The cuckoo
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to look for in Spring, 1961)

On the BBC News site this morning 😊 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Other work by the Ladybird artists.
‘The walled garden’
May, 1958
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

Ladybird book in the spotlight.
The Stars and their Legends (1973)
Artist: Robert Ayton

Ready for a wild weekend.

John Bull Magazine, 1953
Artist: BillMorden

Buttercup, Meadow Cranesbill, White Dead Nettle
‘Wild Flowers’ (1957)
Artists: EdithHilder
Rowland Hilder

‘Horse chestnut’
Trees (1963)
Artist: SR Badmin

The modern world in old Ladybird books.
‘The Sports Reporter’

The Story of Newspapers (1969)
Artist: Ron Embleton

When no weekly shop was complete without Birds custard, Imperial Leather, talcum powder and a tin of spam

Artist: HarryWingfield (1972)

‘Greenfinch’
Artist: John Leigh-Pemberton
(Garden Birds, 1967)

Happy new month

Ladybird villains.
The fox
(The Gingerbread Boy, 1966)
Artist: Robert Lumley

Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘April’
Shell Guide to Trees and Shrubs Artist: SR Badmin

Other work of the Ladybird artists.
Village in Spring (1949)
Artist: Ronald Lampitt

Some first class headwear in this lovely book from 1955

‘In the Train with Uncle Mac’
Artist: WC Watson

Back when this was as close as your bathroom came to a shower.

Artist: Harry Wingfield

“The willow saplings are breaking into leaf, and the sycamore leaves are escaping from the bracts that have guarded them throughout the winter”
Writer: EL Grant Watson
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

Shopping With Mother, (1958)

Mmm - fish tail and eels for tea!

Artist: Harry Wingfield