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Henrik Drescher

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Henrik Drescher


Born
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Genre
Children's Books


Henrik Drescher was born in Copenhagen and immigrated to the United States in 1967. He began a career in illustration as a young man and has been traveling throughout the United States, Mexico, Europe and China, creating massive journals of notes and drawings wherever he went.

His books are held in the collections of the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the Rijks Museum in Den Haag, Netherlands. He has received numerous other honors including two awards from the Society of Illustrators.

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.9 · 1,298 ratings · 281 reviews · 50 distinct works • Similar authors
Simon's Book
4.14 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1983 — 12 editions
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Hubert the Pudge: A Vegetar...
3.63 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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The Boy Who Ate Around
3.98 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions
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PAT THE BEASTIE: A Pull-and...
4.02 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions
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Turbulence: A Log Book
4.09 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2001
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China Days: A Visual Journa...
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions
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Postal Seance: A Scientific...
4.31 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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McFig and McFly: A Tale of ...
3.60 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions
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Love the Beastie (Spin & Pl...
4.23 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
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Klutz
3.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1996 — 3 editions
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“However, to the amazement of their neighbors, the Klutzes never got seriously hurt. As clumsy as they were, the Klutzes were twice that lucky!”
― Henrik Drescher, Klutz
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“Like their ancestors, Louise and her parents klutzed away their days.”
― Henrik Drescher, Klutz
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