The Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom wrote a novel in 1948 that featured illustrations by who?
The Otterbury Incident The Otterbury Incident is a novel for children by Cecil Day-Lewis first published in the UK in 1948 with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, and in the USA in 1949. Day-Lewis's second and final children's book, the novel is an adaptation of a French screenplay, "Nous les gosses" (Us Kids), that was filmed in 1941.
Helen Cooper (illustrator) Cooper has twice been awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. She won for "The Boy Who Wouldn't Go To Bed" in 1996, which she wrote and illustrated. In 1998 she won for "Pumpkin Soup", which she also wrote and illustrated. They were consecutive projects for her.