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Some more picture book nostalgia today. This is the gruesome tale of The Terrible Tiger by Jack Prelutsky and Arnold Lobel. The tiger meets his match when he gobbles up a tailor but will this bad experience make him mend his wicked ways....? hmm. Reminds me of Gorey and Sendak.

#AnArdizzoneADay Day 120 Another flying lion from The Lion That Flew by James Reeves.

#AnArdizzoneADay Day 118 Lovely little Towser to brighten up a weary evening - Tim & Ginger find a puppy and call him Towser.... but Captain Piper hates dogs 😳.... what are they going to do?!! From Tim's Friend Towser by EA.

For #AnArdizzoneADay Day 116 I give you a flying lion. Yes, that's right - a flying lion. From The Lion That Flew by James Reeves.

#AnArdizzoneADay Day 115 Promotional booklet for the 1947 Ealing Studios film of Nicholas Nickleby, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.

A feat of paper engineering- Bookano Stories No. 2 by S. Louis Giraud (c. 1935). There were 17 of these volumes published between 1934-50. Printed using a photolitho process, they were cheaper than chromolithography used in earlier German movable books. Colours still bright today

#AnArdizzoneADay Day 109 The Newcomes by Thackeray - 1954 Limited Editions Club edition with EA illustrations.

#AnArdizzoneADay Day 106 comes from Rhyming Will by James Reeves

#AnArdizzoneADay Day 105 is from Tim's Last Voyage by Edward Ardizzone

#AnArdizzoneADay Day 105 Back to Paul, the Hero of the Fire by Edward Ardizzone today. I love this picture - conjures up the smell of hay and horses and relaxed chats with munching horses in the background. Perfect.