author
Carton Moore-Park
1877–1956
Known for richly stylized pictures of birds, animals, and storybook scenes, this Scottish-born illustrator brought a painter’s eye to children’s books and nature writing. His work moves easily between careful observation and decorative charm, which gives his books a distinctive early-20th-century feel.
1 Audiobook
A Book of Birds
by Carton Moore-Park
About the author
Carton Moore-Park was a Scottish-born illustrator and painter best known for books about birds, animals, and folklore. Reliable sources describe him as active in both Britain and the United States, and identify him as an illustrator whose work often centered on children’s books and the natural world.
He studied at the Glasgow School of Art under Francis Henry Newbery in the 1890s, an early training that helped shape his refined, decorative style. His surviving body of work includes illustrated books such as A Book of Birds and An Alphabet of Animals, along with art connected to titles like Reynard the Fox.
Today, he is remembered less as a celebrity author than as a gifted visual storyteller. For listeners discovering his work through audiobooks, he is especially interesting because his writing and illustration share the same gentle curiosity about animal life and the imaginative world of classic children’s publishing.