Margaret Power illustrator 1953-2019

Margaret was a wonderful draftsperson who worked with a gentle realism, depicting the humanness of people and the animalness of creatures with amazing accuracy and sensitivity - particularly horses and cats which she knew well and loved passionately. Books Illustrated

I well remember reading Creatures in the Beard (Margaret Wild) in 1987 when it was shortlisted for Picture Book of the Year by the CBCA. Then in 1988 we had another book illustrated by Margaret Power - The Long Red Scarf (Nette Hilton) and one of my wonderful class teachers volunteered to knit us a very very very long red scarf which everyone loved to drape around our school library.

Margaret Power was also the illustrator of several titles in the Aussie Bites/Nibbles series which you can see here. I just talked about Christobel Mattingley who also died this week. Here is an interview with Margaret from 2013 about Oliver's Egg.

Here are some other older titles and book covers illustrated by Margaret Power:

Here is some more recent work by Margaret Power:

I remember titles like Spider in the toilet by Edel Wignell, And Grandad sat on Friday by Val Marshall, Daisy Drew and elephant by Michael Dugan and The Ghost in Abigail Terrace by Robin Klein. Finally here is a PM reader which may look familiar.