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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Borka The Adventures of a Goose with no Feathers by John Burningham ISBN 13: 9780224064941. Once upon a time there were two geese called Mr. and Mrs. Plumpster. Each spring they returned to the marshes of their ancestors, and Mrs. Plumpster layed her eggs. Soon six fine young Plumpsters hatched, but Borka was different—she had no feathers and could not fly. When winter came the other geese flew off in search of warmer climates, leaving Borka all alone. But her adventure was only just beginning. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. John Burningham is one of the most prestigious and well-loved illustrators working in the children's book field today. Trained at the Central School of Art, his first picture book, Borka , was published in 1963. He has won the Kate Greenaway Award twice and has enjoyed a very distinguished career. “Handsome illustrations add value to Cookson's exposition on a popular topic.” -- Publishers Weekly. “John Burningham's Borka is as appealing as ever in this 40th anniversary edition.” -- School Library Journal. John Burningham obituary. “If you do a lot of travelling and moving about, it’s easy to go on doing just that,” the artist and picturebook-maker John Burningham once remarked. Burningham, who has died aged 82, was referring to his peripatetic upbringing and subsequent community work in Calabria, Israel and Scotland as a young conscientious objector during his period of national service. But “Brum”, as he was known since schooldays to friends, might just as easily have been speaking of his fearless creative journey. The evolution of the art of picturebook-making, of composing a graphic sequence of pictures and words in interdependent harmony, owes much to Burningham, who along with Maurice Sendak was one of the greatest masters of the medium. The word “illustrator”, as it is traditionally employed, is inadequate when attempting to describe Burningham’s oeuvre. With one or two notable exceptions, almost all of his work was self-authored, words and pictures developed and refined in tandem, with increasing subtlety and economy over the course of his career. Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers was John Burningham’s first book, published in 1963. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian. His first book, published in 1963, was Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers, about a goose whose mother knits him a jersey and who has to undertake a journey by boat when the time comes to migrate. The book won that year’s Kate Greenaway medal, and its success launched a career that spanned six decades and more than 60 books. There are many highlights, but the second Greenaway medal winner, Mr Gumpy’s Outing, in 1970, stands out as a brilliant and highly influential example of cumulative graphic storytelling. Other much-loved titles include Avocado Baby (1982), Oi! Get Off Our Train (1989) and Granpa (1984), the last of which which won the Kurt Maschler award in 1984 and was adapted into an animated film in 1989. Burningham also illustrated with distinction Ian Fleming’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in 1964 and Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows in 1983. In creating what might be termed (in Sendak’s words) “visual poetry”, Burningham constantly pushed at the boundaries of how much could be left unsaid, always treating the reader’s imagination with the utmost respect, whatever that reader’s age might be. In his books, the space between pictorial and verbal information is often large, inviting the reader to fill in the gaps. These brazen narrative ambiguities fly in the face of the traditional advice to creators of children’s books that all loose ends must be firmly tied up. Mr Gumpy’s Outing, 1970, is a brilliant and highly influential example of cumulative graphic storytelling. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian. In contrast to many of his contemporaries, such as Charles Keeping, Brian Wildsmith and Raymond Briggs, Burningham was not by any means a gifted draughtsman. It may be that the absence of mannerism or stylistic trickery in his drawing was key to the purity of voice that connected with so many readers and led to such widespread appreciation, not only in the UK but also across the globe – Burningham’s books are especially revered in the far east. He was never a confident speaker or writer in the traditional sense; his genius lay in an ability to communicate in a childlike but never childish visual language and in his understanding of the mutually exclusive worlds of childhood and adulthood. This theme was explicitly explored in Come Away from the Water, Shirley (1977) and in Granpa. In each of these masterly works, the respective internal universes of child and adult are contrasted with consummate graphic and verbal economy. Born in Farnham, Surrey, Burningham spent much of his childhood being moved around a succession of progressive schools that his liberally minded parents Jessie Macintosh and Charles Burningham wanted to try out. His father had fought in the trenches in the first world war but was registered as a conscientious objector at the outbreak of the second world war in 1939. The family let out their house in Farnham and during the war years travelled the country in a caravan, setting up in remote rural spots in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Yorkshire, where his father would find work and John and his older sisters, Margaret and Elspeth, would be sent to the local schools. While Burningham recalled with fondness the idyllic freedom of a childhood seemingly spent mostly in trees, he was hopelessly disadvantaged academically, with his arrival at each new school seeming to involve grappling with a whole new system of learning. At the age of 13 some stability arrived when he was sent to AS Neill’s Summerhill in Suffolk, the original “alternative” boarding school, where he stayed, leaving with a school certificate in English literature but having failed the art exam. Granpa, 1984, won that year’s Kurt Maschler award and was adapted into an animated film in 1989. Illustration: John Burningham. A Life Illustrated. This February we will be staging a unique and exciting sale of works by author and illustrator John Burningham. The sale includes original artwork of many of his most famous books including Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers; Cannonball Simp and Mr Gumpy’s Outing as well as a number of Burningham's eye catching posters designed in his distinctive illustrative style for London Transport in the early 60s to promote coach and underground travel. Lot 59 | JOHN BURNINGHAM (B. 1936) 'BORKA: THE ADVENTURES OF A GOOSE WITH NO FEATHERS' ENDPAPERS Mixed media with collage, framed, signed on label verso , 42cm x 67cm (16.5in x 26.25in) Estimate £3,000-5,000 + fees. Born in Farnham, Surrey in 1936 Burningham continues to produce books today. Winnner of the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for Children's book illustration twice; the first in 1963 for his debut as illustrator (and author), Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers (subsquently named one of the top ten winning works for the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005)) and again in 1970 for Mr Gumpy's Outing (1970). The illustrator is also well-known for his work with James Bond author Ian Fleming on the children's adventure serial called Chitty- Chitty-Bang-Bang. It was initially published in three volumes, the first of which was released on 22 October 1964 by Jonathan Cape in London. Lot 21 | JOHN BURNINGHAM (B. 1936) 'MR GUMPY'S MOTOR CAR': THE WHEELS CHURNED. Pencil, ink, pastel and crayon, framed, signed on label verso, approx. 30cm x 70cm (12in x 27.5in) Estimate £2,000-3,000 + fees. Although Burningham is best known for many of children's books, his creative output is wide-ranging. A successful and varied freelance career has allowed him the opportunity to work in Israel on an animated puppet film, to design posters, covers for the RIBA Journal, exhibitions, models, magazine illustrations, advertisements and even a railway station and train carriages for the Expo 90 in Osaka, Japan. His adult books have included his perceptive observations of life in England and in France and he has addressed issues of aging in The Time of Your Life and childhood in When We Were Young and most recently he has explored our fascination with the 'King of Wines' in John Burningham's Champagne. The auction will also include works by John's wife, Helen Oxenbury, and his daughters Lucy and Emily Burningham, his son Bill has followed his father's passion for building restoration projects. John and Helen met at students at Central School of Arts and Crafts where Helen was studying theatre design. She changed her career to illustrating children's books after they were married and their children were young. Emily runs an established design studio which is known for its sophisticated print designs which reference time-honoured wood-block printing. Emily designs the decorative textiles and her paper range is designed in collaboration with her sister Lucy. Author and illustrator John Burningham. Alongside his illustrative work John has also had a lifelong love affair with the applied arts and restoring buildings - "an interesting building, door, or window can please me as much as a painting or a drawing" - the sale will also include a selection of furniture, tiles and objects from his collection at home. “This is a rare opportunity to buy original artworks by one of our most popular children’s authors and illustrators. John’s books have a special place in many people’s hearts, bringing fond memories of childhood.

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