Tuesday, 28 January 2014

"R. Caldecott's Collection Of Pictures & Songs" Illustrated By Randolph Caldercott, Engraved and Printed By E. Evans (published by Frederick Warne And Co., London and New York, date unknown) Part 2

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  This story is called "The Babes In The Wood" and it really is quite scary! The babes do actually die from starvation so no ...
Sunday, 26 January 2014

"R. Caldecott's Collection Of Pictures & Songs" Illustrated By Randolph Caldercott, Engraved and Printed By E. Evans (published by Frederick Warne And Co., London and New York, date unknown) Part 1

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  This book is a collection of several songs and stories illustrated by Randolph Caldecott (1846-1886). He would have been quite famous...
Thursday, 23 January 2014

"The Giant Jam Sandwich" Story & Pictures by John Vernon Lord, Verses by Janet Burroway (First published by Jonathan Cape Ltd in 1972, this edition by Piper Books, Pan Books, London 1988), Part 3

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  Not only this book is a great treat for any young child but it's a perfect example of  pictures and text complementing each othe...
Monday, 20 January 2014

"The Giant Jam Sandwich" Story & Pictures by John Vernon Lord, Verses by Janet Burroway (First published by Jonathan Cape Ltd in 1972, this edition by Piper Books, Pan Books, London 1988), Part 2

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  This is the amazing story of a small town plagued by wasps, which causes the inhabitants to come up with a very creative plan to get...
Thursday, 16 January 2014

"The Giant Jam Sandwich" Story & Pictures by John Vernon Lord, Verses by Janet Burroway (First published by Jonathan Cape Ltd in 1972, this edition by Piper Books, Pan Books, London 1988), Part 1

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  One of my all-time favourite picture books!
Monday, 30 December 2013

"Cat Squabbles" By Harris ("MAN" magazine, Nicosia, December 2002 issue)

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  Here is another one for the end of the year! I was looking through my - very old - portfolio the other day and I came across the seri...
Sunday, 29 December 2013

"The Oxford Nursery Rhyme Book" Assembled By Iona And Peter Opie, Additional Illustrations By Joan Hassall (Oxford University Press, London 1963 - first published in 1955), Part - 3

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  The vast collection of wood engravings in this book comes mainly from chapbooks and toy books dating from the 18th and early 19th ce...