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John Burningham was born in 1936. He studied illustration at the Central School of Art. His first children's book, Borka, was published in 1963, and it was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal as the best illustrated book of the year. John Burningham collaborated with Ian Fleming on Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, designing the model of the famous car. He lived in London with his wife Helen Oxenbury, also a well-known author and illustrator. John Burningham died on January 4th, 2019.
Tug of War
Mr Gumpy's Motor Car
Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers
Edwardo the Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World
Picnic
Mouse House
Avocado Baby
More Would You Rather
Granpa
Aldo
Humbert
Time To Get Out Of The Bath, Shirley
The Shopping Basket
Simp
Mr Gumpy's Outing
The Magic Bed
Husherbye
Trubloff
Where's Julius?
Whadayamean
Cloudland
Courtney
Would You Rather?
Oi! Get Off Our Train
John Patrick Norman McHennessy
Motor Miles
Mr Gumpy's Rhino
Come Away From The Water, Shirley
Harquin
Air Miles
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