#puffin books

[retroreverbs]

Space Hostages by Nicholas Fisk (Puffin, 1978 edition).

Cover art by Dexter Brown.

#children's books #sci fi art #science fiction #book cover #typography #flying saucer #ufo #1970s style #book design #1978 #puffin books #sci-fi art #illustration

[forever70s]

The Puffin Book of Magic by Norman Hunter (1968)

cover art by Jill McDonald

#retro books #halloween #illustration #1968 #norman hunter #jill mcdonald #artist #author #puffin books

[tmedic]

“ Dear old world. You are very lovely and I am glad to be alive in you ’’ - Anne Shirley 🍄🌻🧡

#studyblr #anne of green gables #lucy maud montgomery #anne with an e #AWAE #awae season 2 #puffin books #penguin reader #penguin books #books and libraries #tea and books #booklover #bookblr #booksbooksbooks #book edit #shakespeare & sons #tmedic #autumm #autumn aesthetic #book addict #booklr

[legok9]

Doctor Who: Puffin Classics crossovers

Covers by Angelo Rinaldi

Legends of Camelot

The Wonderful Doctor of Oz

The Return of Robin Hood

Rebellion on Treasure Island

Josephine and the Argonauts

#doctor who #puffin books #penguin classics #10th #11th doctor #13th doctor #4th doctor #missy #3rd doctor #the wizard of oz #greek mythology #king arthur #robin hood #treasure island

[alwaysalreadyangry]

found this old battered children’s book that used to belong to my aunt at my granny’s recently and it is so much fun so far.

Ritual Child Murder was not a very welcome work for a boy to find in his bedroom.

#puffin books #Richard Barnett #reading

[oldschoolfrp]

Fighting Fantasy 17: Appointment with F.E.A.R. by GW co-founder Steve Jackson, with Brian Bolland cover art, Puffin Books, 1985 (at The Dolmen Centre, charity handmade crafts and second hand book shop, Kinvara, County Galway)

#Fighting Fantasy #Appointment with F.E.A.R. #Brian Bolland #Steve Jackson #Steve Jackson UK #1980s #Appointment with FEAR #Puffin Books

[earhartsease]

godsdamn british children's books in the 70s did not fuck about - here's a section page from The Puffin Book Of Magic Verse (Puffin was* an imprint of Penguin Books intended for kids to early teens) and just look at this casual glory

artist Barbara Swiderska

*well Puffin still is, but Penguin now belongs to a bigger publishing house so we don't know what their current state is

#puffin books #book illustration

[emmaklee]

Dorothy Chapman book cover illustrations (1943)

#book cover design #illustration #alphabet book #puffin books

[blossomingbooks]

Ever since I wrote my masters' dissertation on Lemony Snicket I've been wanting to read something by Roald Dahl, since he was such an influence for Daniel Handler. And, because my childhood weekends were spent rewatching the 2005 film adaptation of his Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964) — which I've been revisiting, alongside with the 1971 version, in view of the release of Wonka —, it seemed just right to start with this one.

Having these film adaptations as references, it's hard not to go into a comparative analysis, but I do want to go over some points because reading the original text gave me a new appreciation for the film that was so dear for me in childhood. Although the 1971 adaptation is widely beloved and even taken a lot as the canonic reference of the Wonka universe, it must be said that Tim Burton's version is much more considerate of the original source — starting with the title itself, which focuses on Charlie and not on the character of Willy Wonka. Roald Dahl himself didn't appreciate the first adaptation, which is understandable considering that — with the exception of some chilling moments such as "The Wondrous Boat Ride", recited by Gene Wilder word for word with a delivery that borders the psychopathic — most of the film has a very wholesome tone. The book, although clearly written for children with a very accessible and childish writing style, has some deeply dark humor undertones. A key example of this are the musical numbers, which are also much more well adapted in the 2005 version. Although "Oompa loompa doompety doo" became an iconic reference in our collective memory, the songs from the 1971 film are much simpler and loosely-based on the text; on the other hand, Roald Dahl is actually credited as a writer in Danny Elfman's 2005 soundtrack, which uses many verses from the songs written in the books.

On the other hand, the downside of only getting a Roald Dahl book in 2023 is that I accidently read an expurgated version of his work... This feels particularly wrong after learning that Dahl himself warned his publishers before dying against "so much as change a single comma in one of my books". Moreover, it doesn't seem like he was completely insensitive, taking into account his own 1973 revision which changed the ethnicity of the Oompa Loompas (who previously recalled African slaves a bit too much). In my opinion, this type of revision is understandable and very valid, however, what happened with Puffin Books last year seems a bit too extreme: they removed words like "fat", "mad", "crazy" and "queer", references to toy guns and to corporal punishment. Even if some of those concepts might be used in an offensive and problematic way, I can't see this kind of censorship as very useful, since all it does is whitewash the work, devoiding the reader of critical thinking and counter-productively absolving the author of his wrongdoings. I understand that it gets trickier considering the younger target audience, but I personally can't help but feel like I've been deprived of something by having read this version.

#charlie and the chocolate factory #willy wonka #willy wonka and the chocolate factory #roald dahl #puffin books #book #books #bookstagram #books and flowers #flowers and books #flowers #literature #blossoming books #english lit #english literature

[godzilla-reads]

Whaaaaaat? I’ve found a copy of Watership Down I don’t have! Huzzah!

#godzilla reads #Watership down #Richard adams #book cover #puffin books #book design #reading #booklr #bookworm #bookish #book blog #booklover

[whenibecameaparentireadbooks]

Painful Skeletons

Bumps in the Night By Allan Ahlberg & André Amstutz Puffin Books, 2005 Sharing is caring, apparently. If you don’t tell people everything then it not only doesn’t exist but you’re being selfish keeping it to yourself. Or so social media seems to imply. The harvesting of the information you share to make money is sharing and caring, too. It shows you care about making other richer people…

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#Allan Ahlberg #Andre Amstutz #Book Review #Books #Children #Children&039;s Literature #Funnybones #Literature #Picture Books #Puffin Books #Review #Salvation Army #Sharing is Caring #Urban Dictionary

[forever70s]

image from 'Maggie Scraggle Loves the Beautiful Ice-Cream Man' (1978)

illustration by Jill McDonald

#illustration #1978 #artist #jill mcdonald #retro books #puffin books

[harrison-abbott]

I’m reading this old Puffin book, called the Wolves of Willoughby Chase, by Joan Aiken.

Check out the book ^. What a front & back cover those are, right? Such spooky artwork. Nice lookin wee book indeed.

#wolves of willoughby chase #puffin books #joan aiken

[quirkycatsfatstacks]

Review: The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer

Series: Enola Holmes #1Author: Nancy SpringerPublisher: Puffin BooksReleased: September 2020Received: Library The Case of the Missing Marquess is the first novel in the Enola Holmes series by Nancy Springer. If I’m correct, the inspiration for the Netflix movie (I haven’t seen it yet, so I can’t speak to that). Admittedly I did things a little backward here, I started with the seventh novel in…

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#Book #Book Review #Books #Enola Holmes #Enola Holmes 1 #Library #Library Book #Literature #Nancy Springer #Puffin Books #Review #The Case of the Missing Marquess #The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer

[retrogirlsbooks]

Hostages to Fortune by Joan Lingard

ISBN 0-14-031350-8

#1976 #1980s reprint #photo #puffin books

[thegirlwiththelantern]

2024 Children's and Middle Grade

There are quite a few Nosy Crow books on the list. I went through the publishers who have catalogues first and that’s how it panned out. The next children’s and middle grade releases will hopefully be more balanced. The Unbeatable Lily Hong by Diana Ma | 02 / 01 / 24 – Clarion Books If there’s one thing Lily Hong can’t stand, it’s being second best. That’s why she and Max Zhang have been bitter…

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#2024 #Andersen Press #Balzer + Bray #Black and White Publishing #Books #Chicken House Books #Children&039;s Books #Clarion Books #Farrar Straus and Giroux #Jolly Fish Press #Knights Of #Middle Grade #Nosy Crow #Puffin Books #Pushkin Children&039;s Books #Pushkin Press #releases #Simon and Schuster #Zephyr