Silly Billy

Anthony Edward Tudor Browne (born 11 September 1946) is a British writer and illustrator of children's books, primarily picture books. Browne has written or illustrated more than fifty books, and received the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2000. From 2009 to 2011, he was Children's Laureate. Browne won two Kate Greenaway Medals from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel named his 1983 medalist Gorilla one of the top ten winning works, which comprised the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite.