Pieńkowski illustrated his first book at the age of eight, as a present for his father. During World War II, Pieńkowski's family moved about Europe, finally settling in Herefordshire, England in 1946. He attended the Cardinal Vaughan School in London, and later read English and Classics at King's College, Cambridge. Revisit – if you dare! – one of the best-loved pop-up books of all time, now more gleefully ghoulish then ever with the addition of several spooky surprises. This is it. The Holy grail of spooky picture books to creep out and delight children all over the world. I borrowed this book so many times from the library when I was a child. It was the first time I saw a pop-up book and it’s combination of humor, scares and ingeniously designed pop-up features kept me entertained every time I opened the book.

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Pappband-O. Condition: Gut. 10 unpag. S., "Jan Michael Pienkowski (born 8 August 1936) is a Polish-born British author of children`s books?as illustrator, as writer, and as designer of movable books".(Wikipedia). - Mit 5 Farbtafeln mit aufklapp-, ausziehbaren und beweglichen Elementen, gutes Exemplar. 106930_Pop-Up-Bücher Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1500.The Booker Prize trophy: the story behind our distinctive statuette". The Booker Prizes . Retrieved 6 February 2023. Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth Jan Michel Pieńkowski is a Polish-born British illustrator and author of children's books. He is probably best known for his Meg and Mog books with writer Helen Nicoll and for his pop-up books, including Haunted House (winner of the 1980 Kate Greenaway Medal), Robot, Dinner Time, Good Night and seventeen others.

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In 1969, Pieńkowski designed a trophy for the Booker Prize, which was unveiled at the first prize ceremony that year, with the statuette being awarded to P. H. Newby. [16] Although the statuette was out of use for many years, after Pieńkowski's death it was reinstated in his honour and was awarded to the winner of the Booker Prize 2022, Shehan Karunatilaka. [17] Books [ edit ] Get in the spooky spirit with a Halloween-themed book heavier on comedic thrills than frightening chills. The usual suspects of Halloween-themed characters pop up, offering sweet and slightly spooky surprises throughout the book, set in a haunted house. Think ghosts, witches, and ghouls. a b (Greenaway Winner 1971). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 15 July 2012. Pieńkowski lived and worked in Barnes, London, where he was a patron of the Barnes Literary Society. [13] Khomami, Nadia (20 February 2022). "Jan Pieńkowski, illustrator of Meg and Mog books, dies at 85". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 February 2022.In the spirit of the season, we’re delighted to introduce you to two haunted house pop-up books worth haunting down! He also talked about his 40-year relationship with his collaborator and civil partner, David Walser, whom he met in a pub on the King's Road in West London. They contracted their partnership in Richmond on the first day this was possible in 2005. [6] Bl., durchgeh. farb. Pop-Ups, Kart., Tadellos. Nach der EA bei Heinemann von 1979. Text engl. 1100 gr. Schlagworte: Kinderliteratur, Pop-up. Couverture rigide. Condition: Très bon. Livre pop-up, format in-4. 6 scènes pop-up (infimes défauts). Bien complet de toutes les tirettes et roulettes.

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D. Martin, "Jan Pienkowski", in Douglas Martin, The Telling Line: Essays On Fifteen Contemporary Book Illustrators (Julia MacRae Books, 1989), pp.187–201 In 2005 Pienkowski contracted a civil partnership with David Walser, with whom he has been in a relationship for over forty years.

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a b (Greenaway Winner 1979). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 15 July 2012. Where Ghostorama carries, at best, a sentence or two that prompts the readers imagination to spark, Spooky House of Horror caries no such textual prompts but instead lets its superb pop-up action and illustrations spark stories in its “readers” heads. This pop out book takes us through different rooms in a haunted house. We follow a couple of mice as they make their way to the attic. Readers must depend on a lot of inference to follow the storyline as they integrate it with the fabulous artwork. A lot is going on, so it's easy to lose the narrative. I'm not sure it really matters. a b c "Jan Pienkowski". Broadcast episode recording (45 minutes). Desert Island Discs, Sunday, 18 October 2009. BBC Radio4. Retrieved 1 December 2012. Condition: Good. Good condition. 1992 Annual Report Special Edition. (haunted houses, juvenile fiction, pop-up books, toy and moveable books) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

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Pieńkowski has had a life-long interest in stage design. He was commissioned to provide designs for Theatre de Complicite, Beauty and the Beast for the Royal Ballet, and Sleeping Beauty at Disneyland Paris. Just as I have Christmas books that I break out and read every year in November and December, I have this one book that I read every year as part of my All Hallow's Read/Halloween Bingo/spoopy-months celebration (spooky-adjacent sorts of things that aren't scary but are amusing). Jan Pienkowski". Broadcast episode notes (recording not available). Private Passions, Sunday 14 December 2008, 12:00 (one hour). BBC Radio3. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

Go on a haunted Halloween adventure through a spooky house in this spine-tingling, sturdy pop-up book!