Bob Graham (1942-) Biography

Born 1942, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Education: Attended Julian Ashton Art School (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1964-68.

Agent—c/o Author Mail, Walker Books, 97 Vauxhall Wall, London SE11 5HJ, England.

Author and illustrator. New South Wales Government Printers, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, artist, 1973-75; Department of Technical Education, Sydney, resource designer, 1975-82, Five Mile Press, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, freelance illustrator and writer, beginning 1982.

Australian Society of Authors.

SELF-ILLUSTRATED FICTION; FOR CHILDREN

(With Peter Smith) Pete and Roland, Collins (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1981, Viking (New York, NY), 1984.

Pearl's Place, Lothian (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1983, Bedrick (New York, NY), 1985.

Here Comes Theo, Omnibus (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia), 1983, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1988.

Here Comes John, Omnibus (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia), 1983, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1988.

Libby, Oscar, and Me, Lothian (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1984, Bedrick (New York, NY), 1985.

The Junk Book: A Guide to Creative Uses of Recycled Materials for Children, Five Mile Press (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1984, Blandford Press (New York, NY), 1986.

Where Is Sarah?, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1985, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1988.

Bathtime for John, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1985.

First There Was Frances, Lothian (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1985, Bradbury (New York, NY), 1986.

The Wild, Lothian (Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1986, Bedrick (New York, NY), 1987.

The Red Woollen Blanket, Walker (London, England), 1987, published as The Red Woolen Blanket, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1988.

The Adventures of Charlotte and Henry, Viking (New York, NY), 1987.

Crusher Is Coming!, Lothian (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1987, Viking (New York, NY), 1988.

Has Anyone Here Seen William?, Walker (London, England), 1988, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1989.

Grandad's Magic, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1989.

Waiting for the New Baby (also see below), Walker (London, England), 1989.

Visiting the New Baby (also see below), Walker (London, England), 1989.

Bringing Home the New Baby (also see below), Walker (London, England), 1989.

Getting to Know the New Baby (also see below), Walker (London, England), 1989.

Greetings from Sandy Beach, Lothian (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1990, Kane/Miller (Brooklyn, NY), 1992.

Rose Meets Mr. Wintergarten, Candlewick (Cambridge, MA), 1992.

Brand New Baby (includes Waiting for the New Baby, Visiting the New Baby, Bringing Home the New Baby, and Getting to Know the New Baby), Walker (London, England), 1992.

Spirit of Hope, Lothian (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1993, Mondo (Greenvale, NY), 1996.

Zoltan the Magnificent, Lothian (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1994.

Queenie, One of the Family, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 1997, published as Queenie the Bantam, Walker (London, England), 1997.

Benny: An Adventure Story, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 1999, published as Buffy: An Adventure Story, Walker (London, England), 1999.

Max, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2000.

"Let's Get a Pup!" said Kate, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2001.

Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2002.

Tales from the Waterhole, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2004.

READERS

I Can, Volume 1: Actions 1, Volume 2: Actions 2, Volume 3: Babies, Volume 4: Bikes, Volume 5: Colour, Volume 6: Families, Volume 7: Helping, Volume 8: In the Water, Volume 9: My Senses, Volume 10: Pets, Volume 11: School, Volume 12: Shopping, Five Mile Press (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1984, published in one volume as Reading Is Fun, Blackie, 1986.

Science Early Learner, Volume 1: Heat, Volume 2: Moving, Volume 3: Push, Volume 4: Senses, Volume 5: Sound, Volume 6: Water, Volume 7: Wheels, Five Mile Press (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1985-86.

Busy Day, Volume 1: Playing, Volume 2: Sleeping, Volume 3: Waking, Five Mile Press (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1988.

ILLUSTRATOR

Henrietta Clark, compiler, The Useful Book, Australian Broadcasting Company (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1979.

Edel Wignell, A Boggle of Bunyips, Hodder & Stoughton (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1981.

Peter Smith, Jenny's Baby Brother, Collins (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1981, Viking (New York, NY), 1984.

Sing Together, Australian Broadcasting Company (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1982.

Time to Sing!, Australian Broadcasting Company (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1982.

A First Australian Poetry Book, Oxford University Press (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1983.

Roland Harvey, Second Ever Book of Things to Make and Do, Roland Harvey Studios (Canterbury, New South Wales, Australia), 1983.

Judith Ryles, Microwave Cooking for Kids, Five Mile Press (Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia), 1984.

Judith Ryles, The Second Microwave Cooking for Kids, Five Mile Press (Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia), 1985.

Kevin Heinze, How Does Your Garden Grow?, Five Mile Press (Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia), 1985.

More Free Stuff for Kids, 1985.

Mijo Beccaria, It's Fun to Be Two, 1985.

Roland Harvey, Roland Harvey's Incredible Book of Almost Everything, Sterling, 1985.

Anne Bower Ingram and Peggy O'Donnell, editors, Ford Family Car Fun Book, Ellsyd Press (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1986.

Anne Bower Ingram, Making a Picture Book, Methuen Australia (North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia), 1987.

Anne Bower Ingram, Camping: Let's Do It Together, Ellsyd Press (Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia), 1987.

Iona and Peter Opie, Babies: An Unsentimental Anthology, John Murray (London, England), 1990.

Stella Turner, Sounds and Music, Ellsyd Press (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1990.

Michael Rosen, editor, Poems for the Very Young, Kingfisher (New York, NY), 1993.

Michael Rosen, This Is Our House, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 1996.

Nigel Gray, Full House, Lothian (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1998.

Dick King-Smith, The Nine Lives of Aristotle, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2003.

OTHER

(Compiler, with Helen Gee), Forest Echoes: And Other Verses for the Tasmanian Bush, East Coast of the Tasmania Branch of the Wilderness Society (Buckland, Tasmania, Australia), 1988.