Bob graham author and illustrator song

To celebrate his half birthday, Oscar, his parents, and his sister go out for a picnic. Oscar is six months old today, but the truth is that no one can wait for his whole birthday. So there's nothing else for Mom and Dad to do but pack some sandwiches, park Oscar in his stroller, and take older sister Millie-handmade fairy wings attached-to the "half country" of their urban park for a half-birthday party. As always in the warm, udda world of Bob Graham, the joy is in the details-a stop in a graffitied tunnel as the tåg rushes overhead; the expressions on Oscar's face as he watches a single leaf fall; the little half candle on his cake; and the impromptu gathering of admiring park visitors who join, one by one, in the hearty birthday song. With his jaunty watercolors full of charming surprises and a gently humorous skrivelse, Bob Graham creates an endearing, unconventional family readers will be happy to meet, and they'll be tickled to join in their cele

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Bob Graham Artwork for Sale

Original picture book artwork by Bob Graham is available for purchase from Children’s Book Illustration.

Bob Graham is a leading Australian children’s author and illustrator who has been recognised internationally for his work. His books include Max, which won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize Gold Award, Jethro Byrd, Fairy Child, which won the Kate Greenaway Medal, Let’s Get A Pup! said Kate which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, How to Heal a Broken Wing which won the Charlotte Zolotow Award. Numerous other awards, too many to list here, have also been won over the years.

He says he never planned to be an author and illustrator of children’s books, it just happened. A small blue budgie flew into his garden one morning, stayed for a few days and then flew off again. He decided to stay home from work and write a story about it which became his first book, Pete and Roland. Bob likes his stories to be quiet and focused on small, seemingly insignificant

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Oscar's Half Birthday

May 20,

I am basically in love with Bob Graham books. This is another stellar book.

I could literally spend all day viewing the illustrations, and then doing that over and over. He gets every little detail right; it’s actually amazing. I particularly like Boris the dog’s expressiveness. I find all the pictures incredibly aesthetically pleasing.

The story is wonderful because this family is wonderful. Mother and father are both fabulous parents, and big sister Millie and little brother Oscar are adorable, as is the family dog Boris. So much here will ring true to children who come from loving families. Also of note: the father is Caucasian and the mother is African-American, so both children are bi-racial. Nothing at all is made of this, and I appreciated that.

I particularly noticed and made a point of reading this book because when I was 5 ½ or 6 ½ my mother started a half birthday tradition: making a half cake. The first year she started this, it w