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Picture books are being marginalised. I get the feeling children are being pushed away from picture books earlier and earlier and being told to look... →
The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and... →
A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood.
Although I have two good Anglepoise lights, I much prefer to work by daylight.
As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book.
As a child, I'd always liked cowboys and Indians stories where there were two layers - gruesome in the foreground but funny in the background.
As a father, I understand the importance of the bond that develops through reading picture books with your child.
Everyone can draw when they're five. Most of us lose the ability.
Force me to choose my best book, and I always come back to 'Gorilla.' It was the first time I felt I understood what picture books could do.
Gorillas remind me of my father. He was a very big, physically strong man but also very sensitive.
Having a memoir and a retrospective of your work running almost simultaneously when you're still alive does feel a bit posthumous.
I didn't have picture books - there weren't many around when I was a child.
I don't like narrowing my readers down - there's not a particular age or gender or nationality. I suppose I'm aiming at the child I was.
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