Magic Pencil: Children's Book Illustration Today

by British Library and British Library

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0712347704
• ISBN13: 9780712347709
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: British Library
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.7" x 8.3"