Author

Inga Moore

Anglo-Australian children's author and illustrator; winner of the Nestlé Smarties Prize for Six-Dinner Sid (1990); her illustrated Wind in the Willows has sold over a million copies

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Illustrated literary classicsKnown for

Inga Moore has written and illustrated many picture books for children, including The Vegetable Thieves (Parents' Choice Award); Six Dinner Sid (Smarties Book Prize); Oh, Little Jack; and A Big Day for Little Jack. For Walker Books, she has also illustrated Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost; E. Nesbit's The Book of Beasts; and a two-volume edition of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows.

Born1945 · Sussex, England

Notable works Six-Dinner SidThe Wind in the Willows (illus.)The Secret Garden (illus.)

HonoursNestlé Smarties Book Prize, under-five category (1990)