New Illustrators for EB's Books

[Sharon Foo]

Sorry for my nasty comment here...but I find nowadays illustrations on EB's books are darned ugly and making EB's books look so dull and boring. If that's how they scribble around the books, than I rather ask the editors to forgo any pictures and just leave the text by itself. With my own imagination, I think I can create much nicer illustrations while reading the book through my mind than those illustrators with their so call 'drawings'! hahaha....

Sharon Foo

[Julie2owlsdene]

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, Sharon Foo. My preference for most of Enid's books are the originals, but then being a child of the 50's they're bound to be. I think it depends on the year when you started to read and enjoy the books as to the preference of the covers etc. Sort of what you grew up with

[Rob Houghton]

For example I love the Amelia Jane and Faraway tree illustrations from the 1970's 'Dean' versions: Rene Cloke? rather than the originals, though I do like the originals now too. I also (shock horror!! ) used to prefer the Betty Maxey illustrations of the 'Five' until I got used to the Eileen Soper ones!

[georgina 37]

i illustrated enid blyton 30 years ago,wich is considered modern.they have been reprinted 2012 and are considered,gentle and innocent....nothing horrid about them,see The Magic Faraway Tree