Charles Keeping

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Charles Keeping


Born
Lambeth, London, England, The United Kingdom
Genre
Children's Books, Illustration


Charles William James Keeping (22 September 1924 – 16 May 1988) was an English illustrator, children's book author and lithographer.

Keeping made the illustrations for Rosemary Sutcliff's historical novels for children, and he created more than twenty picture books. He also illustrated the complete works of Charles Dickens for the Folio Society.

His childhood background of markets and docks influenced much of his work. At fourteen he became an apprentice in the printing trade before working as an engineer. Later he served in the Royal Navy. On leaving the Navy he changed careers yet again and worked for a while as a rent collector before starting on a three year course at the Regent Street Polytechnic studying drawing, etching, and lithograp ...more

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Average rating: 4.15 · 29,844 ratings · 1,112 reviews · 131 distinct works • Similar authors
Charles Keeping's Book of C...
3.63 avg rating — 96 ratings — 6 editions
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Joseph's Yard
3.80 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1969 — 4 editions
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Charles Keeping's Classic T...
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3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions
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Charley, Charlotte and the ...
3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1967 — 7 editions
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Railway Passage
4.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1974 — 2 editions
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Through the Window
3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions
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Sammy Streetsinger
3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1984 — 2 editions
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River
3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Willie's fire-engine
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions
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Wasteground Circus
3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions
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