Justin Todd
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Description
Justin Todd is a British artist and illustrator. Justin Todd studied painting at Wimbledon and illustration at The Royal College. He was tutor in illustration at Brighton College of Art in the 1960s alongside John Vernon Lord and Raymond Briggs. He started out as an historical illustrator but after ten years, describing everyday life from the Stone Age to the present, “was keen to escape.” He approached Penguin Books and spent another ten years painting paperback covers for a wide range of genres from horror to romance. He has also illustrated a number of children’s books. He was runner-up for the Francis Williams memorial prize for children’s book illustrations in 1987 with Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (Gollancz, 1984). He produced gouache works for the illustrated edition of Treasure Island. Dreaming Aloud – Justin Todd, a catalogue, with an accompanying essay by Christopher Sharrock, tracks the contribution of Todd to the history of his profession, from early illustrations of ‘Penny Lane’ in the Beatles Song Book to Wind in the Willows, Alice in Wonderlandand Treasure Island.
Books
The Kingfisher book of scary poems
A collection of poems about the supernatural, by such authors as Tennyson, Robert Frost, and Jack Prelutsky.
Moonshadow
Brash, beautiful Jessica Darling preferred to forget what she'd done to survive her destitute childhood. Now, her shameful past safely behind her, she found contentment as the governess of two motherless children until their long-lost father returned unexpectedly to take them. — Fletcher Danforth, imprisoned for five years in the colonies, felt little love for anyone except his son and daughter. He would take any risk to claim them from their guardians even blackmail Jessica into marrying him! But as the sweet passion of moonlit nights claims them, Fletcher discovers the healing power of Jessica's love, only to realize he may have lost all hope to win her heart.
The twelve days of Christmas
The wind in the willows
The starlight cloak
In the author's version of the Cinderella story, a princess in Ireland leads a life of misery until her foster mother reveals magical powers that change her life forever.