The Memory Book
Published on 1. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
172 pages
978-1-74114-451-2 (ISBN)
Description
I was born in London on a snowy morning in January not at all like the picture on the cover. I didn't mean this to be a book. It was meant for just me, drawing to remind me where I came from.' ..Neil Curtis has been drawing from the time he could hold a crayon. He has been illustrating ever since. His most recent picture book, Cat and Fish, written by Joan Grant, won the 2004 Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award...This astonishing book of memories is an intensely personal record of the first seven years of his life. Neil Curtis takes you into his world, through a child's perspective, until the time his family leaves England to sail to Australia. The Memory Book is his story, but it will reconnect you to the pulse of your own childhood.
Reviews / Votes
'Emotions that any reader could relate to exquisitely conveys fragile uncertainty and a child's sense of wonder.'The Sunday Age15/5/05 Preview section'This pictorial memoir includes stunning drawings in its simplicity it reconnects the image to the word and shows the jaded eye how powerful they can be together.' Los Angeles Times calendarlive.comAll of Curtis's vivid childhood memories are here, and each one winds, like a wisp of one of your own half-remembered childhood memories, around your very heart.'Denise Tarlinton, Qld school teacher on A&U web page.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Target group
Interest Age: From 13 to 18 years
Dimensions
Height: 160 mm
Width: 115 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-74114-451-2 (9781741144512)
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Person
Neil Curtis is an acclaimed artist who has exhibited both nationally and internationally. He was the recipient of the Silver Award for Illustration by the Australian Writers and Art Directors and has published a number of children's books, including The Roo Book, Bear Dinkum and Cat and Fish (published by Lothian in 2003 and winner of the 2004 CBCA Picture Book of the Year Award).