The Famous Five Book of Adventure

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Re: The Famous Five Book Of Adventure

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I'd probably agree if I understood what you meant. :|
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Look at the caption, Nigel.
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Rob Houghton wrote:Pete - I went to the same art school as Betty Maxey when it comes to scholarly depictions of birds! :lol:
Very impressive Rob. :D :D

We may now take a respectful look at how Eileen Soper - considered by many quite rightly to be the best Famous Five illustrator ever draws avian creatures:


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They are above in the top right of the illustration.


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See how the lesser artist Betty Maxey handles the depiction of birds in the same book.
Why oh why couldn't Betty have imitated the greater artist Eileen Soper more closely???

I guess this is another of life's mysteries we'll simply never know...sigh.
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Famous Five Book of Adventure

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Merged with an older topic.

Can anybody enlighten me what -Famous five book of adventure contains ?
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See the following link for information:

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/book ... +Adventure" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Thanks
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