Growing Story

Ruth Krauss, a member of the experimental Writer's Laboratory at the Bank Street School in New York City in the 1940s, imaginatively used humour and invented words to create some of the very first books for children that highlighted the child’s inner life. She collaborated with some of the greatest illustrators in children’s literature, including Maurice Sendak, who described her as a ‘giant’ in children’s literature, and her husband, Crockett Johnson.Helen Oxenbury is one of the most popular and acclaimed children’s book artists working today. She has been honoured twice with the Kate Greenaway medal, for ‘The Quangle Wangle’s Hat and the Dragon of an Ordinary Family’ and Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’. She has set a new standard in board books and sold millions of copies of them worldwide. Helen lives in London.

Praise for The Growing Story:‘A book to treasure’ Irish ExaminerPraise for We’re Going On a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury:‘Beautifully produced, written and illustrated, this is a classic work for any age at any period’ The Independent on SundayPraise for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Helen Oxenbury:‘Simply one to own’ The Times