Mabel Lucie Attwell Mabel Lucie Attwell Mabel Lucie Attwell (4 June 1879 – 5 November 1964) was a British illustrator and comics artist. She was known for her cute, nostalgic drawings of children, based on her daughter, Peggy. Her drawings are featured on many postcards, advertisements, posters, books and figurines. Attwell was born in Mile End, London, 4 June 1879, the sixth child of butcher Augustus Attwell and his wife Emily Ann. She was educated privately and at the Coopers' Company School and at the Regent Street school. She studied at Heatherley's and Saint Martin's School of Art, and but left to develop
Peter Bently Bently grew up in a variety of places in England and abroad, including Germany, Singapore and Hong Kong, and was educated at ten different schools. After studying languages at Oxford, Bently worked as a journalist, then as an editor and writer of illustrated reference books. His first book for children, "A Lark in the Ark", illustrated by Lynne Chapman, was published in 2008. He now lives in Devon with his wife Lucy, son Theo and daughter Tara. Peter Bently Peter Bently (born 1960) is a British children's writer. He is best known for his rhyming picture books including "The Great