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Classic Nursery Tales: 150 Years of Frederick Warne

Classic Nursery Tales: 150 Years of Frederick Warne

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    Hardcover 2015

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Synopsis

A celebration of one of the most important publishers of children's books, this title commemorates the 150th anniversary of Frederick Warne.

The collection includes scarcely-seen material as well as classic stories and artwork from four of the most influential children's authors and illustrators of all time:

Beatrix Potter
Kate Greenaway
Randolph Caldecott
Edward Lear

Each section is introduced by important modern authors and illustrators; Jan Pienkowski, Paul O. Zelinsky, Eleanor Taylor and Lee Bennett Hopkins.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 112
 Edition: UK ed.
 Publisher: Warne
Published: 01 Oct 2015
ISBN 10: 0141360496
ISBN 13: 9780141360492
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
 Book Overview: A beautiful gift book celebrating 150 years of Frederick Warne's classic children's publishing.

Author Bio
Beatrix has created some of the best-loved characters in children's literature.
Beatrix Potter was born in London in 1866. During her rather lonely childhood and later, as a young woman, she studied art and natural history. She acquired her love and knowledge of the countryside during family holidays, at first in Scotland and then in the Lake District. She started her career as children's author and illustrator in 1901 when she was thirty-five. In the years before the First World War, demand for her work was so great that she was publishing an average of two new stories a year. As she became financially independent, she was able to buy some land in the Lake District and in 1913, on her marriage to solicitor William Heelis, she moved to live there permanently. For the last thirty years of her life, writing and illustrating gave place to a second career as a sheep farmer and countryside conservationist.
Her little books never lost their popularity however and today they sell in their millions, translated into numerous languages, and the pleasures of those timeless tales continue to be enjoyed by children all over the world.