Brian Paterson
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Brian Paterson is an illustrator, best known for his work with Foxwood Tales and later Zigby
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selected Foxwood Tales along with works by Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson and Ted Hughes for her study of translation norms in practice
books have been published to date:
The character has now been developed for a TV cartoon series.
Zigby
Zigby the zebra is an anthropomorphic children's fictional character created by Scottish-born English author Brian Paterson. Zigby appears in a series of picture books and board books as well as in a 3D animated television series....
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Early life
Brian Paterson was born in Ayrshire in 1949. At the age of 12 his family moved to Somerset. He met a local girl, Cynthia, and they married in 1973. The couple initially moved to London where Brian worked as a designer by day and on developing his own style of illustrating by night. They then moved to Henley-on-Thames where they conceived Foxwood Tales, Cynthia writing and Brian illustrating.Foxwood Tales
Their first story was published in 1985, and seven more followed. Since then the series of eight children's books have become modern classics. Over 1.3 million copies have been sold across 18 countries. Titles follow:- Robbery at Foxwood (1985)
- The Foxwood treasure (1985)
- The Foxwood kidnap (1986)
- The Foxwood regatta (1986)
- The Foxwood surprise (1988)
- The Foxwood smugglers (1988)
- The secret valley (1998)
- The magic sleigh (1998)
Academic study
Alice Martin at the University of HelsinkiUniversity of Helsinki
The University of Helsinki is a university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but was founded in the city of Turku in 1640 as The Royal Academy of Turku, at that time part of the Swedish Empire. It is the oldest and largest university in Finland with the widest range of disciplines available...
selected Foxwood Tales along with works by Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson and Ted Hughes for her study of translation norms in practice
Zigby
nine ZigbyZigby
Zigby the zebra is an anthropomorphic children's fictional character created by Scottish-born English author Brian Paterson. Zigby appears in a series of picture books and board books as well as in a 3D animated television series....
books have been published to date:
- Zigby Camps Out (2002)
- Zigby Hunts for Treasure (2002)
- Zigby and the Ant Invaders (2003)
- Zigby Dives In (2003)
- Zigby and the Monster (2005)
- zigby the picnic
- zigby the birthday party
- zigby the go-kart
- zigby the toy box
The character has now been developed for a TV cartoon series.