Sunday Times Children's Book of the Weeek
Angelo by David Macaulay
The central friendship between man and bird, and the theme of an enduring bond recall Oscar Wilde's short story The Happy Prince, except that this book loves statues without turning them into living things. NICOLETTE JONES
In addition to her assocaition with Narnia:
The rabbits she drew for the cover of the bestselling Puffin edition of Richard Adams' Watership Down are equally familiar, and other well-known children's books she illustrated include Mary Norton's The Borrowers Avenged (1982), Beatrix Potter's Wag-by-Wall (1987), two volumes of nursery rhymes edited by Iona and Peter Opie, and -- in spite of her frank admission that she couldn't really draw horses -- Anna Sewell's Black Beauty (1984). ...
launch of Guradian's graphic story prize
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