Reading guides to Kitty Crowther
Is the Belgian picture book author Kitty Crowther primarily an illustrator or an author? She herself prefers to call herself a storyteller and says that even if her only materials were sticks and stones, she would still have created stories. As a child, drawing provided Kitty Crowther with an important outlet and an opportunity to express herself, particularly as she was born with a hearing impairment.
Links to the Reading Guides
Reading guide to L’enfant racine
About the reading guides
These reading guides are written by Agneta Edwards, former member of the jury for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Our reading guides are to be used in book circles, in schools or just as inspiration for further reading.
Master of line and atmosphere
Kitty Crowther is an illustrator and author, known all over the world for her inimitable picture books. She invites us to enter a whole new world of imagery using a limited repertoire of tools, principal among them pencil, Indian ink and coloured pencils.
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