Alain Grée. 1960’s Illustrator and Author
The French illustrator and author Alain Gree was born on July, 21st 1936 in Eaubonne, near Paris,
as an author and illustrator of children’s books. Grée published over 300 books for several editors,
most of which in the 1960’s and 70’s.
His books were translated around the world into 20 different languages. In that same period,
he had the concept and artwork for 12 educational board games for children.
He has recently remastered some of his earlier children’s books for the Japanese market,
and is now working to develop the Alain Grée license further throughout the world.
His main hobby and passion is sailing. He has owned several sailing ships since the 1970’s
on which he has crossed the Atlantic Ocean twice, he made many sailing trips all over the
world while working on new children’s stories and illustrations on board.
I love his colourful, fun illustrations and his simplistic, yet engaging layouts. I feel he was quite the
forward thinker using a combination of drawn and photographic imagery. There are some more
detailed images of his books here.
fishinkblog.com 
I have been trying to figure out the illustrator of The Red Rover Game [Cadaco – 1963]. Do you think it looks like Alain Gree’s work?
https://boardgamegeek.com/image/2037630/the-red-rover-game
Hi there, I think it looks a lot like Gree’s work, and he did design for children’s games. But one small detail is different, the eyes. He always does his eyes with blue/ brown and white and not just round dark blobs. So I’d guess that it’s someone paid to copy his style, create something saleable but not him.