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Jan Pienkowski

Jan Pienkowski is a celebrated illustrator of children's books and an internationally renowned master of silhouettes. He has won the Greenaway Medal twice for his illustration of Joan Aiken's The Kingdom Under the Sea and for the pioneering pop-up book Haunted House. He was born in Warsaw in 1936. His family were architects and artists. He made his first book when he was 8, as a present for his father. It was all about road rage - but featuring a horse and cart. The war made his childhood an adventure, if not a very comfortable one at times, taking him from Poland to Austria, Germany, Italy and finally bringing him in 1946 to England. With his parents, he came to Herefordshire, where he had two new experiences - going to school for the first time and learning English. Later, he went to The Cardinal Vaughan School in London and then to King's College, Cambridge, where he read Classics and English - and managed to find time for a lot of posters and stage design. Jan pioneered the modern Pop-up book with Haunted House (subsequently on CD-Rom), Robot, Dinner Time, Good Night and 17 others. Christmas Kingdom, Phone Book and Door Bell added sound effects while Botticelli's Bed and Breakfast capers irreverently through the history of western art.

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Nut Cracker
Nut Cracker
Jan Pienkowski
The enchantment of the Nutcracker story is beautifully captured in Jan Pienkowski’s glorious silhouettes. His white characters act out the story against beautifully coloured multi-layer backgrounds which are edged with silver trellis work that adds a touch of magic. Handsomely...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/10/2008
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First Christmas
First Christmas
Jan Pienkowski
Dreamy illustrations and simple text evoke quite brilliantly the time and place of the birth of Jesus, of Mary and Joseph, the three wise men and the shepherds.  This Christmas story, we believe stands out from the many other titles...
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/10/2006
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The Fairy Tales
The Fairy Tales
Jan Pienkowski
A sumptuous gift edition of four of the best known fairy stories illustrated with Jan Pienkowski’s striking silhouettes. Pienkowski draws on the traditions that he was seeped in during his childhood in Poland and uses the images of the forests...
Format: Hardback - Released: 27/10/2005
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Haunted House
Haunted House
Jan Pienkowski
Love to be scared? Let yourself into the spooky house that is this book, where the unexpected appears as you open flaps, turn wheels to reveal surprises and pull tabs to make the inanimate move and even lift the toilet...
Format: Hardback Pop-up / Lift-the-flap Book - Released: 03/10/2005
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Books by Jan Pienkowski

Weather
Weather
Jan Pienkowski
Combining simple text with bold, colourful illustrations, this picture book is suitable for introducing children to the concept of weather.
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Food
Food
Jan Pienkowski
Combining simple text with bold, colourful illustrations, this picture book is suitable for introducing nursery children to different types of food.
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Homes
Homes
Jan Pienkowski
Combining simple text with colourful illustrations, this book introduces young children to different types of homes.
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Time
Time
Jan Pienkowski
Combining simple text with colourful illustrations, this book introduces nursery children to the concept of time.
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/03/2009
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Nut Cracker
Nut Cracker
Jan Pienkowski
It is Christmas Eve and the party is over. Clara creeps downstairs to find Nutcracker, a wooden doll given to her by her mysterious godfather Drosselmeier - a creator of fabulous mechanical toys, has come to life.
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/10/2008
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Faces
Faces
Jan Pienkowski
Combining text with illustrations, this book introduces nursery children to the concept of emotions.
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/07/2008
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Colours
Colours
Jan Pienkowski
Combining text with illustrations, this book introduces nursery children to the concept of colours.
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/07/2008
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Yes No
Yes No
Jan Pienkowski
Combining text with illustrations, this book introduces nursery children to the concept of opposites.
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/07/2008
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Shapes
Shapes
Jan Pienkowski
Combining text with illustrations, this book introduces nursery children to the concept of shapes.
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/07/2008
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Wheels
Wheels
Jan Pienkowski
Combining text with illustrations, this book introduces nursery children to the concept of transport.
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/07/2008
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Numbers
Numbers
Jan Pienkowski
Combining text with illustrations, this book introduces nursery children to the concept of numbers.
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/07/2008
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Ninja Cat
Ninja Cat
Jan Pienkowski

Format: Hardback - Released: 21/12/2007
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Little Monsters
Little Monsters
Jan Pienkowski
No two monsters are the same. Some like to play with their food. Some like to fight. And some are rather rude! Open this book for a riot of pop-up fun, and see how many monsters you can find!
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/11/2007
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The Thousand Nights and One Night
The Thousand Nights and One Night
David Walser, Jan Pienkowski
Welcome to an ancient world of enchantment and adventure where animals talk, genies grant wishes and sorcerers and sultans rub shoulders with men. Based on the original nineteenth-century English translation by Sir Richard Burton, this title retells these tales with...
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/10/2007
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The First Christmas
The First Christmas
Jan Pienkowski
With words from the King James Bible , this work aims to bring the nativity story to life.
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/10/2006
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Haunted House
Haunted House
Jan Pienkowski
Twenty-five years after first being unlocked, the door opens again on the house of petrifying pop-ups! Enjoy a tour of this spooky old house where a spine-tingling surprise lurks in every dark corner. Re- issued in its original full-size format,...
Format: Hardback - Released: 03/10/2005
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Mog's Missing
Mog's Missing
Helen Nicoll, Jan Pienkowski
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. Ages 3+
Format: Hardback - Released: 29/09/2005
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Meg's Mummy
Meg's Mummy
Helen Nicoll, Jan Pienkowski
Meg and Mog fly off on an adventure to Egypt. As they land on top of a pyramid, Meg accidentally lets go of her cauldron and poor Mog falls out, so she has to bandage him up. While Meg is...
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/09/2004
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Meg and Mog Play Hide-and-seek
Meg and Mog Play Hide-and-seek
Helen Nicoll, Jan Pienkowski
Meg and Mog are in the garden, making spells and playing hide-and-seek at the castle. Lift the flaps to reveal fun surprises underneath which also teach children about numbers, colours and other concepts.
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/07/2004
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