A book with a view | 6

This week was the easiest yet – I was going to talk Raymond Briggs. But the Guardian have done all the reading for me with an amazing retrospective of Michael Foreman’s work – from his first book, The General, through some of his better (and lesser) known titles – Foreman has managed to create 300 titles for both adults and children.

Outside of The General and a few (2) other picturebooks – I’m not too familiar with Foreman’s work.

The Guardian feature makes for an excellent introduction:

Pictures offer a way of looking at and interpreting the text from a different angle. What you do is provide an image that makes the book work better rather than necessarily illuminating the text. – Michael Foreman

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I’m no expert and 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.

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