Sunday, November 22, 2009






You’ve heard of Maurice Sendak, Shel Silverstein, and even VIP, but have your heard of S. A. Wakefield? He wrote four children’s books, and we acquired one a short time ago. The lovely illustrations for his first book were created by Desmond Digby. We don’t know much more than that, and there isn’t that much available online. Here’s a photo of the first book, “Bottersnikes and Gumbles,” that he wrote and published in 1967. What do you know about this book, this author, this illustrator?

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