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Michael Foreman
Michael Foreman (born 1938)

illustrator

  • Royal College of Art

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The Mozart question
Toro! Toro!
Farm Boy
Beowulf
Robin of Sherwood
Dinosaurs and all that rubbish
Cat & canary
Ben's baby
Peter Pan and Wendy
Two Giants
Billy the Kid
Thumbelina
Surprise! Surprise!
One world
The littlest dinosaur
Mia's story
Jack's fantastic voyage
Arthur, High King of Britain
War Boy
After the war was over
Dolphin Boy
War and peas
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Cat on the Hill
Moose
Newspaper Boy And Origami Girl
Not Bad For A Bad Lad
Friends
Trick a tracker
Can't Catch Me!
Fortunately, unfortunately
Grandfather's pencil and the room of stories
Gentle Giant
Fox Tale
The angel and the wild animal
The travels of Horatio
Saving Sinbad!
Wonder goal!
Land of dreams
A trip to dinosaur time
Ben's Box
Seal surfer
Panda's puzzle, and his voyage of discovery
Classic Fairy Tales
The little reindeer
Superfrog
Rock-a-Doodle-Do!
The Amazing Tale Of Ali Pasha
All the king's horses
I'll Take You to Mrs Cole
Norman's Ark (Tiger Tales)
The littlest dinosaur's big adventure
Jack's big race
Michael Foremans The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz
World of Fairy Tales
Michael Foreman's Playtime Rhymes
Dinosaur Time
Cat and Dog
Dad! I can't sleep
War Game
Oh If Only
Winter's tales
Cat in the manger
Panda
A child's garden
The Man Who Helped God
Boy Giant
Panda and the bunyips
El jardín del niño
Child's Garden of Verses
Norman's Ark
Mother Goose (Reading Together)
I love you, too!
Kaspar prince of cats
The boy who sailed with Columbus
White Owl Barn Owl Read and Wonder Paperback
Michael Foreman's Book of Mother Goose
The perfect present
Michael Foreman's Christmas Treasury
The Last Wolf
Selfish Giant
Lucky Button
War Game The Legendary Story Of The First World War Football Match
Hello, world
Borrowed Fthrs & Othr
The tortoise and the soldier
Snow Tales (Rainbow Bear and Little Albatross)
The Arabian nights, or, Tales told by Sheherezade during a thousand nights and one night
Tales for the Telling
Michael Foreman's Nursery Rhymes (Anthology)
The Little People's Pageant of Cornish Legends
The Little Bookshop and the Origami Army!
Chicken Licken
Panda and the bushfire
Angel and the Box of Time
Horatio
Memories of Childhood
Michael Foreman's Nursery Rhymes
The great sleigh robbery
Michael Foreman's Mother Goose
Over in the meadow
The Puffin book of twentieth-century children's stories
Superfrog and the Big Stink
Tufty
Fly-by-Night
Ben's Box
Un but magnifique
Sleeping Beauty and Other Favourite Fairy Tales
Panda's Puzzle
Michael Foreman
Le cadeau surprise
Poems for 7-year-olds and under
Michael Foremans Classic Fairy Tales
L'enfant et le phoque
Travels of Ted,the
Matti's Miracle
Stubby
Lost Gardens
Snow Goalie
Amigos
Panda and the Odd Lion
Au temps des dinosaures
Look! Look!
Oh! If Only...
War Boy, A Country Childhood
The Littlest Dinosaurs Big Adventure Michael Foreman
Ensemble
The seeds of friendship
Poems for 9-year-olds and under
The Aimer Gate (Fontana Lions)
Tales for the Telling
Seasons of Splendor
Rock-a-doodle-doo!
Le Secret de grand-père
Michael Foreman's Mother Goose (Reading together at home)
Le Petit Renne
Poems for over 10-year-olds
Leon Garfield's Shakespeare Stories
Toro. Toro. Eine Geschichte aus Andalusien.
Cat In The Manger (Red Fox Mini Treasure)
Simple comme bonjour!
The new Puffin book of funny verse
Michael Foremans Classic Christmas Tales
»¡Yo también te quiero!
Beyond the rainbow warrior
Mermaid of Zennor
The Saga of Erik the Viking
Busy! Busy! Busy!
Borrowed feathers and other fables
Evie's Garden
Rockorico!
Michael Foreman's world of fairy tales
Fun (OME)
Long Weekend, the - Special
El jardí feliç
Nursery Rhymes Story Poster
Fairy Tales
Cat in the Manger
Third Memoir
Happy Times
Jamal's journey
A life in pictures
Surpresa! Surpresa!
Wie der Knappe Tom einen Handstand machte, sein Herz verlor und beinahe die Wasserspülung erfand
Seven in One Blow
The Sandhorse
Panda
I Didn't Do It!
Monkey and the three wizards
Wyvern Summer
The Brothers Grimm, Popular Folk Tales
Hola Mundo / Hello World
Wie der tapfere Tom auszog, um Knappe zu werden.
Over the Rainbow
Un Chat Bien Tranquille = Cat and Canary
The Puffin book of twentieth-century children's verse
Cat in the Manger (Signed)
Babi Mei / Ben's Baby
Please Write Soon
General, The
Drôle de zoo
Em Bbe Cu'a Ben
Dai zhe yu er qu lü xing
Keine Zeit! Keine Zeit!
The Magic Ointment (Premier Picturemac)
El Caballo de Arena
The Magic Ointment
Tseviḳ
The Young Man of Cury and Other Poems
Over the bridge
Why the animals came to town
Tout un monde
Brian Selznick
Brian Selznick (born 1966)

illustrator, puppeteer

  • Rhode Island School of Design

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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Marvels
Wonderstruck
The Houdini Box
Riding Freedom
Friends
Baby Monkey, private eye
The Hugo Movie Companion
The Boy Of A Thousand Faces
Kaleidoscope
Lunch Money
The Wonderstruck movie scrapbook 1927 / The Wonderstruck movie scrapbook 1977
The Robot King
Après la Foudre
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Hans Alfredson
Hans Alfredson (1931-2017)

film director, actor, comedian, cartoonist, director, composer, lyricist

  • Lund University

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Svea Hunds limerickar
The night the moon came by
Attentatet i Pålsjö skog
Tiden är ingenting
Varför stirrar ni på mina fötter
Den befjädrade ormen
Ägget är löst
Rosa rummet
En Ond Man ett slags roman
F
En ond man
Gummitummen
Blomstervers och andra rimmade och orimmade poesier från de senaste 25 åren
Bästa vägen till Muckle Flugga
Stoney Compton
Stoney Compton

illustrator

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Marguerite de Angeli
Marguerite de Angeli (1889-1987)

illustrator

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Door In the Wall
The Door in the Wall
Yonie Wondernose
Thee, Hannah!
Henner's Lydia
Bright April
Up the hill
Copper-toed boots
Black Fox of Lorne
Skippack School
Whistle for the crossing
Fiddlestrings
Just like David
Petite Suzanne
Elin's Amerika
Butter at the old price
The lion in the box
The Door in the Wall
Marguerite De Angeli's Book of Nursery and Mother Goose Rhymes
Jared's Island
The Ted and Nina story book
Le Conquérant
The Empty Barn
Marguerite de Angeli's book of favorite hymns
Do Your Best
The Empty Barn
Friendship and other poems
The Door in the Wall
The Door In The Wall
Robert Fulton, Boy Craftsman
Ted and Nina have a happy rainy day
Ted and Nina go to the grocery store
A summer day with Ted and Nina
Turkey for Christmas
The Old Testament
Cynthia Harnett
Cynthia Harnett (1893-1981)

illustrator

  • Chelsea College of Art and Design

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The writing on the hearth
The great house
The sign of the Green Falcon
Stars of fortune
Caxton's challenge
The merchant's mark
Ring out Bow bells!
The cargo of the Madalena
The Wool-pack
Nicholas and the wool-pack
Nicholas and the wool-pack
The Load of Unicorn
The Wool-Pack
Stars of fortune
The load of unicorn
Monasteries & monks
Eine Ladung "Einhorn" verschwindet
The wool-pack
A fifteenth century wool merchant
Getting to Know Dogs
Stars of Fortune - Harnett
The Drawbridge Gate
Erick Berry
Erick Berry (1892-1974)

illustrator, editor

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Jeanne Bluteau
Jeanne Bluteau (1916-2001)

poet, illustrator

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