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Product Identifiers
PublisherBritish Library, T.H.E.
ISBN-100712347704
ISBN-139780712347709
eBay Product ID (ePID)2630481
Product Key Features
Book TitleMagic Pencil : Children's Book Illustration Today
Number of Pages112 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicChildren's & Young Adult Literature, Graphic Arts / Illustration
Publication Year2003
IllustratorYes
GenreLiterary Criticism, Design
AuthorQuentin Blake
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight27.5 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width10.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-430089
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal741.6/42/0941
SynopsisThis 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., 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.
LC Classification NumberNC978.M34 2002
