invisible illustrators: why does this keep happening?

[jabberworks]

Do you recognise this picture book? The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler has sold millions and millions of copies and is a national treasure. So much so, that the Royal Mint has worked with its artist, Scheffler, to create a coin with his picture of the Gruffalo on it. It's wonderful to see a book, its central character and its

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Scheffer?

[anonymous]

Online version you quote at the end does indeed finally include Axel - shame they couldn't bother to spell his name right...

Re: Scheffer?

[jabberworks]

*sigh* ...is that asking too much

Depressingly common

[anonymous]

Well done, Philip. Excellent. I recently had to ask one of my publishers to put the illustrator's name on the cover of one of my books. Why? A publisher, FFS!