Terry Denton (born 26 July 1950) is an Australian illustrator and author. He is married and has three children. He is the second youngest of five boys and was born and grew up in
Melbourne, Victoria
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.
Denton now lives in
Mornington, Victoria
Mornington is a suburb on the Mornington Peninsula in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula local government area. Mornington recorded a popul ...
.
Denton has written and illustrated more than 30 of his own books and illustrated numerous others for many notable Australian authors.
His own books include the ''Gasp!'' series, which has been adapted into an animated TV series of the same name (and aired on
Nine Network
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and
ABC3
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Hist ...
). His art and designs contributed heavily to style and stories of the children's TV series ''
Lift Off''.
Along with
Andy Griffiths, Denton was a noted supporter of the
September 2019 climate strikes
Works
Author/Illustrator
* ''Felix and Alexander'' (1985)
* Gasp!
** ''Gasp!'' (1996)
** ''Zapt!'' (1997)
** ''Splat!'' (1998)
** ''Squish!'' (2005)
** ''Crash!'' (2006)
** ''Chomp!'' (2007)
* Storymaze
*# ''The Ultimate Wave'' (2001)
*# ''The Eye of Ulam'' (2001)
*# ''The Wooden Cow'' (2002)
*# ''The Golden Udder'' (2002)
*# ''Minotaur's Maze'' (2003)
*# ''The Obelisk of Eeeno'' (2003)
* ''It's True! Pigs Do Fly'' (2004)
* ''Squish!'' (2005)
* Wombat & Fox
** ''Wombat & Fox: Tales of the City'' (2006)
** ''Wombat & Fox: Summer in the City'' (2007)
** ''Wombat & Fox: Thrillseekers'' (2009)
* ''Terry Denton's Really Truly Amazing Guide to Everything'' (2020)
With Andy Griffiths
Denton has developed an enduring and very popular partnership with writer
Andy Griffiths and together they have produced:
* ''
The Day My Bum Went Psycho
''The Day My Bum Went Psycho'' is a novel for children by Australian author Andy Griffiths. "Bum" is a slang word used in many English-speaking countries for the buttocks; in North America the term "butt" is used instead, and the book is publ ...
'' (2001)
* ''
The Bad Book
''The Bad Book'' is a 2004 book by Andy Griffiths, who wrote the novel '' The Day My Bum Went Psycho'', with Terry Denton, who also did the illustrations. It is a compilation of stories, drawings, rhymes and poems about such quirky characters lik ...
'' (2004)
* ''
The Cat on the Mat Is Flat
''The Cat On The Mat Is Flat'' (2006) is a book similar to ''The Bad Book'' written by Andy Griffiths, who wrote the ''Just!'' series. The book is illustrated by Terry Denton, who has worked previously with Griffiths. ''The Cat On The Mat Is Flat ...
'' (2006)
* ''What Bumosaur is That?'' (2007)
* ''The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow'' (2008)
* ''
The Very Bad Book'' (2010)
* ''What Body Part Is That?'' (2011)
* ''Once Upon A Slime'' (2013)
* ''The Cat, the Rat, and the Baseball Bat'' (2013)
* ''Ed and Ted and Ted’s Dog Fred'' (2015)
* The Just! Books
** ''Just Kidding!'' (1997)
**''Just Annoying!'' (1998)
** ''Just Stupid!'' (1999)
** ''Just Crazy!'' (2000)
** ''Just Disgusting!'' (2002)
** ''Just Wacky!'' (2004)
** ''Just Shocking!'' (2007)
** ''Just Macbeth!'' (2009)
** ''Just Doomed!'' (2012)
* The Treehouse Series
** ''
The 13-Storey Treehouse'' (2011)
** ''The 26-Storey Treehouse'' (2012)
** ''The 39-Storey Treehouse'' (2013)
**''The 52-Storey Treehouse'' (2014)
**''The 65-Storey Treehouse'' (2015)
**''The Treehouse Fun Book'' (2016)
**''The 78-Storey Treehouse'' (2016)
**''The 91-Storey Treehouse'' (2017)
** ''The 117-Storey Treehouse'' (2019)
** ''The 130-Storey Treehouse'' (2021)
** ''The 143-Storey Treehouse'' (2022)
Illustration
Books by
Mem Fox
Merrion Frances "Mem" Fox, AM (born Merrion Frances Partridge; 5 March 1946) is an Australian writer of children's books and an educationalist specialising in literacy. Fox has been semi-retired since 1996, but she still gives seminars and ...
:
* ''Night Noises'' (1989)
* ''
A Particular Cow'' (2006)
Books by Mark Greenwood:
* ''Jandamarra'' (2013)
* ''Boomerang & Bat'' (2016)
* ''Moonwalkers'' (2020)
Books by
Paul Jennings and
Ted Greenwood:
* ''Duck for Cover''
* ''Freeze a crowd''
* ''Spooner or Later''
Books by Alison Lloyd:
* ''Wicked Warriors and Evil Emperors'' (2010)
* ''Dragons, Devils and Rebels'' (2017)
* ''The Upside-Down History of Down Under'' (2019)
Books by
Natalie Jane Prior
* ''The Paw'' (1993)
* ''The Paw in Destination: Brazil'' (1995)
* ''The Paw in The Purple Diamond'' (1998)
Books by
Gillian Rubinstein
Gillian Rubinstein (born 29 August 1942) is an English-born children's author and playwright. Born in Potten End, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England, Rubinstein split her childhood between England and Nigeria, moving to Australia in 1973. As w ...
* ''Mr Plunkett's pool '' (1992)
* ''Jake and Pete'' (1995)
* ''Jake and Pete and the Stray Dogs '' (1997)
* ''Ducky's Nest'' (1999)
* ''Jake & Pete and the Catcrowbats'' (1999)
* ''Jake and Pete and the Magpie's Wedding'' (2002)
Other books:
* ''The Worm Who Knew Karate'', by Julie Lever (2015)
Notes
References
Official website
1950 births
Australian comics writers
Australian illustrators
Living people
Writers who illustrated their own writing
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