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Jim Field.

Illustrator · United Kingdom · b. 1980

Jim Field: UK illustrator behind Oi Frog!, The Lion Inside and many other contemporary picture-book hits — energetic, expressive animals with instant bookshop-shelf recognition.

Jim Field is a British illustrator born in 1980, who lives and works in Paris and has become one of the most in-demand picture-book illustrators in UK children's publishing. He is best known for his collaborations with Kes Gray on the Oi Frog! series and with Rachel Bright on The Lion Inside, The Squirrel Who Squabbled and others. Field's style is energetic, character-driven and graphic, with clean compositions and very expressive animals, instantly recognisable on a bookshop table. He works almost exclusively as illustrator rather than writer. A reliable visual signal of fun, well-paced picture books for ages 3–7.