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- Activity and creativity books (6)
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The Illustrators: Dick Bruna
€21.95‘For millions of children, Dick Bruna’s books are the first they will encounter. They don’t know how lucky they are’ Michael Bond This latest instalment in The Illustrators on Dutch artist Dick Bruna (1927–2017) takes readers behind the scenes of the creation of some of the world’s most endearing children’s characters. Offering a deeper appreciation of the artistry and skills…
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The Illustrators: Judith Kerr
€21.95This volume in the Illustrators series showcases the work of the late Judith Kerr, one of the world’s most beloved authors and illustrators. Joanna Carey, who had unrestricted access to Judith Kerr and her archive, explores the backstory behind Kerr’s popular books and analyses how she works. She draws on a range of never-before-seen visual materials to take readers behind…
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The Illustrators: Ludwig Bemelmans
€21.95Ludwig Bemelmans grew up under the Austro-Hungarian empire and emigrated to the United States in his late teens, just escaping the outbreak of the First World War. His illustrations for the Madeline books offer a classic vision of Paris that has created a lasting impression on millions of readers. And every illustrator would love to know how he conveyed all…
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The Illustrators: Miroslav Šašek
€21.95‘The paintings and drawings of Mirolsav Šašek are entirely convincing and always charming’ Oliver Jeffers Miroslav Šašek’s signature This is travel books have delighted children around the world for decades. Featuring many surprises from the Šašek Foundation archive in his native Prague, this book shines a light on the mystery man behind the series and some of his less well-known creations.
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The Illustrators: Raymond Briggs
€21.95Raymond Briggs has changed the face of children’s picture books, with his innovations of both form and subject. Stylistically versatile, he has illustrated some sixty books, twenty of them with his own text, and first became a household name in the late 1970s and early 1980s with a handful of books – Father Christmas, Fungus the Bogeyman, The Snowman, When…
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The Nutcracker
€17.95When the clock strikes midnight, Clara’s nutcracker toy takes her on a magical journey. Mice become soldiers, candy canes transform into dancers and an enchanted castle emerges out of the mist. In this exquisitely crafted book inspired by Tchaikovsky’s ballet, familiar scenes are brought to life by Shobhna Patel’s intricate lasercut pop-up illustrations.
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The Sleeping Beauty Theatre
€24.95Su Blackwell’s sumptuous fairytale images, cut out from the pages of classic fables, are brought to life in this beautiful paper theatre. The covers open out to reveal an ingeniously designed pop-up theatre stage, complete with a set of slot-in scenery sheets, moveable characters and free-standing props. The theatre comes with a booklet of instructions on how to stage your…
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Walk This World
€16.95A composite of global cultures, Walk this World celebrates the everyday similarities as well as the exotic differences that exist between cultures around the world. Travel to a new country with every turn of the page, each with new surprises to discover: peep through windows, open doors and delve underground by opening the many lift-flaps designed into every spread.
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We Love Pizza
€14.90Autorius: Elenia Beretta First created in Naples, Italy, hundreds of years ago, pizza has grown to become a dish adored all over the world. Conquering the bellies of millions, We Love Pizza provides fun facts about this enduringly popular (and tasty) classic. Did you know that Americans eat about 350 slices of pizza per second? Or that the Hawaiian pizza…
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Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity
€17.95By Sarah Suzuki. Illustrated by Ellen Weinstein Growing up in Japan, Yayoi Kusama dreamed of becoming an artist. In the fields of her family’s nurseries she drew flowers and plants and stones, imagining the world around her as streams and clusters and arrays of dots. After studying traditional painting in Japan, Kusama moved to New York City, where she quickly…