A Joy Forever
Bec Says
Do you have a favourite book illustrator? Are you like me: can you pore over picture books for hours, taking in every last detail… loving that shade of blue… that beautiful embossing? I can clearly remember the way certain characters were depicted in books I had as a child and when I see them represented differently in other versions, they just seem wrong. I had a gorgeous, illustrated hardback of Alice in Wonderland that I would lose myself in for ages; I’d dive right into Carroll’s world via the pictures as much as the text. When my (much younger) siblings inherited the book years later, they managed to destroy it and it’s always broken my heart that I’ve never been able to find that same edition since.
The Genius of Shaun Tan
How much of an impact do book illustrations have on you? How swayed are you by book cover design? Some book covers truly are the bait that lure you in… Some should never see the light of day! But all of them promote the story within, so they’re worth our consideration.
Music: Blondie – ‘Picture This’
The Cure – ‘Pictures of You’
