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Errol Le Cain

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Born: March 04 1941

Died: 0202 01 19891989

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Errol Le Cain was a British animator and children's book illustrator.

He was born 5 March 1941 in Singapore and evacuated with his family next year when Japan invaded. They lived in India for several years before eventually settling in the U.K. after World War II.
With no formal art education, his talent was nevertheless evident from an early age. Fascinated by cinema, he made his first animated film, The Enchanted Mouse, with a friend's 8-mm camera at age 11. His next work, The Little Goatherd, was created with a 16-mm camera at age 15. It came to the attention of British film distributor Pearl & Dean and he moved to London that year to pursue a career in animation.

In 1965, Le Cain joined Richard Williams's animation studio and worked on a wide range of animation projects. Le Cain turned freelance in 1969, working on sets for BBC television productions, continuing with animation projects, and beginning his career as a children's book illustrator.

Le Cain's first children's illustrations were published by Faber and Faber in King Arthur's Sword , which began a long association with Faber that continued to his death. Le Cain illustrated 48 children's books during his lifetime, noted for their richly decorative watercolours and masterful command of design and colour.

He was commended for the 1969, 1975, and 1978 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, - recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject - before winning the 1984 Medal and was commended again for 1987. The winning book was Hiawatha's Childhood, based on "a very short extract" from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1855 epic poem The Song of Hiawatha. The four commended books were The Cabbage Princess, which he wrote himself; Thorn Rose, or the Sleeping Beauty from Brothers Grimm; Twelve Dancing Princesses, which he retold from Brothers Grimm; and The Enchanter's Daughter by Antonia Barber.

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Errol Le Cain

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Books from Errol Le Cain

Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

The Enchanter's Daughter

Sir Orfeo, a Legend from England

The Cabbage Princess

The Lotus and the Grail: Legends from East to West

A School Bewitched

Kaksitoista tanssivaa prinsessaa Grimmin veljesten mukaan

The Child In The Bamboo Grove

Early Britain: The Celtics, Romans, and Anglo-Saxons,

Three Magic Gifts

King Arthur's Sword

The Rat, the Ox, and the Zodiac: A Chinese Legend

Ο Αλαντίν και το μαγικό λυχνάρι

L'École ensorcelée (FOLIO CADET CLASSIQUE 1)

Beauty and the Beast

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The White Cat

キューピッドとプシケー

The Pied Piper of Hamelin