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John Burningham

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Married to Helen Oxenbury They have one son and two daughters.

John Burningham was born in 1936 in Farnham, Surrey, and attended the alternative school, Summerhill. In 1954 he spent two years travelling through Italy, Yugoslavia and Israel, working at a variety of jobs.

From 1956-1959, he studied at the Central School of Art, after which he designed posters for London Transport and the British Transport Commission. He also spent a year on an animated puppet film in the Middle East. He then became a writer and illustrator of children's books, his first book, Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers winning the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1963, an achievement he repeated with Mr Gumpy's Outing .

Since then, he has written and illustrated many children's books. He is also a freelance designer of murals, exhibitions models, magazine illustrations and advertisements.

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John Burningham

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Books from John Burningham

Mr. Gumpy's Outing

Mr. Gumpy's Motor Car

For Every Child

Whaddayamean

Come Away from the Water, Shirley

John Burningham: Behind the Scenes

The Way to the Zoo

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Magic Bed

Cannonball Simp

The Shopping Basket

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Boruka

John Burningham&apos;s Numbers Book

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Avocado Baby

Esperem un bebè (ALBUMES ILUSTRADOS) (Catalan Edition)

Numbers Book

Edwardo the Horriblest Boy in the Whole Wide World

Come Away From The Water, Shirley

John Burningham's Numbers Book

Mr Gumpy's Outing and Other Stories