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Graham Percy (June 7, 1938 – January 4, 2008) was a noted illustrator of children's books. He was born and brought up in New Zealand. He studied Graphic Design at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1967 and becoming a freelance artist specializing in children's book illustration. He had over 100 books to his credit, some of which have been told or re-told by himself. He illustrated numerous board books, pop up books and pull tab books. Among his most notable achievements:

• Illustrations for Crime and the law (1969) by Bernard Brown
• Design of the full-length animated film Hugo the Hippo in Hungary (1970 - 1972)
• Illustrations for La Belle au bois dormant (1977) written by Charles Perrault
• Illustration for a TV adaptation of The Emperor's Nightingale which won the Prix d'Italia (1983)
• Illustrations for When Dad cuts down the chestnut tree (1988) by Pam Ayres
• Illustrations for the Fantastic Flying Journey (1987) and Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure (1989) by the noted author and naturalist Gerald Durrell, both published by Conran Octopus
• Illustrations for The Woodland Gospels According to Captain Beaky and His Band, by Jeremy Lloyd, Faber and Faber (1990)
• Illustrations for A cup of starshine (1991) selected by Jill Bennett
• Illustrations and text for The Cock, the mouse, and the little red hen (1992)
• Concept and illustrations for Arthouse (1996), published by Chronicle Books, reviewed in the New York Times, artwork exhibited at Storyopolis gallery in Los Angeles.
• Illustrations and text for Lullabies: Poems and Rhymes to Dream on, Running Press (1995) - this is a part of the Library of Congress Miniature Book Collection which has books of height 10 cm or less
• Design and illustration for the series Graham Percy's Animal Tails, Random House (1995)
• Illustrations for the illustrated Mother Goose, Running Press (1997)
• Illustrations for the Wind in the Willows , HarperCollins (1997) joining the likes of Arthur Rackham and E. H. Shepard
• Illustrations for The mailbox mice mystery (1999) by Juli Mahr
• Illustrations for Mama tiger, Baba Tiger (2001) by Juli Mahr
• Concept and illustrations for Imagined Histories (2007), published by Crear, space to create, supported by the Scottish Arts Council.