Leslie Wood (26 February 1920 – 1994) was an English artist and illustrator who lived in

Poynton Poynton is a town in Cheshire, England, on the easternmost fringe of the Cheshire Plain, south-east of Manchester, north of Macclesfield and south of Stockport. Poynton has formed part of the Cheshire East unitary authority since the abolit ...

Cheshire Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...

. Born in

Stockport Stockport is a town and borough in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester, south-west of Ashton-under-Lyne and north of Macclesfield. The River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey here. Most of the town is within ...

, England he studied at the Manchester College of Art and Design and gained a travelling scholarship. Prevented from travelling abroad because of World War II, he instead went to London. In 1943, Wood showed some of his work to

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, and was soon commissioned to take over illustration of

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' ''Little Red Engine'' books, and went on to illustrate many other children's books including the covers of the first fourteen Hugh Walters ''Chris Godrey of UNEXA'' series. He also produced cover illustrations for ''

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'' magazine.

References

External links

Leslie Wood website

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1920 births 1994 deaths English illustrators British children's book illustrators People from Poynton Artists from Stockport Alumni of Manchester Metropolitan University {{UK-illustrator-stub