Gregory Rogers

Rogers was born on 19 June 1957, in Brisbane to Marie Bohlscheid and Rex Rogers and grew up in Coorparoo. He studied at the Queensland College of Art It features a timeslip to Shakespeare's London by a boy who follows a soccer ball from Shakespeare's Globe, the modern reconstruction, to the original Globe Theatre. With Midsummer Knight (2006) and The Hero of Little Street (2009) it constitutes a "wordless picture book series" that Publishers Weekly calls his work best known in the U.S. Rogers played several musical instruments—the cornetto, recorder, and the baroque guitar—performing music of the 16th and 17th centuries. He collected "CDs, antiques, books, and anything that might attract dust". He was also an avid collector of Art Deco items. Rogers died 1 May 2013 in Brisbane from stomach cancer. ==Books==

Solo works According to Publishers Weekly, Rogers was "best known in [the U.S.] for his sequence of three wordless picture books". • The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, The Bard (Crows Nest, New South Wales: Allen & Unwin, 2004) • Midsummer Knight (2006) • The Hero of Little Street (2009) • Omar the Strongman, text and illustrations (Scholastic Press, 2013), As illustrator • Enter Bob Dickinson (1988) by Kay Arthur • ''Grandma's Memories'' (1989) by Virginia King • Zoe At The Fancy Dress Ball (1990) by Susan Reid • Lucy Meets A Dragon (1990) by Susan Reid • ''Aunty Mary's Dead Goat'' (1990) by Margaret Card • ''The Postman's Race'' (1991) by Ian Trevaskis • Space Travellers (1992) by Margaret Wild • Tracks (1992) by Gary Crew • ''Lucy's Bay'' (1992) by Gary Crew • Great Grandpa (1994) by Susan McQuade • Way Home (Andersen, 1994) by Libby Hathorn • The Bent-Back Bridge (1995) by Gary Crew • Running Away From Home (1996) by Nigel Gray • The Island (1996) by Michael O'Hara • What Goes With Toes? (1996) by Jeri Kroll • Beyond The Dusk (2000) by Victor Kelleher • The Platypus (2000) by Jo Brice • The Gift (2000) by Libby Hathorn • Princess Max (2001) by Laurie Stiller • The Rainbow (2001) by Gary Crew • Theseus and the Minotaur (2002) by Janeen Brian • Tiddalick the Thirsty Frog (2003) by Mark Carthew • The Brothers Grim (2004) by Janeen Brian • ''It's True! Fashion Can Be Fatal'' (2004) by Susan Green • Flitterwig (2009) by Edrei Cullen • Clearheart (2009) by Edrei Cullen • Scatterbungle (2011) by Edrei Cullen ==See also==