Nick Butterworth

Nick Butterworth (born 24 May 1946) is a British author and illustrator of children's books. His picture book ''The Whisperer'' won the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in 2005.

His ''Percy the Park Keeper'' books became an animated television series of the same name starring Jim Broadbent. His ''Q Pootle 5'' books were adapted by the BBC and broadcast on CBeebies, the channel for young children, in 2013.

In the 1980s, he was a presenter on ITV children's programme ''Rub-a-Dub-Tub''. Provided by Wikipedia