Illustrator Sarah McIntyre calls for co-author credits

Top authors back campaign for front covers of children’s books to include artist’s name

Children’s illustrator Sarah McIntyre is calling for co-author credits. Photograph: Murdo Macleod

Alison Flood

Tuesday 21 July 2015  - The Guardian

Where would We’re Going on a Bear Hunt be without Helen Oxenbury’s illustrations of the children’s search, or the Meg and Mog books without Jan Pienkowski’s images of the witch and her cat, or The Gruffalo without Axel Scheffler’s depiction of the monster? But illustrators are not getting the credit they deserve, according to the Carnegie-nominated Sarah McIntyre, who today announced that she would not be buying any new illustrated children’s books unless the front cover includes the artist’s name along with the writer’s.
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