Two interesting articles in the Guardian, here and here, about children's book author & illustrator Lauren Child. I love reading about how artists find their way, and as Child says of her early beginnings "I wasn't the best drawer in the world, hardly child-prodigy standard". She forged ahead and with her own unique voice, has made wonderful, witty characters come to life with delightful, quirky illustration to match their personalities...
...Lauren has designed fabric for Liberty's of London...
...illustrated Astrid Lindgren's 'Pippi Longstocking', retold and illustrated 'The Princess & The Pea', as well as Frances Hodgson Burnett's 'The Secret Garden', which is worth acquiring for the gorgeous endpapers alone...
