Colin West
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 Royal College of Art under Quentin Blake West cites Edward Gorey, Ogden Nash and Roger McGough as influences.
Colin West
- Name
- Colin West
- Born
- 1951
- Birthplace
- England
- Occupation
- Children's book author, poet, illustrator
- Education
- Wolverhampton Polytechnic, Royal College of Art
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
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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 Royal College of Art under Quentin Blake West cites Edward Gorey, Ogden Nash and Roger McGough as influences.
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• Name — Colin West • Born — 1951 • Birthplace — England • Occupation — Children's book author, poet, illustrator • Language — English • Education — Wolverhampton Polytechnic, Royal College of Art • Notable Works — Monty, the Dog who Wears Glasses, The Big Book of Nonsense, Never Nudge a Budgie • Website — http: www.colinwest.com/
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• "Messy Murray Brown" • "Monty, the Dog who Wears Glasses", 1989 A&C Black • 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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