Magic Pencil: Children's Book Illustration Today Quentin Blake

By:

Blake, Quentin

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: United Kingdom The British Library Publishing Division 08/05/2002Description: 112 275ISBN:

9780712347709

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

741.642 BLA

Contents:

This highly illustrated volume features the work of 13 of the top contemporary children's book illustrators working in the UK. Each chapter contains a commentary by the illustrator, introducing their work and explaining how they started to illustrate children's books, and features several original artworks by each one. Quentin Blake's introduction reflects on the complexities of providing an illustrative response to the characters and activities of a writer: Joanna Carey, formerly Children's Book Editor of the Guardian, contributes to an illustrated essay on the history of children's book illustration, from the work of Cruikshank, Ardizzone and Walter Crane, to the instantly recognizable pictures from Winnie the Pooh and the tales of Beatrix Potter. The illustrators featured are: Angela Barrett; Quentin Blake; Lauren Child; Patrick Benson; Raymond Briggs; Sara Fanelli; Stephen Biesty; John Burningham; Michael Foreman; Tony Ross; Posy Simmonds; Emma Chichester Clark; and Charlotte Voake.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Kids Books	Kandy Book Cart	Non-fiction	YL/741/BLA	Available Order online		YB132768

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This highly illustrated new book features the work of thirteen of the top children's book illustrators working in the UK today. Each chapter contains a commentary by the illustrator, introducing their work and explaining how they started to illustrate children's books, and shows several original artworks by each illustrator. Quentin Blake's introduction reflects on the complexities of providing an illustrative response to the characters and activities of a writer.

Joanna Carey, formerly Children's Book Editor of The Guardian , contributes an illustrated essay on the history of children's book illustration, from the work of Cruikshank, Ardizonne, and Walter Crane, to the instantly recognisable pictures from Winnie the Pooh and the tales of Beatrix Potter. The illustrators featured are: Angela Barrett, Quentin Blake, Lauren Child, Patrick Benson, Raymond Briggs, Sara Fanelli, Stephen Biesty, John Burningham, Michael Foreman, Tony Ross, Posy Simmonds, Emma Chichester Clark, and Charlotte Voake.