It Duck! With page designs inspired by comic-book panel layouts, Jez colours his ink drawings in marker pens. 45+ books! https://t.co/bWv9RJGJpl

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2020-08-30

No.47 illustrates the pastel-palette Fairytale Hairdresser series. She uses traditional drawing materials, then colours her drawings with digital and scanned mixed media. She loves adding funny modern details to the stories
https://t.co/U1HNMwxAK6

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2020-08-30

No.46 Michael Foreman is a master of watercolours. 'I keep trying to make things more real, not in a literal, photographic sense, but in an emotional sense, telling a story by capturing the essence of the situation, giving it some meaning.'
https://t.co/hvflUoauxi

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2020-08-29

No.45 Rod Campbell got a doctorate in organic chemistry before he set up his own publishing house, eventually bought by Macmillan. His pages, often with flaps, are clear and simple for toddlers to decode, making room for them to chime in
https://t.co/UoGNJscWLw

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2020-08-29

No.44 Judith Kerr (1923-2019) illustrated books up to the end (95 years!) and was a warm part of many of our childhoods. The kitchen in The Tiger Who Came to Tea was based on her own. She slightly regretted giving Mog so many stripes to paint
https://t.co/mBqthlrpvF

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2020-08-29

No.43 Current Children’s Laureate illustrates many of her own books. I first knew her work through her picture books but many of you will know her How to Train Your Dragon books that sparked off the popular films 🐉
https://t.co/t20FgNcp4z

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2020-08-29

No.41 draws gorgeously fastidious characters and just-so interior spaces. Expert at clothing detail, expressions and creating a variety of old people, he’s branched out from his Claude books to the comic adventures of Mr Penguin https://t.co/c9PDDGGFUI

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2020-08-29

No.36 Sarah Warburton works in yummy colours that make you want to visit whatever party, princess palace or even dinosaur-infested supermarket that appear in her books. She has an eye for funny detail and striking compositions
https://t.co/HGLf7PNA5T

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2020-08-29

No.34 worked as graphic designer for an ad agency, then did greeting cards for 5 years before taking up children’s book illustration. He draws dramatic expressions for his characters in books full of humour and whimsy
https://t.co/G9eHalf2EY

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2020-08-29

No.31 Jill Murphy writes and illustrates hilarious books about characters who mean well but create chaos, famously The Worst Witch. With her Large Family books, kids love them but adults wryly relate to the exasperated and overtired parents https://t.co/48ZluxJWKq

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2020-08-28

No.29 Mick Inkpen created Kipper and Wibbly Pig, firm favourites with many very young children. He draws with a delicate line and uses watercolour washes which give his pictures a clean, yet soft look. He sometimes works with Nick Butterworth https://t.co/3wOiLvjuo1

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2020-08-28

No.26 has an animation background which helps him give movement to his characters and create atmospheric lighting. It’s fun to watch the sketches he posts on Twitter, where he constantly pushes himself in new directions
https://t.co/vLCc67xPOL

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2020-08-28

No.23 Lauren Child: former Children's Laureate brought her skills as a designer to change the look of children's books with her startling collage effects, scratchy linework, and typography that jumps, twists and turns on the page https://t.co/axVF5NqKV0

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2020-08-28

No.14 Rachel Wells : if you've ever looked into a pushchair, you've almost certainly seen Rachel Wells pictures for the 'That's not my...' books with Fiona Watts. https://t.co/SK27FOJfH5 (rachelh14 on Instagram)

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2020-08-27

No.12 works with big shapes and flat, textured colours, with occasional collage elements, to create warm, intimate stories for very young children. Her hit books include solo titles and partnerships with writer Giles Andreae
https://t.co/F7C5zQQYAU

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2020-08-27

No.5 If you ask anyone on the street in the UK to name an illustrator, there’s a huge chance Quentin Blake will be the name they come up with. He hugely influenced a generation of illustrators and has worked with many different writers & solo https://t.co/UJlNXXHChK

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2020-08-25

No.4 Georgie Ripper is the original illustrator for the stonkingly successful Rainbow Magic series of fairy books which have sold 20+million copies in 31 languages
https://t.co/A6Rzaf1oUQ

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2020-08-25