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No.50 #LibraryTop50 @JezAlborough uses 3 words but conveys so much emotion in Hug, about a chimp who loses his mum.
Nothing stops Fix-It Duck! With page designs inspired by comic-book panel layouts, Jez colours his ink drawings in marker pens. 45+ books! https://t.co/bWv9RJGJpl
No.47 #LibraryTop50 @LaurenJBeard illustrates the pastel-palette Fairytale Hairdresser series. She uses traditional drawing materials, then colours her drawings with digital and scanned mixed media. She loves adding funny modern details to the stories
https://t.co/U1HNMwxAK6
No.46 #LibraryTop50 Michael Foreman is a master of watercolours. 'I keep trying to make things more real, not in a literal, photographic sense, but in an emotional sense, telling a story by capturing the essence of the situation, giving it some meaning.'
https://t.co/hvflUoauxi
No.45 #LibraryTop50 Rod Campbell got a doctorate in organic chemistry before he set up his own publishing house, eventually bought by Macmillan. His pages, often with flaps, are clear and simple for toddlers to decode, making room for them to chime in
https://t.co/UoGNJscWLw
No.44 #LibraryTop50 Judith Kerr (1923-2019) illustrated books up to the end (95 years!) and was a warm part of many of our childhoods. The kitchen in The Tiger Who Came to Tea was based on her own. She slightly regretted giving Mog so many stripes to paint
https://t.co/mBqthlrpvF
No.43 #LibraryTop50 Current @Booktrust Children’s Laureate @CressidaCowell illustrates many of her own books. I first knew her work through her picture books but many of you will know her How to Train Your Dragon books that sparked off the popular films 🐉
https://t.co/t20FgNcp4z
No.41 #LibraryTop50 @Alex_T_Smith draws gorgeously fastidious characters and just-so interior spaces. Expert at clothing detail, expressions and creating a variety of old people, he’s branched out from his Claude books to the comic adventures of Mr Penguin https://t.co/c9PDDGGFUI
No.36 #LibraryTop50 Sarah Warburton @SarahWarbie works in yummy colours that make you want to visit whatever party, princess palace or even dinosaur-infested supermarket that appear in her books. She has an eye for funny detail and striking compositions
https://t.co/HGLf7PNA5T
No.34 #LibraryTop50 @LeeWildish worked as graphic designer for an ad agency, then did greeting cards for 5 years before taking up children’s book illustration. He draws dramatic expressions for his characters in books full of humour and whimsy
https://t.co/G9eHalf2EY
No.31 #LibraryTop50 Jill Murphy writes and illustrates hilarious books about characters who mean well but create chaos, famously The Worst Witch. With her Large Family books, kids love them but adults wryly relate to the exasperated and overtired parents https://t.co/48ZluxJWKq