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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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2019-02-11

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

is just our sort of thing . It's impossible to pick one example from the huge selection we have in our archives, so we've gone for Florence Mary Anderson who did these absolute beauties, among others. For more, do visit https://t.co/nenUIxE5kP

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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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2019-02-11

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

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2019-02-11

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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2019-02-11

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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2019-02-11

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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2019-02-11

is by Axel Scheffler for "Pip and Posy - the Snowy Day" (2012). It has snowed here in Bungay! So I'm off with my hat and mittens to have some fun. Scheffler is one our most beloved illustrators (and Authors), bringing colour, bonkers joy to many a book!

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2019-01-30

is by Angela Barrett, for "The Snow Queen" (retold Lewis, after Anderson,1988). Bitterly cold here in Suffolk, but no snow. I adore Angela. Genius, wonderful artist, living legend. I look at this elegant, exhilarating illustration & think "Whooosh!"

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2019-01-24

is by Sybille von Olfers, for The Story of the Snow Children (1906). Von Olfers was a German nun who also taught art and created books with charming, art nouveau illustrations and imaginative tales.

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2019-01-20

is by Elsa Beskow, for "Ollie's Ski Trip" (1909). Beskow was a Swedish author/illustrator, whose charmingly eccentric & curious stories must surely have inspired Swedish speaking Finn Tove Jansson. In this story Ollie meets Jack frost and King Winter.

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2019-01-19

is by Jill Barklem for "Winter Story", part of the Brambly Hedge series (1980). Beloved, cherished little books, fully of exquisite detail and superb observation. Who wouldn't want to be cosy indoors, by a fire, on a wintry day like today?

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2019-01-14

is another fab Snow Queen by another little known Czech illustrator - Jan Marcin Szancer (Anderson's fairy tales, 1961). Sweeping movement, delicate line & gentle colour invite us in - it's a beautifully accessible image - but a dark horizon threatens!

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2019-01-12

There really can only be one possible person for today - John Burningham, whose death was announced yesterday. Experimental, innovative, daring; beautiful, astonishing, heartfelt. An inspirational giant. Here's a wintry scene from "Granpa" (1984)...

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