#philip ardagh

[amanonthecorner]

I credit my personality to the local library letting me read all those weird books over and over again when I was a kid.

All children should be made keenly aware of their own mortality in cruel, random, and unfair ways.

[thebookishaustin]

2020 Picture Book Update

Images from my Goodreads page

How are you all doing? I hope this post finds you well (or on your journey to being so) and in happy reading spirits. What have you been reading lately? Have you discovered any awesome children’s books to share? 

Here are a some of my favorites from the past few weeks: 

Yo Soy Muslim: A Father’s Letter to His Daughter by Mark Gonzalez (Author) & Mehrdokht Amini (Illustrator): Gonzalez wrote this book to help his children instill a sense of pride and love for their multicultural heritage. If you want a beautiful, uplifting story with amazing illustrations, this is going to be the book to pick up. 

The Boy Who Dreamed of Infinity: A Tale of the Genius Ramanujan by Amy Alznauer (Author) & Daniel Miyares (Illustrator): This picture book biography is about an influential Indian mathematician. His work transformed the world of mathematics in the early 1900’s with his exploration of numbers. This book, with its wonderful artwork, will be a wonderful nonfiction read for your little ones! 

Winged Wonders: Solving the Monarch Migration Mystery by Meeg Pincus (Author) & Yas Imamura (Illustrator): Another nonfiction read but this time about butterflies! This picture book helps children (and adults, myself included) understand the immense amount of collaboration required to achieve the knowledge we have about monarch butterflies! 

Bunnies on the Bus by Philip Ardagh (Author) & Ben Mantle (Illustrator): This new picture book (August 4, 2020) had me rolling with laughter as these rabbits rampaged through town in a bus! The sheer amount of hidden joys in the background art made this book worth it (watch out for those little thieves) and will provide wonder on every page. 

Do you have any suggestions for books I should read in the future? I would greatly enjoy hearing from you so please don’t hesitate to message me here on Tumblr, on my Instagram, or on Goodreads! Be safe and healthy out there readers. <3

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Author who writes books about bunnies implies he’s the only author to have written books about bunnies so admonishes world for there not being enough books about bunnies, in order to publicise his latest book about bunnies.

Roald-Dahl-Funny-Prize-winner Philip Ardagh, author of WHEN BUNNIES TURN BAD (Faber) and the up-coming Walker picture book BUNNIES ON THE BUS, illustrated by the almost-as-talented Ben Mantle, has hit out against the absence of books with bunnies in them. “We need more!” he told his reflection in the mirror this morning. “Bunnies are vastly under-represented in children’s books and it’s taken a demi-god such as myself to shout it from the rooftops!” When asked about The Velveteen Rabbit, Peter Rabbit, Little Grey Rabbit, the character of Rabbit in Winnie-the-Pooh, Guess How Much I Love You?, Pat The Bunny, and others of that ilk he said, “You’re just making them up! Don’t be silly. And what do elks have to do with it?”

“BUNNIES ON THE BUS fills an important gap in the market and is out in December in time for Christmas. It will make an excellent present,” Ardagh told indifferent reporters. “And don’t get me started on Bugs Bunny. He’s not even a bunny. He’s a Jackrabbit which is actually a hare!”

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The Not-So-Nice Goings-On at Victoria Lodge: Without Illustrations by the Author by Philip Ardagh

My Overall Thoughts - 4/5

Author Philip Ardagh writes silly captions for a collections of images from the 1891 issues of the The Girl’s Own Paper, a female-focused publication in the UK that ran from the 1880s through the 1950s. The publication was, I’m sure, a rather serious one. Ardagh, however, saw a very troublesome story evolving throughout these images and decided to write it all down. 

This bit of absurdest humor plays off of the Victorian Era illustations—the elegance, mystery, and drama—in the silliest way possible. It’s good for a chuckle. Given its nature, there’s nothing to really delve into in my normal subjects, character development, tone, structure, and the like. That’s not what this book is for. It’s a ten minute read that will likely bring a grin to your face, especially if you like Victorian-Era things.

Philip Ardagh writes children and middle grade fiction, as well as a few other of this type of book. Were I to see some of his in a bookstore, I would probably pick it up. 

[the-cosmic-empire]

Paul reading and promoting his children’s book, High In The Clouds, at a branch of Waterstones bookshop in London, on the 14th December 2005. Paul wrote the book with  Philip Ardagh and it was illustrated by Geoff Dunbar, who had previously collaborated with Paul on the 1984 animated film Rupert and the Frog Song. 

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Waterstones have got together with Oxfam to raise money for projects that fight inequality and help women and girls everywhere escape from poverty, abuse and neglect.

You can buy the Philip Ardagh-illustrated collectible edition for £4.99 exclusively from Waterstones and every penny will go to Oxfam for projects around the world. 

Buy here: https://www.waterstones.com/series/the-moomins

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Philip Ardagh.

[hikonin]

Why did grown-ups never ask the sort of questions any sensible ordinary kid would?

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