The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when you looked closely there were little jokes and speech bubbles and odd things going on in the background.
My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer, and a then a publican. My mum wa… - Anthony Browne
My dad never decided what he wanted to do; at times he fought in the army, was a teacher, a boxer, a light engineer, and a then a publican. My mum wa…
- Anthony Browne
Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older. - Anthony Browne
Picture books are for everybody at any age, not books to be left behind as we grow older.
You can never have 'equality' between two things that are not equal by definition. And so, for example, you can have equality among 'people', but not… - Anthony Browne
You can never have 'equality' between two things that are not equal by definition. And so, for example, you can have equality among 'people', but not…
As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book. - Anthony Browne
As a boy, I devoured comics but never saw what we now describe as a picture book.
Maurice Sendak is the daddy of them all when it comes to picture books - the words, the rhythm, the psychology, the design. - Anthony Browne
Maurice Sendak is the daddy of them all when it comes to picture books - the words, the rhythm, the psychology, the design.
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 … - Anthony Browne
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 first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when you looked closely there w… - Anthony Browne
The first things I remember drawing were battles - big sheets of paper covered in terrible scenes of carnage - though when you looked closely there w…
A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood. - Anthony Browne
A lot of my characters are underdogs or sad or lonely, but I had a comfortable, golden sort of childhood.
I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture books…. Picture books… - Anthony Browne
I hope to encourage more children to discover and love reading, but I want to focus particularly on the appreciation of picture books…. Picture books…
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