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'Fantasy, on the other hand, though it may use universal symbols, springs from purely private experiences - it is psychological image, coloured & transformed by the workings of a single mind.'
#PenelopeFarmer
Photo from #VulpesLibris
@AoifeGreenham @katealizadeh Lots of smashing replies so far, Aoife with these both being recommended frequently.
In my first year of teacher training back in 1995, I remember my lecturer sharing @ShirleyHughes_ Up&Up and Alfie Gets in First - I had never noticed someone break frames and use the gutter so ingeniously before. What a talent.
I am deeply flattered that the 'Exploring Pictures in Picturebooks' blog has over 7000 hits & the accompanying video over 4000 likes. Thank you to the kind, patient people who have supported me here over the years:
Blog: https://t.co/sSki1VqKrC
Video: https://t.co/EdoxqTuHsx
@OvendenLaura @MrEFinch @royjamesmoss @KlausFluggePr @jonnybid @Teacherglitter @teacher_mr_r @JennaLucas81 @Alibrarylady @rcharlesworth @one_to_read @smithsmm @Jo_Bowers @erinlynhamilton @smerchant13 I remember reading @EvaEland book for the first time in a bookshop and realising that I had found something very special too, Laura. Yes, Eva won the award in 2020 and has since gone on to write and illustrate more:
@MrEFinch @royjamesmoss @KlausFluggePr @jonnybid @Teacherglitter @teacher_mr_r @JennaLucas81 @Alibrarylady @rcharlesworth @one_to_read @smithsmm @Jo_Bowers @erinlynhamilton @smerchant13 You got it, Ed! @ABagForKatie won the @KlausFluggePr the following year (2018) for #MyNameIsNotRefugee That's two consecutive years in which the refugee crisis is explored with great sensitivity in children's picturebooks
Well, this is uncanny, @one_to_read @LizzaAiken - even spelt the same as my name.
Philippa Pearce:
‘The idea of a story springs from experience –from what had been seen & heard & done & felt & thought. My concern will be mostly with growth & the encouragement of growth–the cultivation, as a gardener would say…but there will also be something about making.’
Publishers Weekly Best Picturebooks of 2021: @RebeccaLucas @worldkidlit @GalwayMr @marygtroche @StephenConnor7 @OvendenLaura @rumena_aktar https://t.co/CY6D2kz275