Colin West (born 1951) is an English children's book author, poet and illustrator. Since 1975, he has written and illustrated over 50 children's books. He studied Graphic Design at Wolverhampton Polytechnic and Illustration at the

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Quentin Blake Sir Quentin Saxby Blake (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and children's writer. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl, which are among his most popular works. For his l ...

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Edward Gorey Edward St. John Gorey (February 22, 1925 – April 15, 2000) was an Americans, American writer, Tony Awards, Tony Award-winning costume designer, and artist, noted for his own illustrated books as well as cover art and illustration for book ...

Ogden Nash Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his Light poetry, light verse, of which he wrote more than 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyme, rhyming schemes, he was declared by ''The New York T ...

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Roger McGough Roger Joseph McGough (; born 9 November 1937) is an English poet, performance poet, broadcaster, children's author and playwright. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme '' Poetry Please'', as well as performing his own poetry. McGough was one ...

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*" Messy Murray Brown" *" Monty, the Dog who Wears Glasses", 1989

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*''The Adventures of Monty the Dog who Wears Glasses'' (''Monty the Dog who Wears Glasses'', ''Monty Bites Back'' and ''Monty Must be Magic'' in one book) Black, 1995 *''Moose and Mouse'' (I Am Reading series) Macmillan/Kingfisher, 2004 *''Hello, Great Big Bullfrog'' Walker, 2009 *''Have You Seen the Crocodile?'' Walker, 2009 *"The Big Book of Nonsense" Hutchinson, 2001 *”Never Nudge a Budgie” Walker Books, 2015 * “Nutty Nonsense” Poems and Pictures Publishing, 2022

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1951 births Living people English children's writers English male poets English illustrators English children's book illustrators British humorous poets {{England-novelist-stub