Happy 80th, Rodney Peppé! (British writer/illustrator/toymaker: "Huxley Pig")

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He lives in Franham, England.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Pepp%C3%A9

http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art364112
(photo and some toys)

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1152&bih=618&q=%22rodney+peppe%22&oq=%22rodney+peppe%22&gs_l=img.3..0i24l2.1021.2899.0.3118.3.2.0.1.1.0.71.128.2.2.0....0...1ac.1.48.img..1.2.127.5kGm22f29vA
(book covers, toys)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmx1isqQ7Cw
(a one-minute look at "Automata & Mechanical Toys Book")

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=rodney+peppe&tbm=vid
(more videos)

http://kingbyname.hubpages.com/hub/Peppe-Talk-The-Extraordinary-Talents-of-Rodney-Peppe
(article on toy exhibit in 2010)

http://www.galleryoldham.org.uk/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/rodney_peppe.htm
(brief description of similar exhibit?)

Excerpt:

"Rodney Peppe has been making enchanting handcrafted toys
since the late 1970s. He is the author of over 80 children's
books and created the tv characters 'Huxley the (daydreaming)
Pig' and 'Angelmouse'."

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672564/
(TV writing credits)


WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:
All self-illustrated juveniles:

The Alphabet Book, Four Winds, 1968.
Circus Numbers: A Counting Book, Delacorte, 1969.
The House That Jack Built, Delacorte, 1970.
Hey Riddle Diddle, Holt, 1971.
Simple Simon, Holt, 1972.
Cat and Mouse, Holt, 1973.
Odd One Out, Viking, 1974.
Humpty Dumpty, Viking, 1975.
Picture Stories, Puffin, 1976.
Rodney Peppe's Puzzle Book, Viking, 1977.
(Re-teller and illustrator, from the version by Joseph
Jacobs) Three Little Pigs, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books (New
York, NY), 1979.
Rodney Peppe's Moving Toys, Sterling (New York, NY), 1980.
The Mice Who Lived in a Shoe, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
(New York, NY), 1981.
Run Rabbit, Run!, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1982.
The Kettleship Pirates, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books (New
York), 1983.
Little Dolls, Methuen (London, England), 1983.
The Mice and the Flying Basket, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Books (New York, NY), 1985.
The Mice and the Clockwork Bus, Viking Kestrel (New York,
NY), 1986.
Thumbprint Circus, Viking Kestrel (New York, NY), 1988.
Here Comes Huxley Pig, Warne (New York, NY), 1989.
Huxley Pig's Aeroplane, Warne (New York, NY), 1989.
Huxley Pig the Clown, Warne (New York, NY), 1989.
The Animal Directory: A First Counting Book, Bedrick/Blackie
(New York), 1990.
Huxley Pig's Model Car, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1990.
The ABC Index, Peter Bedrick Books (New York, NY), 1991.
The Mice on the Moon, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1993.
(Author and illustrator) The Magic Toy Box, Candlewick
Press (Cambridge, MA), 1996.
Automata and Mechanical Toys, 2002;
Toys and Models, 2003.

"Henry" series; all published by Methuen:

Henry's Exercises, 1975.
Henry's Garden, 1975.
Henry's Present, 1975.
Henry's Sunbathe, 1975.
Henry Gets Out, 1978.
Henry's Toy Cupboard, 1978.
Henry's Aeroplane, 1978.

Illustrator:

Ralph and Jill Marchant, The Little Painter, Lerner, 1971.



Lenona.