Original picture book artwork by Louise Voce is available for purchase from Children’s Book Illustration.
Louise trained at Liverpool Polytechnic where she graduated with a first class honours BA in Graphic Design. She then went on to obtain an MA in Graphic Design at Manchester Polytechnic. Since then she has freelanced in London. Her jobs have included work for The Sunday Times, Radio Times and BBC Publications as well as her children’s books for David Bennett Books and Walker Books. Louise takes years to produce her children’s books, but the results are well worth the wait. Her books include Hello, Goodbye; The Quangle Wangle’s Hat and The Owl and the Pussy Cat. There have been several illustrated versions of this poem, but few have caught so perfectly the silliness and spirit of the master of nonsense. Louise’s ebullient pictures are filled with an infectious vitality and reveal an eye for the absurd that is a joy to behold.
In 1980 she won the Golden Pen of Belgrade, which is an award for best illustration.
The Quangle Wangle’s Hat, written by Edward Lear and illustrated by Louise Voce.
First published in 2006 by Walker Books Ltd.
“The rhyme still dances off the page as much as it ever did and children new to Lear will be in fits. Illustrator Louise Voce has clearly delighted in giving them new life.” Liverpool Echo
Following on from Louise’s magnificent interpretation of Edward Lear’s The Owl and the Pussycat, the illustrations in this book are as delightful as ever.
Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories, first published 2004 by Walker Books Ltd. It includes work from several illustrators. Louise Voce has illustrated the story of The Elephant’s Child.
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I am a Crocodile, first published 1995 by David Bennett Books
I am a Bear, first published 1995 by David Bennett Books
I am a Duck, first published 1991 by David Bennett Books
Hello, Goodbye, written by David Lloyd, first 1989 published by Walker Books Ltd
The Owl and the Pussycat, written by Edward Lear, first published 1991 by Walker Books Ltd
Over in the Meadow, first published 1994 by Walker Books Ltd
What Newt Could Do for Turtle, written by Jonathan London, first published 1996 by Walker Books Ltd
Letters From a Mouse, (fiction) written by Herbie Brennan, first published by Walker Books Ltd
Snarlyhissopus written by Alan MacDonald, first published 2002 by Scholastic Ltd
Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories, first published 2004 by Walker Books Ltd