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Lucy Cousins - Illustrator

Lucy Cousins:  As a child

Lucy Cousins was born in 1964, attending a school in Kent. After doing a foundation course at Canterbury College, Lucy did a BA Honours in Graphic Design, followed by a postgraduate degree at the Royal College of Art.

As an adult

Maisy, the famous mouse, “drew herself” one day, when Lucy was doodling various animals on a piece of paper, looking for inspiration, and the first Maisy book was published soon after Lucy left college. Maisy, who also stars in her own television show, has become one of the best-loved characters in children’s books, and is recognized the world over. Lucy won the Bologna Ragazzi Non-fiction Prize 1997 for Maisy’s House and has been Highly Commended for the National Art Illustration Award 1997 for Za Za’s Baby Brother, images from which were also used in a publicity campaign by Tommy’s, the baby’s charity. Jazzy in the Jungle won the Smarties Book Prize in 2002. Hooray for Fish!, published in 2005, is a celebration of life under the sea. Lucy lives in Hampshire with her husband and has four children.

As an artist

Lucy finds that illustration comes more easily to her than writing, which tends to work around the drawings. “I draw by heart,” she says. “I think about what children would like by going back to my own childlike instincts.” And what instincts they are! Lucy now has more than 21 million books in print, including picture books, sticker books, cloth books, colouring books, board books, pull-the-tab and lift-the-flap books, three-dimensional play sets, a clock book… Where does the prolific Lucy – a mother of four children – find the energy? “I’m quite disciplined,” she says of her productivity. “If I’m having an ‘ideas’ day, I just sit at my desk and draw and write until I feel something is happening – though I admit that this is usually helped by a cup of tea, some lively music, and an abundance of sunshine.” As for outside inspiration, she says she’s sometimes influenced by the work of other artists, as long as those artists are children. Says the author-illustrator, “I get more pleasure and inspiration from walking around a primary school than from any art gallery.”

Books Illustrated By Lucy Cousins

Za-za's Baby Brother

Lucy Cousins

Paperback

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Maisy Goes for an Eye Test

Lucy Cousins

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Little Fish's Opposites

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Board book

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Maisy's Train

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Maisy Goes to the Museum

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A Good Place

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Maisy Loves Trees: A Maisy's Planet Book

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Maisy Loves Bees: A Maisy's Planet Book

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Maisy's Snowy Day

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Goodnight, Little Fish

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Maisy's Big Book of Kindness

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Maisy Goes to the Dentist

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Maisy Goes on a Nature Walk

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Jazzy in the Jungle

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Maisy's Ambulance

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Maisy's Recycling Truck

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Maisy's Snowy Day

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Let's Play Monsters!

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Maisy's Town: A FIrst Words Book

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Maisy at Work: A First Words Book

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Maisy Goes on a Nature Walk

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A Good Place

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Little Fish's Ocean

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Maisy's Garage: Pull, Slide and Play!

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Maisy's Chinese New Year

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Hello, Little Fish! A mirror book

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Maisy's Surprise Birthday Party

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Maisy Gets a Pet

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Maisy at the Farm

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Let's Play Monsters!

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Maisy's Chinese New Year

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Happy Birthday, Maisy

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Maisy Goes to a Show

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Maisy Gets a Pet

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Letters from Maisy

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Shapes with Little Fish

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Maisy's Animals: A First Words Book

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Maisy's Science: A First Words Book

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Splish, Splash, Ducky!

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Ducky's Bathtime

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Maisy's Shop: With a pop-out play scene!

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Little Fish's Colours

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Maisy's Day Out: A First Words Book

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Maisy Goes to a Wedding

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Maisy Goes to a Show

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Swim with Little Fish!: Bath Book

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Maisy's Farm

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Splish, Splash, Ducky!

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Little Fish and Mummy

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Count with Little Fish

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Maisy Goes to the Bookshop

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Beep, Beep, Maisy!

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A Busy Day for Birds

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Maisy's Boat

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Maisy Goes Swimming

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Maisy Goes to London

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Peck Peck Peck

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Maisy Goes to Bed

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Maisy Goes by Plane

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Maisy's Racing Car

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Maisy's Plane

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M' eudail air an iasg

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Noah's Ark

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Hooray for Fish!

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Maisy Goes to the City

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I'm the Best

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Maisy Dresses Up

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Maisy's Bedtime

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Where Are Maisy's Friends?

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Maisy's Fire Engine

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Maisy's House and Garden

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Maisy Goes to Hospital

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Hooray for Fish!

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Maisy's Big Flap Book

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Maisy Goes to the Library

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Maisy Goes Camping

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I'm the Best

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Maisy's Band

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Doodle with Maisy

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Peck, Peck, Peck

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Maisy's Tractor

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Bedtime Rhymes

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