Charles Robinson gave up practicing law in 1968 to illustrate books for children. He received many wards for his work, in clouding the 1971 Gold Medal of the Society of Illustrators. Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. This profile may contain books from multiple authors of this name. Other authors publishing under this name are: Charles Robinson, British Illustrator (1870–1937) Charles Robinson, First Governor of Kansas (1818-1894) Charles Robinson, Religion, born 1852 Charles Robinson, British author Charles Robinson, French author (1973-)