Let's Look Inside the Yellow Truck ¦ Let's Look Inside the Red Car
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Cover Story
The cover of this issue is a design incorporating illustrations from four books illustrated by the subject of our Authorgraph, Ian Beck. The top left illustration is from Five Little Ducks (Orchard), the top right from Poppy and Pip's Picnic (to be published Autumn '97 by HarperCollins), the bottom left from The Owl and the Pussy-cat (Transworld) and the bottom right from Home Before Dark (to be published September '97 by Scholastic). Ian Beck's Picture Book (Hippo) is reviewed in this issue.
Beck talks to BfK's interviewer, Julia Eccleshare, also in this issue. His distinctive decorative style with its sensitive pen line and cross hatching has a nostalgic but sometimes also a surreal quality - he describes it as 'a look that is floating, strong and wistful all at the same time'.
Thanks to Orchard, HarperCollins, Transworld and Scholastic for their help in producing this composite cover.
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Let's Look Inside the Red Car
These two lift the flap books will appeal to most small children who are at the stage of being fascinated by vehicles. Boldly drawn pictures of the outside of the car or the truck can be explored by opening flaps to see the internals, not only of the engines but also of the glove boxes and tool kits. Clever fold over parts enable you to pretend to fill the petrol tank, empty the dumper or clean the windscreen and the bits of domestic detail, such as 'payday' being listed on the truck driver's Job List add a human touch! The labelling is rather arbitrary (the two way radio is named but not the socket set, the tailgate on the truck but not on the car) but both books will be much enjoyed - just be prepared to answer the supplementary questions, 'how does it work? what's it for?'
