~Brian Froud

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~Lauren Mills

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Lauren Mills is the talented storyteller of such
original tales as Fairy Wings, winner of the Golden
Kite Award for Illustration along with her collaborator
Dennis Nolan, Fia and the Imp, and The Dog Prince as
well as the highly acclaimed story The Rag Coat,
praised by Smithsonian magazine as
"A story of bravery and self-reliance, with
bewitching watercolors." Lauren Mills lives
with her husband, artist and author Dennis Nolan,
and their daughter, Evie, in Massachusetts.
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Thumbelina is a literary fairy tale
by Hans Christian Andersen (1835)
retold by Lauren Mills.

The story of the little girl so named because
of her tiny size is one of the most popular and
enduring fairy tales of all time.
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~Dennis Nolan

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Dennis Nolan was born in San Francisco, CA, in 1945.
Award-winning author and illustrator Dennis Nolan
is known for the highly realistic paintings he has
created for both his own picture-book texts and
the work of other writers. Although he works
primarily in acrylics, Nolan has worked in
water color to illustrate books such as Nancy Carlstrom's
No Nap for Benjamin Badger.
His detailed renderings delve into the fanciful,
gaining comparison to the work of illustrator
Arthur Rackham in the award-winning Fairy Wings,
one of several works he has illustrated for his
wife, writer and fellow artist Lauren A. Mills.
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Illustrations from the book by by Jane Yolen
The Perfect Wizzard about the life of
Hans Christian Andersen.
Illustrated by Dennis Nolan
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~Shirley Barber

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Beautiful Autumn Illustrations
by Shirley Barber.

Shirley Barber, born 23 June 1935, is an English
children's author and illustrator. Her early childhood
was spent in Guernsey (Channel Islands).
She has written many picture books and
fairy-themed colouring books.
She currently lives in Victoria, Australia.

Most of Barber's books feature fairies and animals.
Her books are mainly set in picturesque woods.
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~August Johann Holmberg

by August Johann Holmberg
German, 1851-1911

~Julius LeBlanc Stewart

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Julius LeBlanc Stewart was born
September 6, 1855, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
and died January 5, 1919, Paris, France,
He was an American artist who spent his career
in Paris. A contemporary of fellow expatriate
painter John Singer Sargent, Stewart was
nicknamed "the Parisian from Philadelphia.

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~John James Audubon

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Great Horned Owl by John James Audubon

(April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851)
He was a French-American ornithologist,
naturalist, hunter, and painter.
He painted, catalogued, and described the birds
of North America in a form far superior to what had
gone before. Born in Haiti and raised in France as a youth,
in his embrace of America, and his outsize
personality and achievements, he represented
the new American people of the United States.
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~Katie Thamer Treherne

The Little Mermaid
by Katie Thamer Treherne

~Winslow Pels

  

Art by Winslow Pinney Pels

~Robert Ingpen

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Robert Roger Ingpen (AM)
born October 13, 1936 is an Australian
graphic designer, illustrator, and author.

Ingpen was born in Geelong, Victoria Australia
and attended Geelong College to 1957.
He graduated with a Diploma of Graphic Art from RMIT.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 
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"There is harmony in Autumn,
and a luster in the sky"...

by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Gorgious Art by Marjolein Bastin

~Stefano Morri

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by Stefano Morri
Illustration for a story titled "The Scary Season"

by John G. Sowerby, 1881

~Charles Santore

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~Angela Barrett

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Angela Barrett was born in Essex, England in 1955
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~G. L. Stampa

Fairy Frolic
by G. L. Stampa, 1924

~Kyuoshi Nakajima

Art by Kyuoshi Nakajima
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Thoughts of the Wind
The sound they make
The sound I make
Autumn Leaves ..

by Gary Hotham

~Laurel Long

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Laurel Long is known for her detailed illustrations
rendered in oil paints. Her first picture book,
The Mightiest Heart by Lynn Cullen, was awarded
the Gold Medal by the Society of Illustrators.
Publishers Weekly described it as a remarkable
debut paintings that resemble medieval tapestries.
Her illustrations for The Magic Nesting Doll by
Jacqueline Ogburn, were described by the
School Library Journal as "stunning" and the book
was selected as an ABA Kidís Pick of the Lists book
and for the Los Angeles100 best books of 2000.
Longís illustrations for The Lady and the Lion,
a Brothers Grimm tale were selected for publication
in the Communication Arts 2003 Illustration Annual.
Long is a graduate of Syracuse University with a
masterís degree in fine arts.
She is a Professor of Art at California University,
Northridge. Born and raised in New York,
she currently lives in southern California with
her husband, daughter and many animal companions.
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