Peter Wienk various advertising agencies and drawing studios including the Toonder Studios of Marten Toonder a famous Dutch illustrator. In 1947, he joined Reclamebureau Van Alfen (Advertising), where amongst others the Flipje character (funny fruit character of a well-known Dutch preserve manufacturer) was made by Eelco ten Harmsen van der Beek ('Harmsen van der Beek'). Beek had his own art studio and accepted an assignment in 1949 to illustrate a new story of children's author Enid Blyton: Noddy. This first appeared as a strip in an English newspaper, but proved so successful that soon after the first book was published: "Noddy Goes
Paul Bright (author) first short story for children appeared in a compilation ‘Time Watch’ published by Orion Children’s Books in 1997. In the following years he had many children’s poems in compilations published by Macmillan, Hodder, Oxford University Press and others. Bright’s first picture book, "Under the Bed", illustrated by Ben Cort, was published in 2003 by Little Tiger Press. He is represented by the Curtis Brown agency. Bright is married, with two children, and lives in Kent. Paul Bright (author) Paul Francis Bright (born 19 March 1949) is an English writer, mainly of picture books and poetry for children. His stories have