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Trisha Krauss on illustrating Maude: The Not-So-Noticeable Shrimpton
By Catherine O'Dolan on 16/01/2013 16:26:40
Meet the Shrimptons, the flamboyant family at the centre of the vibrant children's book collaboration with Lauren Child
was so excited! Lauren describes her characters in such visual terms it was like Lauren took all the things that I really wanted to draw – peacocks, patterns, butterflies, hats and tigers – and put them in a book. She is very kind. It’s the perfect place
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The Story So Far: Lauren Child
By Catherine O'Dolan on 16/01/2013 14:43:24
A potted history of one of our best-loved children's author, creator of Charlie And Lola
After studying art at Manchester Polytechnic and London Art School, Lauren worked in a variety of jobs, including painting dots for Damien Hirst. In 1999, her first two picture books were published I Want A Pet (Frances Lincoln, £5.99) and Clarice
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Exclusive interview: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid
By Catherine O'Dolan on 15/01/2013 12:50:34
Junior catches up with author Jeff Kinney on his trip to the UK to promote his latest book Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel
, and boyhood. I was really trying to capture that timeless feeling of childhood and upbringing.How did Diary Of A Wimpy Kid come about? It started off with failure and rejection. I wanted to be a newspaper cartoonist and I couldn’t break in. Eventually I
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Richard Curtis talks twins, tinsel and tough love
By Catherine O'Dolan on 21/12/2012 11:22:03
The award-winning writer and director has turned his talents to creating a picture book about stockings, actually
jumper and the seasonal shenanigans of Love Actually.“Love Actually wasn’t originally set at Christmas,” admits Curtis. “Then it occurred to me that Christmas is a time when you long for emotional or romantic intensity. As a young man, I always wanted
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