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Post by Claire on Dec 16, 2012 20:09:25 GMT 1
Realised we never had this vote in the top 10s section so set it all up in here while there's a few of us around. I'll move it back to the top 10 section when Christmas is over. I have set up a web page featuring the books that were short-listed in the best covers thread. There are too many to fit in 1 poll so have split into 2 parts. Please try and choose your favourite 10, even though the poll allows you to vote for up to 10 in each (I did it that way in case your favourite 10 are all in one part) View the covers hereNB - you may need to scroll along to see them all if you are not on a wide screen computer. Part 2 of the poll here
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2012 21:17:29 GMT 1
That was hard to choose. I could have easily voted ten in each poll! I had to be ruthless and pick only one Jill cover.
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Post by darkhorse on Dec 16, 2012 23:58:32 GMT 1
Too many to choose from!
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Post by susanb on Dec 17, 2012 18:40:13 GMT 1
really a tough decision! I'm reminded again, looking at these, of how much I love Peter Biegel............
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Post by rallycairn on Dec 19, 2012 0:44:38 GMT 1
Although they didn't pick the best illustrations for the cover on either book, Ted Lewin's work for the hardbacks of Can I Get There by Candlelight? and Winter Pony are truly breathtaking, I think.
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Post by Claire on Dec 19, 2012 3:17:24 GMT 1
really a tough decision! I'm reminded again, looking at these, of how much I love Peter Biegel............ I totally agree. Actually possibly my favourite out of all these is a book I haven't read and haven't even seen in the flesh so to speak -Dark Horse Barnaby. You know its quite uncanny that the majority of these are also very good books and some complete classics so at least a lot of good books have got the artwork they deserve. Its a shame when great books are spoilt by terrible covers.
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Post by susanb on Dec 19, 2012 3:30:12 GMT 1
I voted for Dark Horse Barnaby too....it's a good story, of a rough father/son relationship. The father raises palominos, for showing ONLY, and his son is expected to ride them.
The father is blond, the wife is blond, the son is blond, the dog is a golden retriever. Get the picture? Well the dark bay Thoroughbred Barnaby, left to the boy by his maternal grandfather, doesn't fit in. So he's banished to a lean-to out in a back field where nobody can see him (that's the boy leading him out of the stables on the cover).
The boy loves the young TB, rides him everywhere, trains him to jump and in the process comes to love riding, which had become a chore. It all ends well, but fairly realistically....the father doesn't entirely change, but recognises that his values aren't those of everyone around him (Frankly I found him a jerk even at the end....but again, I guess that's realistic....tigers don't change their strips that easily).
Anyway, I always felt that Biegel perfectly captured the dark night and the sadness of a beautiful rejected animal and the boy who loves him.
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Post by Claire on Dec 19, 2012 3:32:46 GMT 1
Ooh I really want to read it now!
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Post by susanb on Dec 19, 2012 3:35:51 GMT 1
Her work tends to be pretty easy to find, and cheap for US books....just the horrible postage situation!
Reynolds did a lot of troubled father/son relationships....I always wonder if there were family issues.....she did capture it all awfully well. She was pretty lucky in her illustrators....Biegel, Michael Lyne, Wesley Dennis
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Post by susanb on Dec 19, 2012 3:52:37 GMT 1
Lewins work is lovely....did you know he is married to Betsy Lewin, who illustrates picture books? Here is their combined site.....if you've got deep pockets you can purchase original art www.betsylewin.com/
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Post by trixiepony on Dec 19, 2012 11:18:46 GMT 1
There lovely Claire hard too pick.
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Post by Claire on Dec 19, 2012 23:01:58 GMT 1
Susan - I have only read one by Marjorie Reynolds - To Keep a Silver Dollar - and I did enjoy it (it also had nice cover art too) so I think I probably would like Barnaby. Plus I do like pony books from boys points of view for some reason.
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Post by susanb on Dec 26, 2012 16:44:34 GMT 1
Keep a Silver Dollar had the Michael Lyne cover art, and it was lovely (the American edition, that is....there is a UK Children's Book Club reprint that had pretty ugly cover art.....so ironic that it was the US edition that had the cover art by the great UK illustrator!) I like boy point of view books too (not just pony books), I've always read both....never saw the point of missing out on a good book, regardless of who the publisher intended as the target audience! ( being target never appealed to me anyway) Almost forgot, a note on Marjorie Reynolds books....all of her books (in their US printings) had picture covers and matching dustjackets.....so if you spot a copy really cheap without dj, the cover illustration will still be there on the board. The picture cover is a nice quality too, several cuts above the Collins Pony library, so little detail is lost)
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Post by Claire on Dec 26, 2012 21:20:04 GMT 1
Thanks for the info about the non jacketed copies - nice to know to be able to save a few pennies.
If you haven't voted on this don't forget to do so. I'll leave it here until the end of the year then move to the top 10s section.
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