The creator of popular picture books including Mouse House, Avocado Baby and Oi! Get Off Our Train, Mr Burningham died on Friday 4 January after contracting pneumonia.
He studied illustration and graphic design at the Central School of Art and Design, graduating with distinction in 1959 and going on to illustrate posters for London Transport.
In 1963, his first book, Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers, won the Kate Greenaway medal, heralding the start of an extraordinary career that spanned six decades and produced more than 60 books.
Mr Gumpy’s Outing won Mr Burningham his second Kate Greenaway Medal in 1970, while Granpa, a moving tale of friendship and bereavement, won The New York Times Best Illustrated Award and the Kurt Maschler Award and was later made into an animated film.
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