Cover stories
'Achievements' (1960 -1964)
Artist: Robert Ayton
#Illustration #ladybirdbooks
Ladybird book in the spotlight
āSeashore and Seashore Lifeā
(1964)
Artist: Jill Payne
#Illustration #ladybirdbooks
A selection of vintage books by Ladybird about nature and the environment.
#Nature #ladybirdbooks
āThe tide has again receded over the sand-flats. The remaining framework of a wooden ship is half-sunken in the sand. On one of the ribs a cormorant stands with wings liftedā
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
#ladybirdbooks #birds #illustration
#ladybirdbooks #birds #illustration
Ladybird books in the spotlight.
āGarden Flowersā (1960)
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
#Illustration #gardening #ladybirdbooks
#illustration #gardening #ladybirdbooks
Harvest mice
Artist: John Berry
#Illustration #nature #wildlife #ladybirdbooks
#illustration #nature #wildlife #ladybirdbooks
āRobinā
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
#Illustration #nature #birds #LadybirdBooks
#illustration #nature #birds #ladybirdbooks
The modern world in old Ladybird books.
āFleet Street - the Street of Inkā (1969)
Artist: Ron Embleton
#Illustration #london #ladybirdbooks
#illustration #london #ladybirdbooks
Ladybird book in the spotlight
Trees (1963)
Artist: SR Badmin
#illustration #trees #nature #ladybirdbooks
#illustration #trees #nature #ladybirdbooks
#Ladybird #LadybirdBooks #Brexit #BrexitFailed #BrexitLies #BrexitLies #RejoinEU ##UK #poverty #hunger #ToryCostOfLivingCrisis #ToryCorruption #ToryFascistDictatorship #ToryGreed #ToryScum
#ToryScum #torygreed #ToryFascistDictatorship #ToryCorruption #ToryCostOfLivingCrisis #hunger #poverty #uk #RejoinEU #brexitlies #brexitfailed #brexit #ladybirdbooks #ladybird
In the orchard
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe #nature #spring #illustration #LadybirdBooks
#nature #spring #illustration #ladybirdbooks
Reed Bunting, Willow and Marsh Tit
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
#spring #nature #birds #ladybirdbooks
#spring #nature #birds #ladybirdbooks
A beautiful Harry Wingfield Easter egg for you
- and yes, it is a painting (1971)
Happy Easter
#easter #ladybirdbooks #photorealism
#easter #ladybirdbooks #photorealism
In the orchard
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe #ladybirdbooks #spring #illustration #farm
#ladybirdbooks #spring #illustration #farm
A day in spring
Artist: Gerald Witcomb
#nature #illustration #spring #landscape #ladybirdbooks
#nature #illustration #spring #landscape #ladybirdbooks
"The newspaper train speeds through the night" (1969)
Artist: RonEmbleton
#Illustration #trains #ladybirdbooks
#illustration #trains #ladybirdbooks
Interesting tale of the Ladybird "How it works: The Computer" special edition which may, or may not, have been produced in the 1970s for MOD staff
https://ladybirdflyawayhome.com/ladybird-and-the-m-o-d-the-plot-thickens/?s=09
#ladybird #ladybirdBooks #howItWorks #computer #computing #computerEducation #MOD
#ladybird #ladybirdbooks #howitworks #computer #computing #computereducation #mod
On this day 17th Mar 1912, Scottās Antarctic expedition: Captain Oates went out ⦠and did not return
Artist: John Kenney (āCaptain Scottā 1963)
#LadybirdBooks #history #otd #illustration
#ladybirdbooks #history #otd #illustration
āRobinā (1965)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt
āBirds and how they Liveā
#illustration #nature #ladybirdbooks #spring #birds