The Birthday Book: An Illustrated Treasury of Stories and Poems
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This issue’s cover illustration by Helen Oxenbury is from Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox (Walker, 978 1 4063 1592 9, £10.99 hbk). Helen Oxenbury writes about her illustration here. Thanks to Walker Books for their help with this January cover.
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The Birthday Book: An Illustrated Treasury of Stories and Poems
Published to celebrate the Prince of Wales’s 60th birthday and to support his Foundation for Children & the Arts, this anthology explores birthdays via story and poem, drawing together work from some of the finest authors and illustrators into one volume. It contains original stories from Eleanor Updale and Philip Ardagh, alongside anthologised extracts (eg from Crummy Mummy and Me, one of Anne Fine’s finest books) and poems such as Kit Wright’s brilliantly rhythmical ‘My Party’. ‘The Government of Ted’, by Frank Cottrell Boyce is one highlight of note, with its illustrations from Chris Riddell. And there’s Quentin Blake illustrating Harry Potter. This isn’t just a collectors’ item for royal enthusiasts - there are some very good stories to be found.