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Nick Butterworth (born 15 April 1946) is a British children's author and illustrator. who has sold more than 12 million books == Biography == After his education at the Royal Liberty School in Gidea Park, he left home to work as an apprentice as a typographical designer with the National Children's Home before working at Crosby Fletcher Forbes (the forerunner of design agency Pentagram) and then leaving to become a freelance graphic designer in partnership with fellow long-standing friend and children's writer and illustrator, Mick Inkpen. Their published collaborations include ''Just Like Jasper'', ''Jasper's Beanstalk'', ''The Sports Day'', ''The Nativity Play'' and ''Wonderful Earth''. His creations include several books about Percy the Park Keeper, the first of which was entitled ''One Snowy Night''. Percy also appeared in his own animated television series. He has written and illustrated other children's books including ''Thud!'', ''The Whisperer'' (dedicated to Desmond Tutu and winner of the Nestle Prize 2005) and two books about ''Q Pootle 5'', a space-dweller whose friends include Oopsy, Planet Dave and Tiger. Butterworth is a founding partner, with his son Ben, of Snapper Productions, which is producing the CBeebies animated series of ''Q Pootle 5''. He is the executive producer of the company.〔http://www.skwigly.co.uk/q-pootle-5-from-book-to-tv-series/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nick Butterworth」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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