Eric Winter Archives - a śort spel

From TOOTLES THE TAXI AND OTHER RHYMES, 1956. Illustration by John Kenney

From SHOPPING WITH MOTHER, 1958. Illustration by Harry Wingfield

From ‘Flight 3, USA,’ 1959

From WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN SPRING, 1961. Illustration by Charles Frederick Tunnicliffe

Illustration by John Berry from ‘The Policeman,’ 1962

From THINGS TO MAKE, 1963. Illustration by G Robinson

From ‘Exploring space,’ 1964. Illustration by B. Knight.

From the 1960s JUNIOR SCIENCE series. (Don’t try this at home!)

From ‘Cinderella’ (1964) in the WELL LOVED TALES series. Illustration by Eric Winter.

From THE STORY OF OIL, 1968. Illustration by Robert Ayton

From ‘Puss in Boots,’ 1967. Illustration by Eric Winter

From the KEY WORD READING SCHEME, 1964-7

‘Making with matches’ from TRICKS AND MAGIC, 1969. Illustration by Robert Ayton

From IN A BIG STORE, 1973. Illustration by John Berry

From ‘The Story of Furniture,’ 1971. Illustration by Robert Ayton

From ‘Sound and Pictures, Book 4,’ 1976. Illustration by Gerald Whitcomb

“Fr wn hundṛd yirz, Lêdībrd bcs hv dlîtd čildṛn, ɖer pẹṛnts, grandpẹṛnts n tīčrz alîc, têcñ rīdrz on a jrni v dscuvri n inlîtnmnt. Afwḍbl n axeṣbl, Lêdībrd bcs hold a significnt n afẋṇt plês in ɖ c̣lectv sîci v ɖ nêšn, cunjrñ p, ʈru ritn wrd n iḷstrešn, lîf in Britn in mr iṇsnt tîmz.

Ɖ D’La Wor Pviłn z dspleyñ ovr 200 orijinl iḷstrešnz ɖt cuvr a ṣlẋn v Lêdībrd bcs fṛm ɖ lêt 1950z t ŕli 1970z. Fôc̣sñ on ɖoz bcs ẇč rflctd ɖ wrld in ẇč ɖ rīdr livd, ɖ xibišn fīčrz ṣlẋnz fṛm ɖ Ppl At Wrc siriz, Šopñ Wɖ Muɖr, ɖ Sayns n Nêčr siriz az wel az ɖ Wel Luvd Têlz n Ci Wrdz siriz.

Ɖ sxes v Lêdībrd wz az mč dy t clevr fwmat n cmpelñ dzîn, az it wz ɖ qoḷti v ɖ raitñ, prizntñ a pwtrit v ɖ tîm ʈru ɖ ys v sṗsificli cmišnd iḷstrešn. Unpaṛleld in ɖer prfctli obzrvd atnšn t dītêl n ynīc sens v plês, Lêdībrd’z fl-culr, fl-pêj iḷstrešnz wr ofn crietd bî wel-nôn iḷstretrz sč az Čālz Tuniclif (Ẇt T Lc Fr tîtlz, siriz 536), Hari Wñfīld (Šopñ wɖ Muɖr, siriz 563, n Ci Wrdz, siriz 641), Mātin Êčisn (Ci Wrdz tîtlz), Eric Wintr n Robt Lumli (Wel-luvd Têlz, siriz 606d), Jon Beri (Ppl at Wrc, siriz 606b) n Robt Êtn (Grt Invnšnz n Ɖ Stwri v Ŷl, siriz 601).

Ɖs xibišn têcs its tîtl fṛm ɖ ny bc Lêdībrd bî Dzîn, ritn bî Pṛfesr v Iḷstrešn n Dīn v ɖ Scūl v Dzîn at ɖ Lundn Colij v Cmynicešn, Loṛns Zīgn. Ɖ bc publišz on 5 Māč 2015 n wl pwtre a ynīc slîs v Britn’z sošl n dzîn histri, az sīn ʈru ɖ îz v Lêdībrd. Pṛfesr Zīgn hz bn clôsli involvd in kretñ ɖ xibišn ɖt hz bn inspîrd bî Lêdībrd bî Dzîn.”