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David Parkins

Tundra’s David Parkins is the award-winning illustrator of over fifty children’s books. He began his career at Dyfed College of Art in Wales, studying wildlife illustration. He then went to Lincoln College of Art for three years, and has been a freelance illustrator since his graduation in 1979. He spent several years at the beginning of his career producing illustrations for educational publishers, and has earned most of his keep drawing for the British cartoon, The Beano. David Parkins lives in England with his wife and nine-year-old daughter.
To the Rescue! Garrett Morgan Underground
Spic-and-Span!
In the Bag!
It's Not About the Straw!
It's Not About the Ball!
It's Not About the Tiny Girl!
It's Not About the Diamonds!
It's Not About the Beanstalk!
Going Up!
It's Not about the Crumbs!
It's Not about the Apple!
It's Not about the Rose!
It's Not about the Pumpkin!
It's Not about the Hunter!
Gunner
Brigadier
Fosta
JB Andrew
Don't Eat That!
Don't Enter the House!
Don't Touch That!
Don't Forget!
Don't Talk to Strangers!
Little Squire
Miskeen
Don't Walk Alone at Night!
Don't Go In There!
Don't Go Near the Water!
Don't Open the Door!
Don't Go into the Forest!

Books

To the Rescue! Garrett Morgan Underground
Spic-and-Span!
In the Bag!
It's Not About the Straw!
It's Not About the Ball!
It's Not About the Tiny Girl!
It's Not About the Diamonds!
It's Not About the Beanstalk!
Going Up!
It's Not about the Crumbs!
It's Not about the Apple!
It's Not about the Rose!
It's Not about the Pumpkin!
It's Not about the Hunter!
Gunner
Brigadier
Fosta
JB Andrew
Don't Eat That!
Don't Enter the House!
Don't Touch That!
Don't Forget!
Don't Talk to Strangers!
Little Squire
Miskeen
Don't Walk Alone at Night!
Don't Go In There!
Don't Go Near the Water!
Don't Open the Door!
Don't Go into the Forest!

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