Biography
Bob Graham was born in Sydney in 1942. He studied drawing and painting, went to the UK after graduation, returned to Sydney in 1969, and there began his career as an illustrator and designer. Between 1983 and 1995 he lived in Melbourne working as an illustrator for a publishing house. He now lives in the UK and works on a monthly comic-strip for a French magazine as well as continuing to produce picture books.
In 1982 he illustrated the music and lyrics booklet for ABC Radio's Sing primary school music broadcast, a much-desired commission.
WorldCat reports from participating libraries that his most widely held work is How to Heal a Broken Wing, a 36-page picture book about a city boy who rescues an injured bird; published in 2008 by both Walker and its U.S. division Candlewick Press. WorldCat libraries hold editions in Scottish Gaelic, French, Spanish, Catalan, and Chinese.
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