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Title Magic pencil : children's book illustration today / selected by Quentin Blake
Published [London] : British Council/British Library, 2002
[London] : British Council : British Library, 2002

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Description 112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
regular print
Contents A certain magic / Joanna Carey -- Interviews with artists / edited by Joanna Carey -- Angela Barrett -- Patrick Benson -- Stephen Biesty -- Quentin Blake -- Raymond Briggs -- John Burningham -- Emma Chichester Clark -- Lauren Child -- Sara Fanelli -- Michael Foreman -- Tony Ross -- Posy Simmonds -- Charlotte Voake
Summary This volume presents the work of thirteen of the top children's book illustrators working 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. The 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 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
Notes "This book is co-published by the British Council and the British Library to accompany the exhibition 'Magic pencil' shown in Britain at Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 9 May-15 September 2002, The British Library, London, 1 November 2002-31 March 2003"--Title page verso
Bibliography "Selected list of published books": pages 110-111
Subject Barrett, Angela.
Benson, Patrick.
Biesty, Stephen.
Blake, Quentin.
Briggs, Raymond.
Burningham, John.
Chichester Clark, Emma.
Child, Lauren.
Fanelli, Sara.
Foreman, Michael
Ross, Tony.
Simmonds, Posy.
Voake, Charlotte.
Children's literature -- Illustrations.
Illustration of books.
Illustrated children's books -- Technique.
Illustrators -- Great Britain -- Interviews.
Illustrated children's books.
Illustrated children's books -- England -- Exhibitions.
Illustration of books -- Great Britain -- History.
Illustrated children's books -- Great Britain.
Illustration of books -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogues
Exhibition catalogs.
Interviews.
Author Blake, Quentin.
Laing Art Gallery.
British Library.
LC no. 2003430089
ISBN 0712347704
9780712347709