caption death_date death_place pseudonym birth_place nationality birth_date period signature genre image article_title name occupation
1916 photographic portrait 27 november 1969 -lrb- age 92 -rrb- sydney , australia stan cottman kent , england english australian 17 january 1877 1913 -- banksia man -lrb- detail -rrb- . png children 's literature may gibbs.jpg may gibbs
 may gibbs author , illustrator
may gibbs

cecilia may gibbs mbe -lrb- 17 january 1877 -- 27 november 1969 -rrb- , publishing under the name may gibbs , was an english australian children 's author , illustrator , and cartoonist .
she is best known for her gumnut babies -lrb- also known as `` bush babies '' or `` bush fairies '' -rrb- , and the book `` snugglepot and cuddlepie '' .
