A book with a view | 4
Marie Louise Fitzpatrick has a lot to answer for. Namely a generation of children with a love for skunks named Skunk (Izzy and Skunk was the first picture-book I bought as a semi grown-up).
The colourful pages and sparse text in MLF’s books work – the reader is nudged in the direction of her story, never pulled by the nose. The imagination and take on what readers (big and small) will enjoy is refreshing:
OF THE IRISH picture-book writers and illustrators who have come to the fore in recent years Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick has emerged as one of the most accomplished and most versatile. – Robert Dunbar, Irish Times
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‘Book with a view’ (every Tuesday) on children’s book illustrators. I’m no expert and I’m open to any/all recommendations – I’d love to find books that I’ve never come across – so if you have a suggestion, send it on.
