Michael Hague

Michael Hague
Born(1948-09-08)September 8, 1948
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
DiedMarch 10, 2026(2026-03-10) (aged 77)
Known forChildren's book illustrations
Notable workThe Wind in the Willows, The Hobbit, Children’s book of Virtues, Alice in Wonderland, The book of Dragons

Michael Hague (September 8, 1948 – March 10, 2026) was an American illustrator, primarily of children's fantasy books.

Life and career

Among the books, he has illustrated classics such as The Wind in the Willows, The Wizard of Oz, The Hobbit and the stories of Hans Christian Andersen. He was known for the intricate and realistic detail he brought to his work, and the rich colors he chose.

Hague trained at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. He listed his influences as the comics series Prince Valiant and the works of Disney, Japanese printmakers Hiroshige and Hokusai, and turn of the 20th century illustrators Arthur Rackham, W. Heath Robinson, N. C. Wyeth and Howard Pyle. His first big break came through Trina Schart Hyman, who as an art director for Cricket, gave him several cover art assignments.[1]

He collaborated with family members on some works. In 2008, he and his son, graphic designer Devon Hague, produced the graphic novel In the Small.[2][3] He and his wife, author Kathleen Hague, have also collaborated on several books together.[4][5][6] They lived in Colorado Springs, where he donated time each year to making a poster for the nonprofit arts organization Imagination Celebration.[7]

Hague died on March 10, 2026, at the age of 77.[8]

Books illustrated

  • Gulliver in Lilliput: A Hallmark Pop-Up Book (Hallmark Children’s Editions, 1975)[10]
  • The Cabbage Moth and the Shamrock by Ethel Marbach (Green Tiger Press, 1978)[11]
  • Dream Weaver by Jan Yolen (Collins, 1979)
  • A Necklace of Fallen Stars by Beth Hilgartner (Little, Brown, 1879)
  • Beauty and the Beast retold by Deborah Apy (Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 1980)
  • Demetrius and the Golden Goblet by Eve Bunting (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1980)
  • Dragons of Light by Orson Scott Card and Dave Smeds (Ace Books, 1980) ISBN 0-441-16660-1
  • East of the Sun and West of the Moon retold by Kathleen and Michael Hague (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980) ISBN 0-15-224703-3
  • Moments: Poems about the Seasons edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980)
  • A Mouse called Junction by Julia Cunningham (Pantheon, 1980)
  • The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (Henry Holt & Co., 1980)
  • The Man Who Kept House (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981)
  • Michael Hague's Favourite Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen and Jane S. Woodward (Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 1981)
  • The Night before Christmas by Clement C. Moore (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1981)
  • The Unicorn and the Lake by Marianna Mayer (Dial Books for Young Readers, 1982)
  • The Dragon Kite by Nancy Luenn (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982)
  • The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1982)
  • The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis (Macmillan, 1983)
  • The Reluctant Dragon by Kenneth Grahame (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1983)
  • The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (Holt, Rhinehart & Winston, 1983)
  • Alphabears: An ABC Book by Kathleen Hague (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984)
  • The Frog Princess retold by Elizabeth Isle (Thomas Y. Crowell, 1984)
  • The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (Houghton Mifflin, 1984)
  • Mother Goose: A Collection of Classic Nursery Rhymes (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984)
  • Rapunzel by Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm (Creative Education, 1984)
  • Aesop's Fables (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985)
  • Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985)
  • A Child's Book of Prayers (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1985)
  • The Legend of the Veery Bird by Kathleen Hague (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1985)
  • Numbears: A Counting Book by Kathleen Hague (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1986)
  • Out of the Nursery, into the Night by Kathleen Hague (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1986)
  • Enchanted World Series
  • Michael Hague's World of Unicorns (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1986), revised as Michael Hague's Magical World of Unicorns (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 1999)
  • Unicorn Pop-up Book (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1986)
  • Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (Henry Holt & Co., 1987)
  • The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett (Henry Holt, 1987)
  • The Land of Nod, and Other Poems for Children by Robert Louis Stevenson (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1988)
  • Rootabaga Stories, Part One by Carl Sandburg (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988)
  • Rootabaga Stories, Part Two by Carl Sandburg (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1989)
  • Bear Hugs by Kathleen Hague (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1989)
  • Cinderella and Other Tales from Perrault (Henry Holt & Co., 1989)
  • The Fairies by William Allingham (Henry Holt & Co., 1989)
  • The Unicorn Alphabet by Marianna Mayer (Dial, 1989)

References

  1. ↑ "WBBT: Michael Hague Interview — @fuseeight A Fuse #8 Production". blogs.slj.com. November 19, 2009. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Devon Hague". www.goodreads.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ Michael Hague: In the Small, Newsarama, April 1, 2008
  4. ↑ "Autographed Books by Michael Hague". www.castlemerebooks.com. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Kathleen Hague | Authors | Macmillan". US Macmillan. Archived from the original on June 17, 2023. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Michael Hague Book Signing". m.facebook.com. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Imagination Celebration - CSPM". www.cspm.org. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
  8. ↑ Freeman, John (March 13, 2026). "In Memoriam: Illustrator and Graphic Novelist Michael Hague". Down the Tubes. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  9. ↑ "Hague, Michael 1948–". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  10. ↑ Bird, Elizabeth (November 19, 2009). "WBBT: Michael Hague Interview". A Fuse #8 Production. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  11. ↑ Marbach, Ethel; Pochocki, Ethel (1991). The Cabbage Moth and the Shamrock. Green Tiger Press. ISBN 978-0-671-74864-7.
  12. ↑ Hague, Michael (May 1, 2008). In the Small. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. ISBN 978-0-316-01322-2.
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