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is by Posy Simmonds for "Matilda, who told such dreadful lies" by Hilaire Belloc (1992). I can't imagine why telling lies is on my mind. Anyway, as a child, I relished this poem & the dark humour. Simmonds's illustrations are, as ever, perfection.

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2020-05-26

is by Eric Winter for "Sleeping Beauty" retold by Vera Southgate (1965). I love the bad fairy scurrying off. The clarity of storytelling in these Ladybird Books is quite something, and they've been imprinted upon a whole generation.

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2020-05-24

is by for "Tomorrow" (2018). A powerful, important book about Yazan, a young boy seeking hope in a time of conflict. The illustrations capture his fear & vulnerability. A shout out for the & in books!

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2020-05-22

Already getting payed for the new book. By myself, but that’s okay 🤪 for Vivat Publishing, out this summer ✨

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2020-05-21

CLOWNS! Just one more Clown…I promise… courtesy of from "Le Joyeux Livre des Clowns”, Illustrated by James Schucker a Happy Smiling Clown to end our Clown interlude with…normal service will now be resumed…..#ForgottenChildrensBooks

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2020-05-21

CLOWNS! No clowning about...just lots and lots of CLOWNS! Today.... in a Reddish hue....Last one today...I promise....#ForgottenChildrensBooks

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2020-05-18

CLOWNS! No clowning about...just lots and lots of CLOWNS! Today.... in a Reddish hue....

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2020-05-18

An Alphabet full of Illustrators...G is For...Kate Greenaway..."The Pied Piper"...

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2020-05-13

An Alphabet full of Illustrators...G is For...Kate Greenaway..."The Pied Piper"...

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2020-05-13

An often overlooked Art-form...a Book's End Papers...and there's apparently nothing like a good procession to start a book...CHARGE!.....#ForgottenChildrensBooks

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2020-05-12

An Alphabet full of Illustrators...E is For...Harold Earnshaw...the Arrival of these Tweets, Due earlier, from "The Big Book of Aeroplanes", was unavoidably delayed....

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2020-05-12

Illustration from the novel, Dr. Therne by H. Rider Haggard (GB, 1856-1925). Pub. 1898. Plague decimates a small English town.

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2020-05-12

is by for "Fletcher & the Springtime Blossom" by , published by today! Until a few days ago, our crab apple looked just like this...gorgeous! Let's welcome this series of four foxy books.

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2020-05-10

Today... it could only be...The Star Wars Return of the Jedi Portfolio with wonderful Ralph McQuarrie Pre-Production illustrations

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2020-05-04

is by Tony Ross for "Dr Xargle's Book of Earthlings" bt Jeanne Wilis (1988). Bonkers, zany, funny... Yet everso slightly disturbing, subversive and cleverly perceptive. What a strange species of critter we are!

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2020-05-04

is by Harry G Theaker, for "Children's Stories from the Arabian Nights" (Rose Yeatman Woolf; undated. Circa 1920). Theaker was a prolific and appealing illustrator of affordable collections of fairy tales/children's stories. "Open Sesame!"

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2020-05-01