Biography of tom cooke childrens illustrator
Biography of tom cooke childrens illustrator
Biography of tom cooke childrens illustrator and artist!
Sesame street illustrator dies, 78
Bermuda fan: Tom Cooke
Celebrated Sesame Street illustrator and long-term Bermuda visitor Tom Cooke has died at the age of 78.
Mr Cooke first visited Bermuda in 1958 with his wife Onalee on their honeymoon, and the couple fell in love with the Island, returning almost every winter.
Such was Mr Cooke’s love affair with the Island, that his family and friends plan to scatter his ashes at Grape Bay.
The illustrator said that his time in Bermuda had inspired some of his art.
His book Grover’s Adventures under the Sea reflected his son’s enjoyment of scuba diving at Grape Bay, while another book about a pet store was inspired by birds found in a good friend’s shop on the Island.
And The Royal Gazette’s Bermuda Calendar was used as kite paper for an illustration in the book, Grover, Grover, Come On Over.
During one visit he stopped by St David’s Primary School to speak with students, and in 2006 he took part in Masterwork Foundation’s Art f