![]() Oxenbury depicts Alice as a child of today, dressed casually, with tangled hair. The characters’ differences are highlighted by the use of printed textiles to create backgrounds.Īlice’s Adven tures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury Who could be better than Lauren Child to update Pippi Longstocking, still retaining the character’s feistiness?Ĭhild’s unique stylised faces are the same in all her books - Pippi Longstocking, Charlie & Lola, Clarice Bean etc, making them instantly recognisable. Pippi Longstocking, by Astrid Lindgren, illustrated by Lauren Child The staff at the Children’s Bookshop have provided us with a list of fantastically reimagined classics that they love. ![]() Kimberly, Kieran and Giselle are not the first illustrators to undertake this task. On Wednesday 4th March, The Children’s Bookshop in Kilbirnie will be hosting illustrators Giselle Clarkson, Kieran Rynhart and Kimberly Andrews, to discuss how they approached reillustrating the work and characters of iconic writers, from creating a new Greedy Cat to rethinking James K. ![]()
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