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.
Select bibliography "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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External links Author website