Roy McKie (usually spelled McKié; October 8, 1921 – January 8, 2015) was an American
writer
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and
illustrator
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of children's books, most notably under the
Beginner Books
Beginner Books is the Random House imprint for young children ages 3–9, co-founded by Phyllis Cerf with Ted Geisel, more often known as Dr. Seuss, and his wife Helen Palmer Geisel. Their first book was Dr. Seuss's ''The Cat in the Hat'' (19 ...
imprint. He illustrated many books penned by Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) under the pen name Theo. LeSieg ("Geisel" spelled backwards).
Books illustrated by McKie (books he wrote himself are marked with *) include:
* ''The Big Orange Book of Beginner Books'' by Dr. Seuss - 2015 (with
Dr. Seuss
Theodor Seuss Geisel ( ;"Seuss" '' Michael Frith) (his final work after his death)
* ''The Big Purple Book of Beginner Books'' by Helen Palmer, P.D. and Peter Eastman and Michael Frith - 2012 (with P.D. and Peter Eastman)
* ''Skiing'' by Henry Beard – 2002
* ''Sailing'' by Henry Beard – 2001 – dictionary of funny sailing terms
* ''Computing'' by
Henry Beard
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Life and career
Beard, a great-grandson of 14th Vice President John C. B ...
– 1999
* ''The Big Green Book of Beginner Books'' by Dr. Seuss - 1997/2022 (with
Quentin Blake
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, B. Tobey, George Booth, Michael J. Smollin ater Kelly Kennedyand James Stevenson)
* ''A Big Ball of String'' by Marion Holland – 1993 (35th anniversary edition)
* ''A Dictionary of Silly Words About Growing Up'' by Henry Beard — 1988
* ''Golfing'' by Henry Beard – 1987 dictionary of funny golfing terms
* ''Cooking'' by Henry Beard – 1985 dictionary of funny cooking terms
* ''Noah's Ark'' - 1984
* ''Fishing'' by Henry Beard – 1983 dictionary of funny fishing terms
* ''Ship's Log'' by Henry Beard – 1983 dictionary of funny nautical terms
* ''Gardening, A Gardeners Dictionary'' By Henry Beard – 1982 – dictionary of funny gardening terms.
* ''The Tooth Book'' by Dr. Seuss (writing as Theo. LeSieg) – 1981 (the 2000 edition replaces McKie's illustrations with new ones by Joe Mathieu)
* ''The Joke Book''* – 1979
* ''The Hair Book'' by Graham Tether – 1979 (in 2019, the 40th anniversary edition replaces McKie's illustrations with new ones by Andrew Joyner)
* ''Dog''* – 1978
* ''The Riddle Book''* – 1978
* ''Roy McKie's Zodiac Book''* – 1977
* ''Would You Rather Be a Bullfrog?'' by Dr. Seuss (writing as Theo. LeSieg) – 1975
* ''The Many Mice of Mr. Brice'' by Dr. Seuss (writing as Theo. LeSieg) - 1973 (the 1989 edition replaces this title with new ones called ''The Pop-Up Mice of Mr. Brice'', and later in early 2015 and early 2021, the 2015 and 2021 editions replace the pop-up book with new board books)
* ''In a People House'' by Dr. Seuss (writing as Theo. LeSieg) – 1972
* ''I Can Write'' a book by ME, Myself with a little help from Dr. Seuss (writing as Theo. LeSieg) – 1971
* ''The Nose Book'' by
Al Perkins
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– 1970 (the 2002 edition replaces McKie's illustrations with new ones by Joe Mathieu)
* ''My Book About Me'' by ME, Myself with some little help from my friend Dr. Seuss – 1969
* ''The Eye Book'' by Dr. Seuss (writing as Theo. LeSieg) – 1968 (the 1999 edition replaces McKie's illustrations with new ones by Joe Mathieu)
* ''Bennett Cerf's Book of Animal Riddles'' by Bennett Cerf – 1964
* ''Summer'' by Alice Low – 1963 (2001 recolor edition without banned pages)
* ''Snow'' by P. D. Eastman – 1962
* ''More Riddles'' by Bennett Cerf – 1961 (the 1999 edition replaces McKie's illustrations with new ones by Debbie Palen part of ''Riddles and More Riddles!'')
* ''Ten Apples Up on Top'' by Dr. Seuss (writing as Theo. LeSieg) – 1961 (1998 recolor Bright and Early Board Book edition ith new 2004 recolor Beginner Book pages added) – Counting book for children
* ''Bennett Cerf's Book of Riddles'' by Bennett Cerf – 1960 (the 1999 edition replaces McKie's illustrations with new ones by Debbie Palen part of ''Riddles and More Riddles!'')
*''The Greats Family'' comic books by Roy McKie &