When he was in his seventies, Shephardy the distinguished
illustrator of Winnie-the-Pooh and other classic childrens books
turned his skills to this memoir of a childhood in 1880s London.
His mother died young and his beloved brother Cyril was killed in
World War I, so this book, which derives from stories Shepard told
his own children, has the poignant and nostalgic feel of a lost
golden age. Shepard writes and draws his cildhood world as a child
would see it, picking out odd and amusing details, juxtaposing the
trivial and the serious, bringing to the force what a child would
think important. While the immediate focus is Ernest and his
brother, were also shown holidays, visits, treats and festivities,
the family and its wider social circle, notably the strait-laced
Victorian aunts, and the social fabric which surrounds them all,
its streets, tradespeople, vehicles and local and national
happenings. We also glimpse the beginnings of Shepard's interest in
art. Illustrated throughout with Shepard's witty drawings, this is
a classic account of a vanished world and a reminder of the value
of drawing on the childhood experiences buried in all of us.
(Kirkus UK)
An evocative childhood memoir by the much-loved illustrator of
"Winnie the Pooh" and "The Wind in the Willows". In this
autobiography, E.H. Shepard describes a classic Victorian
childhood. Shepard grew up in the 1880s in Saint John's Wood with
his brother and sister. He was surrounded by domestic servants and
maiden aunts, in a an age when horse-drawn buses and hansom cabs
crowded the streets. Recalling this time with charm and humour,
Shepard illustrates these scenes in his own distinctive style.
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