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P-p-p-pick up a Puffin

Puffin Books turn 70 this year (and they’re making a lot of noise about it too!) The Guardian have invited some well known authors to choose their favourite books from the last 70 years – providing a great opportunity to see some great cover illustrations back in mainstream:

Nick Sharratt‘s cover for The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour-Dog or Quentin Blake‘s Chocolate Factory:

Neil Reed‘s re-cover of Goodnight Mr Tom and Edward Ardizzone‘s cover of Stig of the Dump:

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One Response to “P-p-p-pick up a Puffin”

  1. Mags
    June 8th, 2010 23:52
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    Puffin have a great book discussing their cover designs of the last 70 years,
    well worth a look

    \http://thepenguinblog.typepad.com/the_penguin_blog/2010/05/puffin-by-design.html