Day 305 - from Titus in Trouble by James Reeves and Edward Ardizzone

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My farewell to 2020 Day 287 comes from Mimff in Charge by H J Kaeser (1949).

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Day 286 is of Tim and the ship's cat clinging for dear life to a raft, all alone on a stormy sea. From the front cover of Tim All Alone (1956).

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Yesterday's Day 279 and 23 - from the Ardizzone edition of Dylan Thomas's A Child's Christmas in Wales

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An idyllic family Christmas scene for today's Here's Day 277 and 21 - another from Ardizzone's illustrations for Dylan Thomas's 'A Child's Christmas in Wales'.

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Still catching up on Here's Day 274 and 18 - another from Ardizzone's illustrations for Dylan Thomas's 'A Child's Christmas in Wales'. The traditional post-Christmas dinner look.

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Catching up on Day 271 and 15 is another from Ardizzone's illustrations for Dylan Thomas's 'A Child's Christmas in Wales'.

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Catching up Day 269 and 13 is from Ardizzone's illustrations for Dylan Thomas's 'A Child's Christmas in Wales'.

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Day 266 and 10 - from Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain. Tim, exhausted climbs into his bunk bed for a well-deserved rest.

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Day 239 - an idyllic rural scene illustrating an article on 'The Country Pub' in the Winter 1960-61 Land journal, farm journal of the Shell Chemical Company

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And just because I've been brushing up my Christmas carols on the piano today and it's never too early to be thinking about Christmas this is from EA's illustrated edition of A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas Day 210 (cigarette is a sweetie I believe!)

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Yesterday's Diz got forgotten - Here's Day 209, from Ali Baba for the Limited Editions Club. Richness, texture, movement, colour. Wonderful.

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Day 206 - from Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel.

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Day 204 After Hours from The Local by Maurice Gorham with illustrations by EA.

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Yesterday's Day 202 is another from The Night Ride by Aingelda Ardizzone - the toys set off on their adventure to find a new home and a child to love them.

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Day 184 is from the Limited Editions Club edition of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

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Day 177 is another one from Leonard Clark's The Year Round. This one is on the title page. I love the cat and the blackbird and the contented sharing.

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Day 165 Ardizzone had a special touch when it came to illustrating little dogs. This little fella is in Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel.

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Yesterday's got lost in the ether. Here's Day 163 - from Sarah and Simon and No Red Paint -

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Day 160. Here's an appealing scene for a rainy August afternoon - the opening to Tim in Danger. 'It was a lovely day when Tim, Charlotte and Ginger were playing on the beach. The sky was blue, and the white yachts were sailing in the bay.'

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