Draft:Maurice Pledger

Maurice Pledger is a childrens book author and illustrator. His books include touch-and-feel and "sounds of the wild" pop-up books with animal sounds.

He illustrated the Warwick "First Look At Nature" book series, written by Angela Sheehan. He illustrated books in the "Animal Life Stories" children's book series, written by Angela Royston, including Duck (1988), Hedgehog (1989), Mouse (1989) and Squirrel (1989).

He won the Francis Williams Illustration Award in 1992 for the Best Descriptive Illustration from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

He re-adapted some of his children's books to use magnetic figures.

Works

 * Ping-Ping Panda
 * Billy Bunny
 * Billy Bunny's Forest Adventure
 * Dizzy Dolphin's Ocean Adventure
 * Oscar Otter's River Adventure
 * An Adventure with Bobby Bear
 * An Adventure with Charlie Chick
 * An Adventure with Morris Mouse
 * An Adventure with Polly Polar Bear
 * An Adventure with Winnie Wolf

Illustrator

 * The Mouse by Angela Sheehan
 * The Fox by Angela Sheehan
 * The Hedgehog by Angela Sheehan 1977
 * Beetles and Bugs by A. Wood
 * Garden Birds of the World
 * Game Birds
 * Ocean by A. J. Wood and Valerie Davies (from "Sounds of the Wild" series) 2007