Graham Percy
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Graham Percy 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, some of which have been told or re-told by himself. He illustrated numerous board book
s, pop up books and pull tab books. Among his most notable achievements:
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. He studied Graphic Design at the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
, graduating in 1967 and becoming a freelance artist specializing in children's book illustration. He had over 100 books to his credit, some of which have been told or re-told by himself. He illustrated numerous board book
Board book
A board book is a type of book printed on thick paperboard. The paperboard is printed and used for both the cover and the interior pages. Each page panel is a minimum of two plies of paperboard thickness. Unlike a typical paper book that is bound with saddle stitching or perfect binding, a...
s, pop up books and pull tab books. Among his most notable achievements:
- Illustrations for Crime and the law (1969) by Bernard Brown
- Design of the full-length animated film Hugo the HippoHugo the HippoHugo the Hippo is a 1973 animated film produced by the Pannónia Filmstúdió of Hungary and co-produced in the United States by Brut Productions, a division of French perfume company Faberge...
in HungaryHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
(1970 - 1972) - Illustrations for La Belle au bois dormant (1977) written by Charles Perrault
- Illustration for a TV adaptation of The Emperor's NightingaleThe Emperor's NightingaleThe Emperor's Nightingale is a 1949 Czechoslovak animated film directed by Jiří Trnka and Miloš Makovec. The film is based on the fairy tale The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. Boris Karloff provides the voice of the narrator in an American dubbed version.-Cast:* Helena Patočková as the...
which won the Prix d'Italia (1983) - Illustrations for When Dad cuts down the chestnut tree (1988) by Pam AyresPam AyresPam Ayres MBE is an English poet, songwriter and presenter of radio and television programmes. Her 1975 appearance on the television talent show Opportunity Knocks led to a variety of appearances on TV and radio shows, a one woman touring stage show and performing before the Queen.-Early life:Pam...
- Illustrations for the Fantastic Flying Journey (1987) and Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure (1989) by the noted author and naturalist Gerald DurrellGerald DurrellGerald "Gerry" Malcolm Durrell, OBE was a naturalist, zookeeper, conservationist, author and television presenter...
, both published by Conran OctopusConran OctopusConran Octopus is a division of Octopus Publishing Group, a cross-platform illustrated book publisher. It was founded by Sir Terence Conran and Paul Hamlyn to publish high-quality book in terms of both design and content.- External links :*... - Illustrations for The Woodland Gospels According to Captain Beaky and His Band, by Jeremy LloydJeremy LloydJeremy Lloyd is an English writer, screenwriter, author and actor, best known as co-author and writer of several successful British sitcoms.-Career:...
, Faber and FaberFaber and FaberFaber and Faber Limited, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing a great deal of poetry and for its former editor T. S. Eliot. Faber has a rich tradition of publishing a wide range of fiction, non fiction, drama, film and music...
(1990) - Illustrations for A cup of starshine (1991) selected by Jill Bennett
- Illustrations and text for The Cock, the mouse, and the little red hen (1992)
- Concept and illustrations for Arthouse (1996), published by Chronicle BooksChronicle BooksChronicle Books is a San Francisco-based American publisher of books for adults and children.The company was established in 1968 by Phelps Dewey, an executive with Chronicle Publishing Company, then-publisher of the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1999 it was bought by Nion McEvoy, great-grandson of...
, reviewed in the New York Times, artwork exhibited at Storyopolis gallery in Los Angeles. - Illustrations and text for Lullabies: Poems and Rhymes to Dream on, Running Press (1995) - this is a part of the Library of CongressLibrary of CongressThe Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
Miniature Book Collection which has books of height 10 cm or less - Design and illustration for the series Graham Percy's Animal Tails, Random HouseRandom HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
(1995) - Illustrations for the illustrated Mother GooseMother GooseThe familiar figure of Mother Goose is an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes which are often published as Mother Goose Rhymes. As a character, she appears in one "nursery rhyme". A Christmas pantomime called Mother Goose is often performed in the United Kingdom...
, Running Press (1997) - Illustrations for the Wind in the Willows , HarperCollinsHarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
(1997) joining the likes of Arthur RackhamArthur RackhamArthur Rackham was an English book illustrator.-Biography:Rackham was born in London as one of 12 children. At the age of 18, he worked as a clerk at the Westminster Fire Office and began studying part-time at the Lambeth School of Art.In 1892 he left his job and started working for The...
and E. H. ShepardE. H. ShepardErnest Howard Shepard was an English artist and book illustrator. He was known especially for his human-like animals in illustrations for The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne.... - Illustrations for The mailbox mice mystery (1999) by Juli Mahr
- Illustrations for Mama tiger, Baba Tiger (2001) by Juli Mahr
- Concept and illustrations for Imagined Histories (2007), published by Crear, space to create, supported by the Scottish Arts CouncilScottish Arts CouncilThe Scottish Arts Council is a Scottish public body that distributes funding from the Scottish Government, and is the leading national organisation for the funding, development and promotion of the arts in Scotland...
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