Helen Craig

Who is Helen Craig?

Helen Craig is an English children's book illustrator and author, best known for creating the Angelina Ballerina series of children's books with writer Katharine Holabird.

She began illustrating children's books in 1970. The first book which she had both written and illustrated was The Mouse House ABC, published in 1977. With co-author Sarah Hayes, she created "Bear", a popular children's character who appears in This Is The Bear, This Is The Bear and the Picnic Lunch, and This Is The Bear and the Scary Night.

Craig is the daughter of the film designer and author Edward Carrick. Her great-grandmother was the stage actress Ellen Terry, and her grandfather was theatrical scenic designer Edward Gordon Craig.