McKee was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Open University at Plymouth College of Art in 2011. More recently McKee had been spending time between his home in London and in Provence with his partner, Bakhta. The series celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2021. The children’s book creator also had a successful career as a fine artist, and went on to help produce much-loved animated programmes of his book Mr Benn on the BBC. His work allowed him to travel the world, spending extensive periods in Barcelona, Nice, Paris and Italy. Once Klaus established Andersen Press in 1976, David became a mainstay of the publisher, creating over 50 books for them. His first book Two Can Toucan was published in 1964 by long-time colleague Klaus Flugge whilst he worked at Abelard-Schuman. McKee was born in Devon and studied at Plymouth Art College. 'My thoughts, and those of everyone at Andersen Press, are with his family and many friends around the world.' 'Not only was I fortunate to be his publisher, he was also a wonderful friend, and he will be missed by many more people than he could ever imagine. McKee started out in children's books back in 1964 with Two Can Toucan and became a household name selling millions of copies of his Mr Benn and Elmer the Patchwork Elephant books
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