André Hellé

He took the name André Hellé around 1896, when his drawings and comic strips were first published professionally.

Beginning in 1910, he designed and created wooden toys, including a series called "Noah's Ark".

In 1913, he wrote a ballet scenario for Claude Debussy, based on one of his own children's books, called La Boîte à Joujoux (The Toy Box).

In 1942, he completed his memoirs, Les Souvenirs d'un Petit Garçon, covering what he describes as an extended childhood.

From 2012 to 2013, the Musée du Jouet [fr] (Toy Museum) in Poissy held a retrospective of his work.