Discovered today meandering through the Images for Curd the Lion on Google:
from the website http://www.26.org.uk (way back in 2008)
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF CURD THE LION (AND US!) IN THE LAND AT THE BACK OF BEYOND
Alan Gilliland
Raven’s Quill, £14.99 or £10.72 on Amazon
Strolling through Waterstone’s on a recent Saturday afternoon, we
were virtually accosted by a man waving this book at us. Listening to
him, it turned out he was in fact the author of this children’s book. I
asked a few questions that revealed he was once graphics editor of The
Telegraph. He waffled on a bit about four soft toy animals in search of a
stolen brooch and then showed us some quite superb black and white
illustrations. We were quite taken by the old fashioned storytelling and
the nod towards Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. He signed a copy and I
merrily trotted towards the checkout with book under my arm. My daughter
Martha (9) has not stopped reading or talking about this book ever
since. John Fountain
What a nice young lady she is, and her father too.
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