A01=Gillian Avery
Author_Gillian Avery
baba yaga
books by roald dahl
cat books for children
cat in the hat book
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dr. seuss
edward gorey
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fairy tales
fairy tales books for children
goodnight mr. tom
green eggs and ham
james and the giant peach
macmillan collector's library
magic
native american
puffin classics
robin hood
rudyard kipling
the cat in the hat
the enormous crocodile
the magic finger roald dahl
the railway children
the secret garden
the tiger who came to tea
the twits
tiger who came for tea
traditional tales
treasure island
where the wild things are
Product details
- ISBN 9781857159356
- Weight: 367g
- Dimensions: 163 x 212mm
- Publication Date: 12 Oct 1995
- Publisher: Everyman
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The famous stage-designer Ivan Bilibin was a self-taught artist who was lucky enough to be offered the commission of a lifetime at the very start of his career. In 1899 the Department for the Production of State Documents asked this young Russian artist to illustrate a series of fairy tales, a task that took him four years to complete and inspired his finest work, reflecting his deep love for his country and his passionate interest in its national dress and wooden architecture. This, with ten other traditional tales, make up the collection for which all Bilibin's original artwork has been faithfully reproduced. Gillian Avery has provided a retelling of the texts which admirably complements Bilibin's distinctive illustration, itself rooted in the stylized forms of Russian folk and medieval art.
