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Well-known children's books with equally well-known illistrations

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TheKitchenWitch · 22/10/2015 16:18

I need a list of very popular/famous children's books that have equally well-known (and distinctive) pictures, for a project I'm working on, and I'm stuck!
So far I have:
Winnie the Pooh
The Tiger Who Came To Tea
Room on the Broom
Elmer the Elephant

There must be more, can anyone think of any? Much appreciated Grin

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TheKitchenWitch · 22/10/2015 16:19

Oh and I do actually know how to spell illustrations. Blush

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 22/10/2015 16:20

Brambly Hedge
Any Beatrix Potter

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 22/10/2015 16:22

For a bit older children, but I bet most people would recognise the Tenniel illustrations for Alice in Wonderland.

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RiverTam · 22/10/2015 16:22

Alfie stories (Shirley Hughes)
Meg and Mog
Angelina ballerina
We're going in a bear hunt
Peepo

I'm sure I'll think of some more...!

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Daffydil · 22/10/2015 16:22

Moomins?

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Dachshund · 22/10/2015 16:26

Wind in the Willows
Brambley Hedge
definitely Alice in Wonderland!
Roald Dahl plus Quentin Blake illustrations

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Dachshund · 22/10/2015 16:26

oh and Jaqueline Wilson books

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PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 22/10/2015 16:27

Some aren't obvious per book so much, but as a set - like Quentin Blake and Roald Dahl.

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AGrinWithoutACat · 22/10/2015 16:27

The Hairy Maclairy books
Mr Men and Little Miss

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AGrinWithoutACat · 22/10/2015 16:29

The Gruffalo

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Mummamayhem · 22/10/2015 16:30

The very hungry caterpillar

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InMySpareTime · 22/10/2015 16:46

Where the Wild Things Are
Miffy
Thomas the Tank Engine

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feckityfeck · 22/10/2015 16:53

Definitely Quentin Blake.

Oliver Jeffers' style is quite distinctive, but I'm not sure how well known as pictures.

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BetweenTwoLungs · 22/10/2015 17:02

The rainbow fish!

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PseudoBadger · 22/10/2015 17:04

The enormous crocodile
Mr Gumpy's Car/Mr Gumpy's Outing
The Shopping Basket
The Elephant and The Bad Baby

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dodobookends · 22/10/2015 17:08

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Ladybird books - Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks etc etc

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Badders123 · 22/10/2015 17:09

Winnie the pooh

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PseudoBadger · 22/10/2015 17:10

Brown bear brown bear

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Badders123 · 22/10/2015 17:10

Oops.you already have that one!
Where the wild things are
The how to train.your dragon books which are.illustrated by the author

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HarrietVane99 · 22/10/2015 17:18

Arthur Ransome
Ballet Shoes with Ruth Gervis' s illustrations (she was Noel Streatfeild' s sister)
For me, E. Nesbit's books are just not right without the original illustrations, but they might not be well known enough for your purposes.

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PigeonPie · 22/10/2015 17:28

Wind in the Willows with the EH Shepard (who also did Winnie the Pooh) illustrations.

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Sgtmajormummy · 22/10/2015 17:48

Paddington's original illustrations are very evocative and quite intriguing until you read the story.
I love the coloured pencil drawings by Raymond Briggs (The Snowman etc).

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BoneyBackJefferson · 22/10/2015 17:51

Brer Rabbit

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Sgtmajormummy · 22/10/2015 17:52

And what about all the Mr.Men books by Roger Hargreaves? So simple but you can tell which ones weren't drawn by him.

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ridinghighinapril · 22/10/2015 18:07

winnie the witch

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