 The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, the Bard and other dramatic tales is
a new bind-up edition. containing the complete set of
award-winning wordless classics by Gregory Rogers, a master of visual
storytelling,The Boy the Bear the Baron the Bard, Midsummer Knight and The Hero of Little Street. In BBBB the
'hero' of the stories bursts through the curtain of a deserted theatre
and onto the world's most famous stage Midsummer magic - and a chase
through the streets of Shakespeare's London. And that's just the start
of it.
This book,
released in late 2015 by Allen & Unwin is a tribute to
Australian Author Illustrator Greory Rogers who died in 2013,
greatly missed by the childrens' literary world.
Greg was a close friend of ours for many years and very much part of
Books Illustrated’s history. He participated in many events and some
important illustration seminars including Reading the Pictures, a Seminar on Visual Literacy in 1993, and a few years later, Picture Books for Bolder Readers,
which looked at the new phenomenon of picture books for older
readers. Greg was widely acclaimed for his book illustration in
this new genre, already famous for his novel covers. We celebrated Way Home,
the groundbreaking picture book written by Libby Hathorn, with an
exhibition of his original illustrations, and for which he was awarded
the prestigeous UK Kate Greenaway Medal in 1995, the first ever awarded
to an Australian illustrator.
The Boy, the Bear, the Baron, the Bard, was the first book Greg
had authored alone, the first in this classic series of wordless
picture books. They draw on Shakespearean drama and folk tales - and on
European Renaissance art and music - a personal passion and practice of
Greg's. BBBB was listed as one of The New York Times' Ten Best
Illustrated Picture Books of 2005. It received the Australian and NZ
Illustrations Award 2004 from Illustrators Australia, and was
shortlisted in the 2005 APA Design Awards.
His work is still celebrated by his peers and, of course, enjoyed
by children and families all over. Two terrific picture books were
published posthumously, Omar the Strong Man, written & illustrated by Greg, and What's Wrong with the Wobbygong, written by Phillip Gwynne.
As his close friend, Dr Robyn Sheahan-Bright, says in her Introdution to
this splendid new bind-up edition, 'Gregory would be so very thrilled
to see this volume published, as will be his many future readers.'
You can buy books and limited prints by Greg at Books Illustrated.
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Limited edition prints
Midsummer Knight, limited edition print, $295
from Midsummer Knight and featured in the new collection The Boy, the bear, the baron, the bard and other dramatic tales, published by Allen & Unwin.
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The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, the Bard pp.22-23, limited edition print, $295
from The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, the Bard and featured in the new collection, The Boy, the bear, the baron, the bard and other dramatic tales, published by Allen & Unwin.
Buy now.
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The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, the Bard, limited edition print, $295
from The Boy, The Bear, The Baron, the Bard and featured in the new collection, The Boy, the bear, the baron, the bard and other dramatic tales, published by Allen & Unwin.
Buy now.
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