The Shape Game

by Anthony Browne

The Shape Game emerged as a result of Anthony Browne's experiences as Illustrator in Residence at the Tate gallery, and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award.

Based on his own memories as a child, this book follows a family’s first visit to an art gallery. It records their reactions to the experience, initially wary but ultimately enthused, how they discover the art, decode symbolism of the pictures and imagine themselves in similar situations to those portrayed.

As they journey home they play the shape game, using their imaginations to turn a shape into a picture.

Browne’s customary cross-references permeate the pages, and reflect the family’s changing feelings. An inspiration to art interpretation, and to making our own art in one book!

Publisher: Corgi

Anthony Browne

Children's Laureate 2009-2011
Anthony Browne is an internationally acclaimed author and illustrator of children's books with over forty titles to his name including Gorilla and Willy the Wimp. He was born in Yorkshire and studied graphic arts at Leeds Art College, working as a medical illustrator and an illustrator of greetings cards before his first book was published in 1976. He has gone on to win numerous awards including the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.

Anthony was the Children's Laureate 2009-2011 and used his time in the post to raise the profile of picture books and picture book illustration, as well as the value of supporting children's creativity and imagination.

http://www.childrenslaureate.org.uk

Anthony Browne