External links
- Présentation sur le site de L'École des loisirs
- List of works
- Michel Gay's latest publications
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| Nationality | French |
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Michel Gay (born 1 September 1947, in Lyon) is a French illustrator and author of children's books.
Gay began publishing at L'École des loisirs from 1980. He usually creates albums with young animals characters such as Biboundé the penguin. He also illustrates texts written by others. His character Zou the Little Zebra is at the origin of a computer-animated series for television in 2011: Zou .
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