Bear's Magic Pencil
by Anthony Browne
The result of a competition encouraging children to draw as a way of making stories, this book perfectly illustrates how a pencil can create narrative paths. Browne’s distinctive style is juxtaposed with children’s drawings, producing an inventive, continually unfolding story. And naturally, there’s a gorilla!
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
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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
Reading Age: 5+
Interest level: 3+
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