Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration

Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration

Author: Leonard S. Marcus

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2019-04-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0763692581

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A fascinating, beautiful, and definitive account of the life of esteemed artist Helen Oxenbury. Filled with insights that span Helen Oxenbury's life — from her early childhood through a career in children's books that started in the 1960s and is still going strong today — here is an exquisitely designed and thoroughly entertaining celebration of one of the finest illustrators of our time. Written by acclaimed author Leonard S. Marcus, Helen Oxenbury: A Life in Illustration is a keepsake that is sure to engage and delight everyone from scholars to art aficionados, as well as the many fans who have grown up with Helen Oxenbury’s enchanting books.


We're Going on a Bear Hunt

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Author:

Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Published: 1989-09-30

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13:

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Have you ever gone on a bear hunt? Come along on this one with a brave young family -- four children (including the baby) and their father. They're not scared. With them you will cross a field of tall, wavy grass ("Swishy swashy "), wade through a deep, cold river ("Splash splosh "), struggle through swampy mud ("Squelch squerch "), find your way through a big, dark forest ("Stumble trip "), fight through a whirling snowstorm ("Hoooo woooo "), and enter a narrow, gloomy cave. WHAT'S THAT? You'll soon learn just what to do to escape from a big, furry bear With tremendous pace, humor, and verve, Michael Rosen has retold a favorite tractional story. The pictures by Helen Oxenbury, one of the most widely loved contemporary artists, are full of masterly characterizations, delightful comedy, and high drama, set in lovely sweeping landscapes. This is a book not to be missed, one to be chanted aloud and acted out, to be enjoyed over and over again. It is a picture book on the grand scale.


It's My Birthday

It's My Birthday

Author: Helen Oxenbury

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2010-06-08

Total Pages: 23

ISBN-13: 0763649708

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The birthday child's animal friends bring ingredients and help make a birthday cake.


I Can

I Can

Author: Helen Oxenbury

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 12

ISBN-13: 9780744555431

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One of a series of board books, I Can offers images of a baby engaged in typical baby activities among familiar objects.


Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

Author: Mem Fox

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780152060572

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As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes. . . . And here, from two of the most gifted picture-book creators of our time, is a celebration of baby fingers, baby toes, and the joy they--and the babies they belong to--bring to everyone, everywhere, all over the world This is a gorgeously simple picture book for very young children, and once you finish the rhythmic, rhyming text, all you'll want to do is go back to the beginning . . . and read it again The luminous watercolor illustrations of these roly-poly little ones from a variety of backgrounds are adorable, quirky, and true to life, right down to the wrinkles, dimples, and pudges in their completely squishable arms, legs, and tummies.


Clap Hands

Clap Hands

Author: Helen Oxenbury

Publisher:

Published: 2018-05

Total Pages: 10

ISBN-13: 9781406382372

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Eating Out

Eating Out

Author: Helen Oxenbury

Publisher: Candlewick

Published: 2014-02-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781406341508

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The reissue of a classic first storybook to celebrate Helen Oxenbury's work. Mum is too tired to cook so Dad offers to take the family out for supper. But the youngest person present can’t sit still and has to go to the toilet at the wrong time. Then someone falls over him when he decides to hide under the table. A warm and funny depiction of a child’s first trip to a restaurant – which quickly turns into a disaster. Helen Oxenbury’s First Storybooks perfectly describe the small but memorable events of childhood. The words are a delight and are perfect for reading aloud, and the pictures warm, affectionate visions of a child’s world, which parents and children will instantly recognize and love.


Friends

Friends

Author: Helen Oxenbury

Publisher: Walker

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781406340112

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The reissue of a classic baby board book to celebrate Helen Oxenbury's great contribution to children's books.Babies make all kinds of friends - rabbits, dogs, guinea pigs, birds, cats, hens and ducks. Helen Oxenbury's gorgeous illustrations not only capture the creatures the baby meets, but every bit of the baby's delight in them. No one draws babies like Helen Oxenbury. Her warm, affectionate depictions have been loved and cherished by children and adults around the world for over 30 years. In 1981, this groundbreaking little book was one of the most innovative board books ever published and is now considered a classic of the genre.


Tickle Tickle

Tickle Tickle

Author: Ken Wilson-Max

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2003-06-02

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780747560272

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Helen Oxenbury's ABC of Things

Helen Oxenbury's ABC of Things

Author: Helen Oxenbury

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780689717611

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Illustrations of various things accompanied by appropriate labels introduce the letters of the alphabet.