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Andre Deutsch Classics, London, 1999. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Fran Evans. Roger McGough has teamed up with people as diverse as Billy Connolly, Quentin Blake and the Prime Minister, to create a unique collection of poetry for children of all ages - poems that are funny, sad, strange, amazing, but above all, short. 128 pages. Dust jacket has rubbing and small closed tears to edges. Inscription to previous owner on front endpaper. Illustrator: Fran Evans. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children's::Children's Poetry; Children; ISBN: 0233995676. ISBN/EAN: 9780233995670. Inventory No: 263497. . 9780233995670

Puffin, Great Britain, 1996. Softcover. Good Condition. Ever eaten Poodle Strudel? Slain a Jabberwock? Bathed in Irish Stew? Quentin Blake is one of the best loved of children's illustrators. In this brilliant book he has selected and illustrated his favourite comic verse, making it pure entertainment for nonsense-lovers of all ages. His unique style of drawing brings a new perspective to every poem. Classic writers such as Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear are combined with more contemporary talents such as Roger McGough, Margaret Mahy and Russell Hoban. With fifteen wonderfully absurd sections, including Distracting Creatures, Sticky Ends, I Wish I Were a Jelly Fish, A Recipe for Indigestion and Chortling and Galumphing, here is a delightful collection of the topsy-turvy, the fantastical, the anarchic, the illogical and the utterly wonderful. Cover has a crease. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Children's::Children's Poetry; Children; ISBN: 0140366601.… Read More

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A. & C. Black, Great Britain, 1973. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Good Condition. Illustrator: Frank Francis. Oblong Previous owners name on front endpaper. Illustrator: Frank Francis. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children's::Children's Poetry; Children; ISBN: 071361370X. ISBN/EAN: 9780713613704. Inventory No: 225949. . 9780713613704

Methuen & Co Ltd, London, 1966. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: E. H. Shepard. 100 pages. Spine slanted. Pages browned. Illustrator: E. H. Shepard. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; Poetry; Children's::Children's Poetry. Inventory No: 266737..

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW, 1967. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Astra Lacis-Dick. 148 pages. Dust jacket has rubbing and small closed tears to edges. Previous owners name on front endpaper. Illustrator: Astra Lacis-Dick. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Poetry; Children's::Children's Poetry. Inventory No: 268149..

Puffin Books / Penguin, Great Britain, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Charlotte Voake. Allan Ahlberg's five poetry books, written over a period of twenty-five years - "Please Mrs Butler", "Heard it in the Playground", "Friendly Matches", "The Mighty Slide" and "The Mysteries of Zigomar" - have delighted generations of children and received many accolades and prizes. Allan has sifted through them and chosen a collection to delight and entrance a new generation of readers and their parents. Here are all the trials and tribulations of childhood, embracing school, quarrels, friendships, football and storytelling from a much-loved author and poet. Charlotte Voake's black-and-white illustrations enchance the charm of this handsome and definitive collection. 263 pages. Pages browned. Illustrator: Charlotte Voake. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Children's::Children's Poetry;… Read More

This book consists of three fairy tales. The first one is about kids who got lost in the forest and asked wild animals how to find a forester house. The second one tells about a kite that quarreled with birds. The third is devoted to a caterpillar which became a butterfly. These stories were illustrated by May Miturich (Miturich-Khlebnikov, 1925–2008), an artist, nephew of futurist poet Velimir Khlebnikov and son of avant-garde artist Vera Khlebnikova. He studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute, where later he taught. In 2005 Mirutich was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun. The book is from the children's collection of Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), an artist, who studied under Ely Bielutin, the founder of The New Reality artistic academy. In 1962 Shmeleva participated in the 30th anniversary of the Moscow Union of Artist at the Central Exhibition Hall (Manège) which was severely criticized by Nikita Khrushchev. This event marked the end of the period called as the Khrushchev Thaw.First… Read More

First and only edition.These verses by a prominent Bulgarian children's author Assen Bossev (1913-1997) were translated by Irina Tokmakova (1929-2018), a talented writer of children's books, poet, playwright and wife of the illustrator Lev Tokmakov. She was a member of the Hans Christian Andersen Award and served on the IBBY Executive Committee.The book was illustrated by the female graphic artist Marina (Marianna) Basmanova (born 1938). Her father Pavel Basmanov studied under K. Petrov-Vodkin and her mother Natalia was a prominent book illustrator (worked together). Marina studied under V. Sterligov, an avant-garde painter and former student of Kazimir Malevich. She is also well known as the partner of Joseph Brodsky. They were formally never married, but had one son. It's considered that the most powerful love poetry in Russian, Brodsky dedicated to her. The book is from the children's collection of Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), an artist, who studied under Ely Bielutin, the founder of The New Reality… Read More

First and only edition.This collection of verses by a well-known children's poet Vadim Levin (born 1933) was illustrated by an artist Ivan Bruni (1920-1995), the son of famous avant-garde painter and graphic artist Lev Bruni. His mother was the daughter of Konstantin Balmont, the symbolist poet and one of the major figures of the Silver Age of Russian Poetry. Ivan Bruni studied at the Art Academy of Latvia and the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow under Vladimir Favorsky. In 1959-1962 he was the main artist in Detskiy mir publishing house. We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in еру USA or European libraries via OCLC.The book is from the children's collection of Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), an artist, who studied under Ely Bielutin, the founder of The New Reality artistic academy. In 1962 Shmeleva participated in the 30th anniversary of the Moscow Union of Artist at the Central Exhibition Hall (Manège) which was severely criticized by Nikita Khrushchev. This event marked the end of the period… Read More

First and only edition.This collection of verses by a well-known children's poet and translator Georgiy Ladonshchikov (1916-1992) was illustrated by two graphic artists and close friends Anatoliy Eliseev (born 1930) and Mikhail Skobelev (1930-2006). They both studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute. In 1954 Skobelev graduated from the Moscow Film School and worked at the animation studio Soyuzmultfilm and as a theatre artist. Eliseev also worked as an actor and sound engineer.The book is from the children's collection of Inna Shmeleva (1929-2020), an artist, who studied under Ely Bielutin, the founder of The New Reality artistic academy. In 1962 Shmeleva participated in the 30th anniversary of the Moscow Union of Artist at the Central Exhibition Hall (Manège) which was severely criticized by Nikita Khrushchev. This event marked the end of the period called as the Khrushchev Thaw. We couldn't trace any copy of this edition in USA or European libraries via OCLC.