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An Alphabet
An illustrated page for each letter of the alphabet.
- GenresChildrensPicture Books
26 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1980
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About the author
Molly Brett
45 books11 followersMolly (Mary Elizabeth) Brett was an English illustrator and children's author. She grew up in Surrey, Great Britain, [Croydon Registration District] surrounded by animals and nature.
Her mother, Mary Gould Brett, was a respected animal painter who encouraged her daughter to paint from life, and this is reflected in Molly's gift for making her animals look thoroughly naturalistic while giving them human characteristics and activities.
Molly began her art training with a correspondence course in illustration, followed by formal instruction at Press Art School and the Guildford Art School. It was at Guildford that she met Margaret Tarrant (also destined to attain substantial fame as an illustrator), who soon became a close friend and lived with her in Cornwall.
She began her career by illustrating weekly papers for children. One of her earliest commissions was to illustrate stories by Enid Blyton.
Inspired by this, she went on to write and illustrate 21 books of her own for the Medici Society of London, with whom she was associated for 60 years. Medici has published over 500 of her paintings as postcards, greeting cards and prints.
Molly Brett's work has enchanted generations of children with its beautifully drawn details, subtle colours and magical atmosphere. Her work follows in the tradition of other twentieth-century "dressed animal" illustrators such as Beatrix Potter, Margaret Tempest, Racey Helps, and others.
Footnote: The actual date of Molly Brett's death is uncertain but she died in the second quarter of 1990 so April 1 has been included for completeness.
Her mother, Mary Gould Brett, was a respected animal painter who encouraged her daughter to paint from life, and this is reflected in Molly's gift for making her animals look thoroughly naturalistic while giving them human characteristics and activities.
Molly began her art training with a correspondence course in illustration, followed by formal instruction at Press Art School and the Guildford Art School. It was at Guildford that she met Margaret Tarrant (also destined to attain substantial fame as an illustrator), who soon became a close friend and lived with her in Cornwall.
She began her career by illustrating weekly papers for children. One of her earliest commissions was to illustrate stories by Enid Blyton.
Inspired by this, she went on to write and illustrate 21 books of her own for the Medici Society of London, with whom she was associated for 60 years. Medici has published over 500 of her paintings as postcards, greeting cards and prints.
Molly Brett's work has enchanted generations of children with its beautifully drawn details, subtle colours and magical atmosphere. Her work follows in the tradition of other twentieth-century "dressed animal" illustrators such as Beatrix Potter, Margaret Tempest, Racey Helps, and others.
Footnote: The actual date of Molly Brett's death is uncertain but she died in the second quarter of 1990 so April 1 has been included for completeness.
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August 25, 2023
An interesting but localized alphabet book based on the flora and fauna of the United Kingdom thus readers would be a lot more suited for picking this book up if they have some generalized information of the region although some other familiar plants and animals do appear.
This abecedarian book basically has no text forming a plot. Instead the capital letter is put on the page while a collection of plants and animals are tucked around it. The text that is then included mostly just lists the names of everything on the page as all the words mostly start with that letter. There are about three pages in which exceptions were made - U (Under the Sea), X and Z. These exception pages instead use words that have the letters in them while capitalizing the words to make them noticeable while providing animal characters to showcase the words being shown.
Altogether this was a fairly decent alphabet book while one that most people from the UK or even those who enjoy nature may enjoy looking at maybe once or twice.
This abecedarian book basically has no text forming a plot. Instead the capital letter is put on the page while a collection of plants and animals are tucked around it. The text that is then included mostly just lists the names of everything on the page as all the words mostly start with that letter. There are about three pages in which exceptions were made - U (Under the Sea), X and Z. These exception pages instead use words that have the letters in them while capitalizing the words to make them noticeable while providing animal characters to showcase the words being shown.
Altogether this was a fairly decent alphabet book while one that most people from the UK or even those who enjoy nature may enjoy looking at maybe once or twice.
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