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Etienne Delessert (Episode: 14)

Etienne Delessert (Episode: 14)

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 For more than thirty years this self-taught artist has delighting children and adults with his imaginary creatures and landscapes, juxtaposing the familiar with the fantastic to clarify this world and create new and lasting universes. Delessert has illustrated more than eighty books, with millions of copies sold worldwide. From his groundbreaking picture book The Endless Party, to his more recent award-winning A Long Long Song, The Seven Dwarfs, Who Killed Cock Robin?, Humpty Dumpty, Big and Bad, Full Color, Moon Theater and Spartacus the Spider, Delessert is considered as one of the fathers of modern children's picture books.  His illustrations have appeared in leading magazines and newspapers such as The Atlantic Monthly, Le Monde, and the New York Times, and he is the recipient of thirteen gold and fourteen silver medals from the Society of Illustrators.
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