Randolph Caldecott: The Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing

Leonard S Marcus author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc

Published:20th Sep '13

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Randolph Caldecott is best known as the namesake of the award that honours picture book illustrations, and in this inventive biography, leading children's literature scholar Leonard Marcus examines the man behind the medal. In an era when the steam engine fuelled an industrial revolution and train travel exploded people's experience of space and time, Caldecott was inspired by his surroundings to capture action, movement, and speed in a way that had never before been seen in children's picture books. Thoroughly researched and featuring extensive archival material and a treasure trove of previously unpublished drawings, including some from Caldecott's very last sketchbook, Leonard Marcus' luminous biography shows why Caldecott was indeed the father of the modern picture book and how his influence lives on in the books we love today.

ISBN: 9780374310257

Dimensions: 305mm x 229mm x 10mm

Weight: unknown

64 pages

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