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Dulce Domum from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Best Christmas Ever

Dulce Domum from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Posted on December 4, 2020 by tygertale • Leave a comment

Returning home through the wild woods, Mole and Rat take a detour and visit Mole’s long forgotten home. A group of carol singing field mice come to call and although there is no pâté de foie gras or champagne on offer, there is a roaring fire and a jug of mulled ale. It might be a little … Continue reading →

Seasons by John Burningham
Advent Calendar

Seasons by John Burningham

Posted on December 21, 2019 by tygertale • Leave a comment

There are certain smells and sounds that can transport you straight back to childhood. For me paint and pencil textures do exactly the same thing: Shirley Hughes deep nostalgic hues, Quentin Blake’s busy, youthful lines and perhaps deepest of all the work of John Burningham. While Mr Gumpy’s Outing captures all the heat and vibrancy … Continue reading →

The Best Children’s Books of 2018
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The Best Children’s Books of 2018

Posted on December 30, 2018 by tygertale • Leave a comment

The Best Children’s Books of the year featured war, a walking house, boats (so many boats), rockets, a rockstar, an unfortunate ape, a lost magician, mermaids and more war. This is 2018. The Day War Came by Nicola Davies illustrated by Rebecca Cobb Hard to choose a favourite book from Nicola Davies in a year … Continue reading →

Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham
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Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham

Posted on December 18, 2018 by tygertale • Leave a comment

‘Finally Father Christmas was able to go to bed. He put on his pyjamas and was just climbing into bed when he saw something that made him gasp. At the end of his bed lay his sack. Father Christmas could see the shape of one present still inside it. Father Christmas pulled the present out … Continue reading →

The Sixties
Golden Age of Children’s Literature / Lists

The Sixties

Posted on September 14, 2018 by tygertale • 16 Comments

The world of children’s books loves a ‘golden age’ and so do I. According to various experts there have been at least three, with most agreeing on the late nineteenth and the early twentieth century (from Alice to Pooh) as the first. Critics including Imogen Russell Williams and Amanda Craig have said we are living … Continue reading →

The Animal House by Ivor Cutler and Helen Oxenbury
Classics

The Animal House by Ivor Cutler and Helen Oxenbury

Posted on April 14, 2017 by tygertale • 3 Comments

  Early on in her picture book career, Helen Oxenbury teamed up with the dour Scots poet, musician and humourist Ivor Cutler. Perhaps best known today as the bus conductor in the Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour, Cutler had carved out a unique position for himself in the 1960s as a cult entertainer for the Goons generation. … Continue reading →

Rosemary Sandberg – From the Puffin Club to Picture Lions
Picture Lions / Puffin

Rosemary Sandberg – From the Puffin Club to Picture Lions

Posted on March 28, 2017 by tygertale • 2 Comments

Last week saw the 50th anniversary of the hugely influential Puffin Club, the children’s book group that brought a generation of readers together with each other and their favourite authors. By coincidence I had arranged an interview that day with the woman who was responsible for many of the practical and creative aspects of the … Continue reading →

Quentin Blake’s Tell Me a Picture
Field Trips / Quentin Blake

Quentin Blake’s Tell Me a Picture

Posted on January 23, 2017 by tygertale • Leave a comment

In my recent review of Laura Carlin’s Ceramics I was remided of an exhibition curated by the then Children’s Laureate Quentin Blake at the National gallery in 2001. Tell me a Picture placed fine art next to the work of some of the world’s greatest illustrators – an unusual concept even today, and one which came … Continue reading →

Seasons by John Burningham
Advent Calendar

Seasons by John Burningham

Posted on December 4, 2014 by tygertale • Leave a comment

There are certain smells and sounds that can transport you straight back to childhood. For me paint and pencil textures do exactly the same thing – Shirley Hughes deep nostalgic hues, Quentin Blake’s busy, youthful lines and perhaps deepest of all the work of John Burningham. While Mr Gumpy’s Outing captures all the heat and … Continue reading →

Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham
Advent Calendar

Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham

Posted on December 11, 2012 by tygertale • 1 Comment

'Finally Father Christmas was able to go to bed. He put on his pyjamas and was just climbing into bed when he saw something that made him gasp. At the end of his bed lay his sack. Father Christmas could see the shape of one present still inside it. Father Christmas pulled the present out … Continue reading →

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