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I absolutely love 's watercolour illustrations. These bears are from her book 'Bear Child'

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2020-02-11

Really tricky to pick just one, so we're going with a few childhood faves for



1. Arthur Rackham.
2. Jiří Trnka.
3. Kay Nelson.
4. Edmund Dulac.

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The illustrations and stories of Big Bear and Little Bear by Martin Waddell, illustrated by Barbara Firth were great favourites when my son was small. Wonderful expressive pictures.

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2020-02-11

Maurice Sendak's Little Bear and his friends want to join the celebration. Thank you very much for sharing so much art!

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2020-02-11

One more before bed. Meet ‘Old Perisher’, the naughty cat of Corporation Gardens. Written by Diana Ross and published by Faber in 1965.
Illustrations of course by

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2020-02-11

I thought I’d kick off my contributions to for with some wonderful Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain - from a 2nd printing (1936). Beautiful colour reproduction in this ed.

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2020-02-11

is by Edmund Dulac for Shakespeare's "The Tempest" (1908). Glorious, always. One can never have too much Dulac. Stay safe today

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2020-02-09

is by Pat Hutchins for "One-eyed Jake" (1979). For some reason, greedy pirates and sinking ships are on my mind. Wonderful witty and filigree detailed illustrations in this deliciously moral, classic tale.

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2020-02-05

is by for "Hansel and Gretel", retold by Michael Morpurgo (2010). Gorgeously illustrated version. Here's a beautifully bleak and desolate forest for the children to be lost in, and overlaying branches like this is harder than it looks.

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2020-02-04

is by brilliant Janet & Anne Grahame Johnstone for "Lancelot of the Lake" (Roger Lancelyn Green, 1966). At the end...The ladies of the lake carry the dying King Arthur away to Avalon, to return when "Britain needs him most" (about now, would be good!).

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2020-02-03

The Nursery Alice. A shortened version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - adapted by author, Lewis Carroll. Contains coloured enlargements by John Tenniel (England, 1820-1914). “Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle.”

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2020-01-26

is by Michael Foreman for "A Fish of the World" from "Terry Jones Fairy Tales" (1981). This is a wonderful anthology from the much missed Jones who died recently. Foreman's rich & colourful watercolours are full of fascination & delight. Great book.

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2020-01-25

is by Christian Birmingham for "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" (Abridged from C S Lewis 1998). Not much of a Winter here, so I'm finding it in books. Birmingham's lavish, skilful pastels are full of dream-like imagination and dark, icy magic.

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2020-01-13

is by Feodor Stepanovich "Rojan" Rojankovsky, for Pete Castor's "Scaf the seal" (by "Lida", transl. Fyleman, 1950s).
Gorgeous lithographs distinguish this important Natural History series. These glowing, gorgeous Aurora Boealis are simply resplendent.

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2020-01-03

is by John Burningham for "Courtney" (1994). Reminiscent of Lyle the crocodile, Courtney is an indespensible pet - even when he disappears. Here Burningham's art is at its most sparse and spidery. He delights in awkward poses & less is definitely more!

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2020-01-02

WAR OF THE WORLDS “Few people realise the immensity of vacancy in which the dust of the material universe swims.” Illustrations by Henrique Alvim Corrêa (1906). A story by English author, first serialised in 1897.

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2019-12-26

The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe - as Illustrated by Gustave Doré (1832-1883). “Leave my loneliness unbroken! — quit the bust above my door!”

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2019-12-23