The Wind in the Willows

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She has an unusual ability to change her style to suit her feelings about each book. "It's useful, yes," she says, adding ruefully, "but I can't help thinking that's rather a serious fault." This book by Tolkien is one of the few ones I’ve not read 🙂 (I have had it in my hands, but didn’t bought it), but I own a nice collection of ‘Hobbits’, ‘Silmarillions’ and ‘Lords of The Rings’… 🙂 and, also, like you, several ‘Alices’– *Kisses* – Lixie 💜 She is somewhat –or, in fact, very– reclusive, and as far as I know she does not have an official web presence. Of course others have posted her work, but not at all as much and as thoroughly as it deserves, with high resolution scans of the illustrations.

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This natural empathy is the key to her anthropomorphic wizardry. Like Beatrix Potter, she has an easy understanding of anatomy which allows her to give the animals human characteristics (and clothes) without sentimentalising or ridiculing them (except for Toad who, although always sensitively drawn, is never knowingly underplayed). Eloquent in stance and gesture, the animals express themselves physically as well as they do verbally. a b c d e Joanna Carey, “Inga Moore, illustrator of The Wind in the Willows”, in The Guardian dated 5 February 2010These are so delicate Lixie, thanks for sharing them with us. It fascinates me that she doesn’t have a web presence, though it fits with her old world charm. I believe there is room for the beautiful older illustrations (have you ever encountered JRR Tolkien’s “Father Christmas Letters?), but I also delight in diverse interpretations. I have a collection of about a dozen Alice in Wonderland’s. Like most classics from pre-television years, The Wind in the Willows can be daunting for many children, but Moore's pictures generously ­illuminate that forest of words at every opening. For many illustrators today "less is more", but she is no minimalist and her illustrations are "wall to wall". With its wit, charm and finesse, and its atmospheric use of colour, her work rewards endless exploration. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2020-12-10 07:30:12 Associated-names Moore, Inga, 1945-; Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932. Wind in the willows Boxid IA1999415 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Gradually she was seduced by the idea. She'd read the book first as a teenager in Australia, and loved it for its celebration of kindness and companionship. She was intrigued by the idea of illustrating – and abridging – it, and making it accessible to a younger readership. But above all, it was the very "Englishness" of it that appealed. And the countryside: "I felt I could go a little further than Shepard, and show more of that whole world the characters inhabit." Kenneth Grahame's classic children's stories, which depict the adventures of the amiable Mole and the Water Rat and the comic misadventures of the wayward Toad, are collected in this beautiful volume. Carefully abridged by the artist herself, this version of the beloved stories is instantly accessible to a young picture book readership.

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urn:lcp:adventuresofmrto0000grah:epub:d0aa9aeb-2968-44b0-a426-f3f086c8a797 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier adventuresofmrto0000grah Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1fk25145 Invoice 1652 Isbn 0744555264 But when her flat was repossessed, she decided to leave London, and found a rambling, upstairs apartment in a crumbling Palladian pile in rural Gloucestershire. And that's where we meet, buzzards wheeling overhead as Moore shows me round. "I knew immediately that with this position, the quality of the light in the studio and the abundance of wildlife, it was the perfect place to live and work on The Wind in the Willows," she says. "I could never have done it in London." I have tortuous memories of trying to read this eons ago, but now I want to get a copy *just* for the illustrations! They’re – wow…. not the horrible, heavy, and depressing things that were in my copy. A thousand kissies to you!Wind in the Willows Print - Nursery Decor Books - Childrens Books - Wall Art Kids Gifts for Children #vi225