18 Facts About Roger Bradfield

Roger Martin Bradfield was an American children's books writer, illustrator, cartoonist, painter, and world traveller.

Roger Bradfield won several art contests as a child and had early encouragement from his high school art teacher to pursue a career in the arts.

Roger Bradfield's preferred medium is watercolor, although he has proven himself to be proficient in pencil, pen and ink, and acrylic.

Roger Bradfield worked on the General Mills cereal boxes of the early 1960s.

Roger Bradfield worked on Mr Bubble and some projects for the Pillsbury Company.

In 1968 Roger Bradfield created the first Keebler elves for a series of commercials for FilmFair, an animation studio, which were commissioned by Chicago ad agency, Leo Burnett.

Roger Bradfield began his writing career when he was teaching himself how to type.

Bored with the tutorials of his text book, Roger Bradfield chose to practice his typing by writing something fun.

Roger Bradfield went on to write and illustrate several other titles including Pickle-Chiffon Pie, Benjamin Dilley's Thirsty Camel, Giants Come in Different Sizes, The Flying Hockey Stick, and Benjamin Dilley's Lavender Lion.

The "Jolly" Roger Bradfield books are known mostly for their colorful illustrations and wildly imaginative stories.

Roger Bradfield illustrated some of the earliest Sesame Street storybooks, including The Together Book, the first Sesame Street book in the popular Little Golden Books line.

Roger Bradfield illustrated Bert's Hall of Great Inventions, Big Bird's Birthday Party, and Sherlock Hemlock and the Great Twiddlebug Mystery.

From 1972 to 1978, Roger Bradfield worked as a newspaper syndicate cartoonist creating the daily and Sunday comic strip Dooley's World.

Roger Bradfield's preferred medium was watercolor, but he dabbled in acrylic, ink, and pencil.

Roger Bradfield was an extensive world traveller and visited and sketched in countries that include Greece, Norway, Portugal, France, Italy, Mexico, England, and Spain.

On one trip to Mexico, Roger Bradfield's plane had a minor accident resulting in some damage to the plane's wing tanks.

Roger Bradfield died on December 31,2021, at the age of 97.

Books that Roger Bradfield wrote or co-wrote, but did not illustrate:.