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Illustrations for The War of the Worlds by English author H. G. Wells. The artist is Warwick Goble (England, 1862-1943).

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2021-04-03

is by Alice and Martin Provensen for "The Provensen Book of Fairy Tales" (1971). Rich, curious, bold dramatic and haunting illustrations fill this collection of unusual, literary fairy tales. This is for Arthur Rackham's retelling of Beauty & the Beast.

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2021-04-02

is by Tove Jansson for "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" (Lewis Carroll, 1966). Carroll's surreal & bizarre world was an ideal match for the creator of the Moomins. This is my favourite edition of this perennial, dazzlingly, brilliantly, illustrated.

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2021-03-26

is this charmingly fresh and sensitive watercolour by for "Fletcher and the Caterpillar" by and published by TODAY!

Many congratulations on a lovely Springtime book!

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2021-03-23

is BACK!!! today it's the marvellous Fritz Wegner, with his colourful & witty characters. This is from "Jack the Giant Killer" (Joseph Jacobs, 1970), one of a fine Bodley Head fairy tale series. Wegner's illustrations are wonderfully imagined & drawn.

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2021-03-20

An illustration for The Mermaid and the Dragon. The artist is Warwick Goble (England, 1862-1943).

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2021-03-13

is by Robert Lumley for "The Three Billy-Goats Gruff" (Vera Southgate, 1968). A beloved Ladybird "Well-Loved Tale", I was rather scared of this troll, when very young, while at the same time loving the Scandinavian landscapes.

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2021-03-09

is for "Gaspard's Foxtrot" published TODAY by . Bravo to on another wonderful foxy tale, & to who has set the story magnificently to music. Here's a Hitchcockian cameo with me, Toto & Diva! 🌈 Happy

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2021-03-04

is by Arnold Lobel for "Mouse Soup" (1977). Adorable tales, with the warmest, *kindest* illustrations imaginable, lovingly drawn, tenderly coloured, full of charm and heart. Who doesn't want to just sit quietly by the fire with a good book, and eat peas?

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2021-03-02

An illustration for The Water Babies [Charles Kingsley] by Warwick Goble (England, 1862-1943). “Those that wish to be clean, clean they will be; and those that wish to be foul, foul they will be. Remember.”

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2021-02-13

Beautiful botanical illustrations, I’ve loved the Concise British Flora by Rev Keble Martin for most of my life (first two), H.Isabel Adam’s divine work is a more recent discovery. (2/2)

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2021-02-12

Late entries for Four favourites: Margaret Tarrant, Mary Blair, Cecily Mary Barker and Gordon Laite. Thanks to for beautiful daily inspiration (1/2)

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2021-02-12

First up is the art from The Incredible Painting of Felix Clousseau by Jon Agee. I’m a huge fan of Jon’s work and recently got the reissued version of this brilliant book. Every page is so bold and detailed, it’s fantastic to look at.

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2021-02-12

anniversary - So hard to choose but here are two lovely woodland scenes by Józef Wilkoń and Gennady Spirin. https://t.co/VpYsRKpS0M

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2021-02-12

celebrating the 3rd anniversary of - celebrating the art of brilliant illustration from I Talk Like a River

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2021-02-12

celebrating the 3rd anniversary of - celebrating the art of brilliant illustration from The Ocean at the End of the Lane written by

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2021-02-12

A very happy birthday to ’s brilliant book illustration of the day! Here are four of my favourites to celebrate. Charles Keeping, Wayne Anderson, Nicola Bayley and Chris Riddell

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2021-02-11

'The Golden Key, or the Adventures of Buratino' was Alexei Tolstoy's version of Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio. These are luxurious illustrations from 1984 by Aleksandr Koshkin.

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2021-02-11