Rupert Bear: A Celebration of Favourite Stories

(Hardback)

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This beautiful collection of stories has been exclusively reissued for the 100th anniversary. Rupert Bear is one of the most beloved and enduring characters in childrens literature. The little bear has had many illustrators over the past hundred years, but Alfred Bestall is widely recognised as the best.

The collection contains eight of Alfred Bestalls most celebrated Rupert stories, including Rupert and Raggety and Rupert and Jack Frost. It also includes several lavish endpapers, a selection of unpublished sketches, an introduction by Bestalls goddaughter and an illustrators note by Stuart Trotter, the current Rupert Bear illustrator.

Ruperts world is truly timeless and this beautiful collection will delight readers of all generations.

Author Bio

Alfred Bestall was born in Burma in 1892. He served in the First World War and on returning became an illustrator for books and magazines. In 1935 he began writing and illustrating Rupert stories for the Daily Express, which he did for 30 years, creating in the process perhaps the best-loved incarnation of the famous bear.