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6 unusual facts about Edward Ardizzone


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Edward Ardizzone (1900–1979), English artist, writer and illustrator

Clive King

Clive King's best-known novel is Stig of the Dump (1963), illustrated by Edward Ardizzone, which follows the adventures of a boy who discovers a Stone-Age cave-dweller living at the bottom of a disused chalk pit (which has been used as an unofficial rubbish dump) in Kent.

Edward Ardizzone

The Nurse Matilda series of children's books (1964–1974) were written by his cousin Christianna Brand, who was seven years younger.

There were 99 commendations of both kinds in 44 years, including Ardizzone and Gerald Rose when the distinction was inaugurated for 1959.

Eva-Lis Wuorio

The Island of Fish in the Trees (illustrated by Edward Ardizzone), Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1962

William Lederer

A children's book, Timothy's Song, with illustrations by Edward Ardizzone, appeared in 1965.



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