Terry, Michael

264 by 565mm., ink, pencil and watercolour drawing, signed lower right

The first double-page spread (pages 6 and 7) within Faustin Charles' and Michael Terry's bestselling picture book, The Selfish Crocodile (Bloomsbury, 1998). The popularity of the book would lead to a number of spin-off titles including: The Selfish Crocodile Book of Colours, The Selfish Crocodile Book of Sounds, The Selfish Crocodile Jigsaw Book, The Selfish Crocodile Book of Words, The Selfish Crocodile Book of Numbers, The Selfish Crocodile Book of Nursery Rhymes and The Selfish Crocodile Counting Board Book.

Michael Terry (b. 1947) started work in the late 1960s as a designer and typographer but soon became a freelance illustrator producing work for advertising, editorial and publishing. During this time he was awarded a D&AD award for illustration and a Mecanorma award for best poster illustration. He is well-known for his characterful animal illustrations and also for his illustrations to the novels of Dick King-Smith.