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Four of my favourite illustrations in honour of ’s Nicola Bayley, , Brian Froud and Jill Murphy.

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One of my favourite dragon books, gorgeous illustrations from full of colour & heart

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One illustrator in my mind straight away for hard to choose because they’re all glorious

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2019-02-12

Thank you for a year of delights This book makes me laugh without fail every time I open it, William Steig was a genius.

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2019-02-12

And, still on authors/illustrators, may I mention the amazing , whose YA fantasy books feature his own illustrations? A selection from his 1st series, The Tapestry!
(more on his fantasy here: https://t.co/yCoF9wYSFw)

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2019-02-12

Today is These images are by my all time favourite book illustrator - the fantastic Brian Wildsmith. And it only occurred to me today that your own illustrations also have this wonderful, painterly, emotive quality - I love them!

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2019-02-11

I love every illustration in this book & for ’s & here’s an illy by the talented for Spike Lee & ’s book “Please, Puppy, Please” as it was one of my choices for 🐶🐱📘

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"In an old house in Paris that was covered in vines..." One of the most memorable books from my own childhood, by Ludwig Bemelmans.

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This was really hard but I have limited myself to: , because nobody captured movement and expression quite like him, , my childhood hero, and my favourite modern .

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2019-02-11

My 2 year olds obsession with the moon led me to remember one of my all time favourite illustrations. It gives you that warm and fuzzy feeling every time you see it....Barbara Firth's beautiful illustrations in Can't You Sleep Little Bear. 🐻♥️

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From the sublime & moving 'The Last Giants' written & illustrated by Francois Place ( )

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Second choice is French Canadian picturebook maker Isabelle Arsenault, and this on is from her collaboration with Timothée de Fombelle, “Captain Rosalie”. There is a stillness, a beauty to her work that makes the reader pause totake it in.

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Happy - what better way to celebrate than with a feast of Provensens and A Visit to William Blake’s Inn by Nancy Willard!

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2019-02-11

So hard to choose! My favourites just now are Cassandra Darke by Posy Simmonds, One Cheetah, One Cherry by , Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard, and ‘Peedie Pointy Dog’ by me.. still to be published 😂

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Happy Thank you , you've brightened my mornings. I've always loved Pauline Baynes's illustrations. This is for The Hoard by J. R. R. Tolkien (The adventures of Tom Bombadil).

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