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Edward Ardizzone

Author, Illustrator

(1900 - 1979)

Edward Jeffrey Irving Ardizzone, CBE, RA (16 October 1900 – 8 November 1979) was an English artist, writer and illustrator, chiefly of children’s books.

For Tim All Alone (Oxford, 1956), which he wrote and illustrated, Ardizzone won the inaugural Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year’s best children’s book illustration by a British subject. For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005) it was named one of the top ten winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.



Bibliography

The Warden (1980)

This is the first of the Barsetshire novels concerning the ecclesiastical community of Barsetshire. The World’s Classics edition eliminates the full page illustrations.

Author(s): Anthony Trollope
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

When My Ship Comes Home: A Novel (1959)

Jacket by Ardizzone. Vincent returns to his East Coast island home when his life in London crashes about his ears.

Author(s): Chris Massie
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Witch Family (1960)

Amy and Clarissa banish the wicked Old Witch to the Glass Hill, but she is not done with them yet. Fortunately Malachi the magic bumble bee is on their side.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Wrong Side of the Bed (1969)

Johnny can’t do anything right.

Author(s): Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Year Round (1965)

An idyll on the changing seasons.

Author(s): Leonard Clark
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Young Ardizzone (1970)

An autobiography of the illustrator’s youth.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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