David Ellwand began his career in photography at the age of eighteen and uses a variety of formats and techniques in his books: black-and-white photographs, collage with hand-tinting, and full-color photography of handmade objects. He is also a mouse trainer, sculptor, and highly skilled self-taught computer artist. He lives with his wife and daughter in a village in West Sussex, England.
While I cherish Ellwand's "The Big Book of Beautiful Babies" as a lapsit staple, this book was a fun experience for my early elementary children with its "I Spy"-like set-up but set as a story. Some of the items are quite challenging to locate!