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is by Charles Folkard for Carlo Collodi's "Pinocchio" (1910). Always interesting to see the original story, and pre-Disney interpretations of this astonishing tale. Folkard was a well known cartoonist as well as illustrating well-known fairy tales.

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2019-09-29

is by Susan Meddaugh for "Martha Speaks" (1994). A genuinely funny and charming tale of a garrulous dog and a curious situation involving alphabet soup. Hilarity ensues in both text and image. I love this little vignette. Great book, warmly recommended.

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2019-09-24

is by Beatrix Potter for "The Tale of Jemima Puddleduck" (1908). Here, the suave & wily fox (not Gaspard!), escorts the waddlesome Jemima. Potter had an unerring gift of applying just the right characteristics to each animal. Anthropomorphic perfection.

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2019-08-24

breaks my rule - but I can't ignore an important day like this: My own "Gaspard Best in Show" is published today! Huge thanks to my partner-in-print, author and publisher . Here's a climactic moment, involves costumes & éclairs!

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2019-08-22

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. Here's "The Magic Horse".

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2019-08-21

is by Margaret Bloy Graham for "Harry the Dirty Dog" by Gene Zion (1956). Deceptively simple, hugely expressive, charming, funny illustrations bring this tale to unforgettable life. The retro/vintage vibe has been much imitated but never matched.

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2019-08-15

is by John Burningham, for "Harquin, the Fox who went down to the valley" (1967). Here's the end papers. As always, gloriously inventive & boldly different. A story of a fox who out foxes the fox hunters... Probably hard to publish today.

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2019-08-09

"Waiting for the Wind to Change" - it's blue sky and sunshine at the moment - multi-layered of with

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2019-07-29

'Woeful ending of a precocious piggy'. Victorian children's porcine literature.

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2019-07-27

is by Anne Wilson for "Masha and the Firebird" (Margaret Bateson-Hill, 1999). Something suitably fiery for this hot weather... These vibrant paintings bring a richness to this unusual Firebird story, weaving in the four elements and Baba Yaga...

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2019-07-25

is by Peter Firmin for "The Saga of Noggin the Nog" (1992) by Oliver Postgate, after the popular TV series. Here's a scene from "The Ice Dragon". Firmin re-illustrated these much loved tales in full colour, for this sumptuous edition.

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2019-07-22

Four entries for a 2018 book illustration competition to design artwork for an edition of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [Natasa Ilincic, Jelle Steenhuisen, Alison Bryant and Max Loeffler].

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2019-07-13

is by Henriette Willebeek Le Mair, for "Little Songs of Long Ago" (1912). Henriette was a Dutch artist who only illustrated occasionally, having a wealthy family. Here's a vert delicate and charming "London Bridge is Falling Down".

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2019-07-12

is by Arthur Rackham for his masterly and magical 1908 edition of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Wishing you all a happy Midsummer/Summer Solstice/longest day. Here in Suffolk we have SUN!

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2019-06-21

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2019-06-19

is by Joseph Mugnaini for "Beowulf" from Bullfinch's "The Age of Fable (1958). Italian born, American illustrator of Ray Bradbury etc. I love the drama & energy of this, so powerful & strange. I love the dragon's spindly legs, too - terrifyingly elegant!

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2019-06-07