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Jan's Latest Book - Nut Cracker

Jan has completed hist latest work, the Nut Cracker.

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Lifesize Version of The First Noel

Chatsworth House have created a lifesize version of Jan's recent silhouette Christmas book, The First Noel, as part of their Christmas celebrations.

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Jan Writes a Short Story for WOW! 366

Jan has contributed a story to a new book called WOW! 366, a collection of short stories.

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Jan Contributes to the What Are You Like? Exhibition

Jan has created a piece of artwork for the What Are You Like? exhibition organised by The House of Illustration and Dulwich Picture Gallery.

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Jan's Graphics

Jan has created a number of graphics which are used for illustrations and logos in variety of projects.

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Nursery Books Republished

6 of Jan's classic nursery books, some of his favourite titles, have just been republished by Walker Books. The titles are COLOURS, FACES, NUMBERS, SHAPES, WHEELS and YES NO.

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Painting Playground Walls

In the past, Jan has helped a number of schools to paint playground walls organising large projects which had to be completed in a single day.

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Portraits of Jan

Jan has many artistic friends and so he occasionally ends up as the subject. You can view a selection in the Studio.

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The THOUSAND NIGHTS and One Night

Jan has just completed his latest book.

Based on the original nineteenth-century English translation by Sir Richard Burton, David Walsers retells these fantastic tales with a flourish of magic. Jan Pienkowski's exquisite silhouettes on stunning colour bring the stories vivdly to life, with silver ink printing throughout making this a truly sumptuous production of one of the oldest and best-loved story collections.

The book includes the classic tales Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin's Lamp and Sinbad the Sailor and will be available to buy on the 4th of October.

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New Pop-up Books - Ninja Cat, Dinner Time, Little Monsters

Jan has revised and reformatted 3 new pop-up books, Ninja Cat, Dinner Time and Little Monsters, all being published in the Autumn.

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Annie, Bridget and Charlie

The latest addition to the collection of online books is Jan's first ever book, originally published in 1967 and priced at 21 shillings. Jan's illustrations accompany Victorian nursery rhymes recollected by Jessie G. Townsend.

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MEG & MOG - MOG'S MISSING

This new MEG & MOG title has recently been published.

It's Midsummer Eve and Meg and Mog fly off to meet their friends, but naughty Mog is messing around and falls from the broom. Meg and friends form a search party, but however hard they look, Mog just can't be found!

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Jan Nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award 2008

The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are presented every two years by IBBY (International Board on Books for Young People) to an author and an illustrator whose complete works have made an important and lasting contribution to children's literature. Jan has been nominated to represent the UK in the 2008 awards and the winner will be announced at the end of March.

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