I have two treasured children's books, retold and illustrated by Australian artist,
Margaret Early.
The titles are
Robin Hood and
The Sleeping Beauty. Margaret does exquisite work. Each painting is a gem. Her other books in this series include
William Tell and
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
All these beautiful books were published by
Walter McVitty Books in Australia. The production is excellent.
Unfortunately, I do believe these books are now out of print so I'll be hanging on to my copies to enjoy with the grandchildren.
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| Robin Hood |
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| Robin Hood |
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| Robin Hood |
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| The Sleeping Beauty |
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| The Sleeping Beauty |
3 comments:
How beautiful! Hopefully they'll come back in print soon. It would be such a shame that today's youngsters missed out on these.
Each painting would have taken ages to do with all its pattern and detail.
Thanks Lee, for commenting!
Thanks for sharing these beautiful illustrations, Deborah. I have "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" myself, and it is just as impressive. If I recall correctly Margaret Early studied Indian miniature painting, which would explain her excellence in details.
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