Best known in children's literature for writing and illustrating the Little Tim books, Edward Ardizzone had a long and distinguished career as an illustrator of works for both children and adults. Ardizzone, who described himself as a born illustrator, provided artwork for almost two hundred books, including books for children by Eleanor Farjeon, James Reeves, Grahame Greene, and Eleanor Estes. Eighteen children's books of his own, including nine in the Little Tim series, secured his place as a writer. In his art rounded shapes and simple forms belie the occasional sharp irony of his compositions. In his prose clear vocabulary and straightforward expression screen a complex awareness of human nature. His confident ink drawings and watercolors demonstrate a keen awareness of the conjunction of words and pictures. Self-taught in art and nurtured on good literature, Ardizzone worked in the tradition of Randolph Caldecott and Beatrix Potter, extending textual...