Terry Denton
Terry Denton (born 26 July 1950) is an Australian illustrator and author. Denton has written and illustrated more than 30 of his own books and illustrated numerous others for many notable Australian authors. His own books include the Gasp!
Terry Denton

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- Born
- 1950.
- Nationality
- Australia.
- Occupation
- illustrator.
- Fields
- illustration.
- Languages
- English.
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Terry Denton (born 26 July 1950) is an Australian illustrator and author. Denton has written and illustrated more than 30 of his own books and illustrated numerous others for many notable Australian authors. His own books include the Gasp!
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Terry Denton (born 1950) is an illustrator, of Australian nationality. Activity centred on illustration.
Languages used include English. Works are held at National Gallery of Victoria.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 26 September 2026
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With Andy Griffiths
With Andy Griffiths
Denton has collaborated with writer Andy Griffiths to produce: • The Day My Bum Went Psycho (2001) • The Bad Book (2004) • The Cat on the Mat Is Flat (2006) • What Bumosaur is That? (2007) • The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow (2008) • The Very Bad Book (2010) • What Body Part Is That? (2011) • Once Upon A Slime (2013) • The Cat, the Rat, and the Baseball Bat (2013) • Ed and Ted and Ted’s Dog Fred (2015) • The Just! Books • Just Tricking! (1997) • Just Annoying! (1998) • Just Stupid! (1999) • Just Crazy! (2000) • Just Disgusting! (2002) • Just Wacky! (2004) • Just Shocking! (2007) • Just Macbeth! (2009) • Just Doomed! (2012) • The Treehouse Series • The 13-Storey Treehouse (2011) • The 26-Storey Treehouse (2012) • The 39-Storey Treehouse (2013) • The 52-Storey Treehouse (2014) • The 65-Storey Treehouse (2015) • The Treehouse Fun Book (2016) • The 78-Storey Treehouse (2016) • The 91-Storey Treehouse (2017) • The 104-Storey Treehouse (2018) • The 117-Storey Treehouse (2019) • The 130-Storey Treehouse (2020) • The 143-Storey Treehouse (2021) • The 156-Storey Treehouse (2022) • The 169-Storey Treehouse (2023)
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Life and career
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1950
Terry Denton was born on 1 January 1950.
Author/Illustrator
Illustration
Illustration
Books by Mem Fox: • Night Noises (1989) • A Particular Cow (2006) Books by Mark Greenwood: • Jandamarra (2013) • Boomerang & Bat (2016) • Moonwalkers (2020) Books by Paul Jennings and Ted Greenwood: • Spooner or Later (1992) • Duck for Cover (1995) • Freeze a crowd (1996) Books by Alison Lloyd: • Wicked Warriors and Evil Emperors (2010) • Dragons, Devils and Rebels (2017) • The Upside-Down History of Down Under (2019) Books by Natalie Jane Prior • The Paw (1993) • The Paw in Destination: Brazil (1995) • The Paw in The Purple Diamond (1998) Books by Gillian Rubinstein • Mr Plunkett's pool (1992) • Jake and Pete (1995) • Jake and Pete and the Stray Dogs (1997) • Ducky's Nest (1999) • Jake & Pete and the Catcrowbats (1999) • Jake and Pete and the Magpie's Wedding (2002) Other books: • The Worm Who Knew Karate, by Julie Lever (2015)
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q7704294: Terry Denton
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- “Terry Denton”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Treehouse creators Andy Griffiths and Terry Denton back Global Climate Strike. 18 September 2019.
- 2.Puffin & Puffin Books Australia. Author Terry Denton.
- 3.About Terry. Terry Denton.
- 4.Gasp!. Terry Denton.
- 5.Books. Andy Griffiths. 8 August 2015.
- 6.The Treehouse Books. Terry Denton.
- 7.Jandamarra. Terry Denton.
- 8.The Worm Who Knew Karate. Terry Denton.
- 9.Moonwalkers. Terry Denton.
- 10.Server Busy.
- 11.Jennings, Paul. Freeze a Crowd: Riddles, Puns, Conundrums. Penguin Random House. 19 May 1999. 978-0-14-056489-1.
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