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Rebecca Cobb.

Writer & illustrator · United Kingdom

Rebecca Cobb: British picture-book maker behind Julia Donaldson's The Paper Dolls, The Day War Came (with Helen Dunmore), Aunt Amelia and The Something — loose, painterly, emotionally precise picture books for ages 3–7.

Rebecca Cobb is a British author-illustrator best known to UK children's-book readers as the visual partner of Julia Donaldson on The Paper Dolls and several other Donaldson collaborations, plus her own author-illustrated picture books, Aunt Amelia, The Something, Hello Friend!, and her work with Helen Dunmore (The Day War Came). Cobb's style is loose, painterly and slightly raw, with a childlike-mark-making quality that adults find immediately readable. A reliable contemporary UK picture-book illustrator for ages 3–7, with strong emotional precision.