One of the world's most acclaimed children's illustrators and twice winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal, Helen Oxenbury grew up in Suffolk and attended The Ipswich School of Art. nbsp; During vacations, she helped out at the Ipswich Repertory Theatre Workshop and went on to study Theatre Design at the Central School of Art in London. nbsp; Over a three-year period, she worked at the Habimah Theatre in Tel Aviv, returning to England to work in repertory, theatre, film and television. nbsp;Helen Oxenbury's numerous books for children include the Quangle Wangle's Hat by Edward Lear which won the Kate Greenaway Medal (Heinemann 1969); her classic Board Books for Babies (Walker Books 1981); We're… Going on a Bear Hunt , probably her best known picture book, re-told by Michael Rosen (Walker Books 1989); nbsp; Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell won them the Smarties Book Prize (Walker Books 1991) ; nbsp; So Much , by Trish Cooke, also won the Kurt Maschler Award (Walker Books 1994); nbsp; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland nbsp; (Walker Books 1999) and its companion, Alice through the Looking Glass (Walker Books 2005) , both by Lewis Carroll; nbsp; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland won both the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award. nbsp; King Jack and the Dragon by Peter Bentley (Penguin Group 2011) was short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2013. nbsp; She recently illustrated When Charley Met Granpa by Amy Hest which was published by Walker Books, in 2013.Helen Oxenbury and her husband, John, live in London where Helen works in a nearby studio.