Out and About with Tom and Pippo By Helen Oxenbury

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Pippo the toy monkey is Tom s special friend and the two of them go everywhere together They play in the garden and go to the shops and take their sleds out in the snow Out and About with Tom and PippoMarried to site_link John BurninghamBorn in 1938 and growing up in Ipswich England Helen Oxenbury loved nothing than drawing As a teenager she entered art school and basked in the pleasure of drawing and nothing but drawing all day During vacations she helped out at the Ipswich Repertory Theatre workshop mixing paints for set designers It was there that she decided her future lay in theater design While studying costume design however Helen Oxenbury was told by a teacher This is hopeless you know You ought to go and do illustrations youre much interested in the character and we dont know whos going to play the part But sets and scenery not books remained Helen Oxenburys preoccupation for several years as she e Married to site_link John BurninghamBorn in 1938 and growing up in Ipswich England Helen Oxenbury loved nothing than drawing As a teenager she entered art school and basked in the pleasure of drawing and nothing but drawing all day During vacations she helped out at the Ipswich Repertory Theatre workshop mixing paints for set designers It was there that she decided her future lay in theater design While studying costume design however Helen Oxenbury was told by a teacher This is hopeless you know You ought to go and do illustrations you re much interested in the character and we don t know who s going to play the part But sets and scenery not books remained Helen Oxenbury s preoccupation for several years as she embarked on careers in theater film and TV After marrying John Burningham another of the world s most eminent children s book illustrators and giving birth to their first child at last she turned to illustrating children s books When I had babies Helen Oxenbury says I wanted to be home with them and look for something to do there Today Helen Oxenbury is among the most popular and critically acclaimed illustrators of her time Her numerous books for children include the Greenaway Medal winning ALICE S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND and its companion ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS both by Lewis Carroll Smarties Book Prize winning FARMER DUCK by Martin Waddell SO MUCH by Trish Cooke as well as her classic board books for babies More recently she collaborated with author Phyllis Root on the jubilant no nonsense tall tale BIG MOMMA MAKES THE WORLD As I read Phyllis s text I imagined Big Momma as part Buddha part housewife she says It was intimidating to create a whole world but very enjoyable. Book Out and About with Tom and pippo And what does she love most about her work Thinking up new ideas Seeing the finished book Not at all For Helen The best part is when I think I know what I m doing and I ve completed a few drawings In fact when I get about a third of the way through and I feel I m on my way then I m happy It s like reading a good book you don t want it to end Helen Oxenbury and her husband make their home in London where the illustrator works in a nearby studio She is also an avid tennis player site_link 19 22 months very much appreciated It has TP go shopping TP make a friend TP and the dog TP in the snow TP go shopping and TP go for a walk Captures all the subtle toddler dramas loves and fears very nicely Sweet and sensitive drawings It s very English We skip the snow one as sledges are a bit hard to explain when you ve never seen snow 0744537207