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Guy Parker-Rees.

Illustrator · United Kingdom

Guy Parker-Rees: British illustrator behind Giles Andreae's Giraffes Can't Dance and Pants — bright, bouncy character-driven cartoon picture-book illustration for ages 3–6.

Guy Parker-Rees is a British illustrator best known as the visual partner of Giles Andreae on Giraffes Can't Dance (1999), K Is for Kissing a Cool Kangaroo and a range of other rhyming picture books. Parker-Rees's style is bright, bouncy, character-driven cartoon illustration, with strong read-aloud rhythm and exaggerated character work. A reliable contemporary UK picture-book illustrator for ages 3–6 in the bright-rhyming-picture-book tradition.