Colin West (author)

Colin West
Born	1951 England
Occupation	Children's book author, poet, illustrator
Language	English
Nationality	British
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
www.colinwest.com

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 ^[1] and Illustration at the Royal College of Art under Quentin Blake ^[2]

West cites Edward Gorey, Ogden Nash and Roger McGough as influences. ^[3]

Select bibliography

• "Messy Murray Brown"
• "Monty, the Dog who Wears Glasses", 1989 A&C Black ISBN   978-0006736813
• 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 ISBN   0-7136-4234-3
• Moose and Mouse (I Am Reading series) Macmillan/Kingfisher, 2004 ISBN   978-0-7534-5715-3 ^[4]
• Hello, Great Big Bullfrog Walker, 2009 ISBN   978-1-4063-2102-9
• Have You Seen the Crocodile? Walker, 2009 ISBN   978-1-4063-2101-2
• "The Big Book of Nonsense" Hutchinson, 2001 ISBN   978-0-09-176879-9
• ”Never Nudge a Budgie” Walker Books, 2015 ISBN   978-1-4063-6466-8
• “Nutty Nonsense” Poems and Pictures Publishing, 2022 ISBN   978-1-7398355-9-0

References

1. "Colin West: Nonsense and Stuff". Children's Poetry Summit. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
2. "Colin West". Oxford Reference. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
3. "About Colin West". Family Friend Poems.
4. "Macmillan/Kingfisher publisher website". Archived from the original on 17 February 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.

External links

• Author website