Ralph Steadman III

 

The Tale of Driver Grope, written by Richard Ingrams and illustrated by Ralph Steadman published in 1969.

This book is one of those wonderful finds, it reminds me of Borka by John Burningham of 1963, it has a fantastic chunky expressionist style with bold black lines containing expressive brushy areas of colour and unfortunately familiar characters. 

Ralph Steadman II

 

Ralph Steadman's 'Jelly Book' published in 1967, wonderful nonsense just what children and their adults need sometimes. 

Ralph Steadman I

Picture Puffins are often special, lost treasures. 

'Fly Away Peter' by author and cartoonist Frank Dickens was first published in 1964. It has delicious ink and wash illustrations by Ralph Steadman and tells the story of a friendship between two characters that are different; Jeffrey the giraffe who has a short neck, and Peter a bird who can't fly. They decide to play together, but a simple  game of hide-and-seek gets complicated, and eventually involves all of the animals.