"Richard Scarry's Best Story Book Ever" By Richard Scarry (First published in 1970 by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, Third Impression 1972) Part 4

This book is a compilation of several older stories by the famous American author/illustrator Richard Scarry (1919-1994), ranging from 1950 to 1968. This explains the variation in drawing styles and structure in the stories themselves. Apart from the great colours and compositions, the clarity in the stories and visual humour Scarry's drawing skills are just incredible! Every object is so well observed, the shapes,textures and patterns so accurate, yet the pictures appear to be simple and easy to the eye - just perfect for the young reader. Just look at those frogs above - exciting, funny and yet quite realistic! Classic.

A biography of the artist here: http://www.famousauthors.org/richard-scarry and on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Scarry

"Richard Scarry's Best Story Book Ever" By Richard Scarry (First published in 1970 by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, Third Impression 1972) Part 3

"Richard Scarry's Best Story Book Ever" By Richard Scarry (First published in 1970 by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, Third Impression 1972) Part 2

"Richard Scarry's Best Story Book Ever" By Richard Scarry (First published in 1970 by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, Third Impression 1972) Part 1

"Andy And The Lion" Story and Pictures by James Daugherty (published by Scholastic Book Services, New York 1968 - Originally published by The Viking Press Inc. 1938) Part 3

This book is packed with James Daugherty's wacky and funny pictures (I counted 45!). I was so impressed with all the energy and excitement created by the artist's skilful drawing. The book was re-printed several times since its original publication in the late 1930's and is probably a classic by now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_and_the_Lion  Here is an excellent website dedicated to the life and work of  James Daugherty (born in Asheville, North Carolina 1887-1974) who, apart from the large volume of  published books (both written and illustrated by him), he was a significant American artist and a muralist: https://daughertyfoundation.com/

"Andy And The Lion" Story and Pictures by James Daugherty (published by Scholastic Book Services, New York 1968 - Originally published by The Viking Press Inc. 1938) Part 2

"Andy And The Lion" Story and Pictures by James Daugherty (published by Scholastic Book Services, New York 1968 - Originally published by The Viking Press Inc. 1938) Part 1

"Boat" - Written and Illustrated by Barbara Remington (published by Macdonald And Jane's Publishers Limited, London 1977 - originally published in the US by Doubleday and Company, Inc. New York 1975) - Part 3

Barbara Remington is an American artist better known for her work on J.R.R. Tolkien's books "The Hobbit" and "The Lord Of The Rings" for Ballantine's Books in the early 1960's. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Remington

There is no biography available on her apart from a small article on wikipedia but I scanned the small note on the artist printed on this book (below). I just loved the strange animal characters found all over the book as well as the two hairy characters of the story. 

"Mad About Madeline" By Ludwig Bemelmans (published by Viking, The Penguin Group, New York 2001)

Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962)  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Bemelmans

"Madeline And The Gypsies"(1959)

"Madeline And The Bad Hat"(1956)

"The Doubtful Guest" By Edward Gorey (published by Putnam & Co., Ltd, London 1958) Part 2

 

The eccentric and nonsensical work of Edward Gorey(1925-2000). This is a biography on the great writer and artist: http://www.biography.com/people/edward-gorey-40616#synopsis Here is also the Wikipedia entry with other links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gorey