Two giants of children’s books, Helen Oxenbury and John Burningham, are to be honoured with the first ever double BookTrust lifetime achievement award. Oxenbury trained in theatre design and tried her hand at children’s books only after seeing her husband’s success with Borka. “More than 50 years later it is still one of the best picture books ever produced for children,” she said. “It’s much easier if we don’t really,” said Burningham, who works on the ground floor of their home, while Oxenbury has an outside studio. And I do the same for him.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Separate studios … Helen Oxenbury at work.

Source: The Guardian February 08, 2018 13:07 UTC