This is a celebration of Michael's life as a master storyteller and
illustrator told through his own autobiographical tales, diary
extracts, original sketches and illustrations from his
award-winning publications. "One of my earliest memories is lying
on the floor in front of the kitchen fire, drawing..." Michael
Foreman During the war, paper was in short supply, but the large
biscuit tins delivered to Michael's Mum's shop were lined with
white paper. The tins were about twelve inches square, so unfolded,
the paper would be four feet long. Perfect for drawings of marching
soldiers and convoys of tanks, the village traffic of his
childhood. Beginning with his childhood in wartime Suffolk and his
early career as a young artist, and culminating with his
collaborations with world-famous authors Terry Jones, Michael
Morpurgo and Quentin 'BLOOMIN' Blake, this book showcases his
'greatest hits', and reveals the places, stories and people that
inspired him along the way. From the author of War Boy, War Game,
After the War Was Over, and Farm Boy and the illustrator of
Platinum Jubilee picture book There Once Is a Queen. Divided into
three parts: Memories of Childhood (Looking through War Boy, After
the War Was Over and War Game.) Far-Flung Places (Looking through
Treasure Island, Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderland, Wizard
of Oz, World of Fairy Tales and Classic Fairy Tales.) Friends and
Collaborators (Looking through Eric the Viking, Fairy Tales,
Nicobobinus, Animal Tales, Fantastic Stories, Arthur, Robin Hood,
Joan of Arc, Billy the Kid and Farm Boy.) 'I have been lucky with
writers. None have been real trouble. Some I never met. Some I meet
only after the book is finished, and some, the easiest to get along
with, are the dead ones. Most become friends.' Michael Foreman
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