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Edward Gorey Holiday Gift Set
The Edward Gorey Holiday Gift Set includes a copy of Nonsense!: The Curious Story of Edward Gorey by Chloe Bristol, The Fantod Pack (Tarot Pack) by Edward Gorey, and Coloring Book by Edward Gorey. Perfect for your favorite Gorey fan!
Nonsense!: The Curious Story of Edward Gorey by Chloe Bristol
A beautifully illustrated and lyrical picture-book biography of eccentric and beloved writer and artist Edward Gorey
This is a lyrical biography of one of literature’s most creepily creative authors and illustrators. Kids will learn about the inspiration behind a generation of creators, from Lemony Snicket to Tim Burton.
Known for, among other things, wearing a large fur coat wherever he went, storyteller Gorey was respected for both his brilliance and his eccentricity. As a child, he taught himself to read and skipped several grades before landing at Harvard (after a brief stint in the army). Afterward, he built a name for himself as a popular book illustrator. Finally, he published well over one hundred of his own books. Each was stories that mingled sweetness and innocence, danger and darkness, as well as his brand of silliness. Illustrated with Gorey-like humor and inspiration by Chloe Bristol, this stunning picture book biography about this beloved creator is the first for children.
The Fantod Pack (Tarot Pack) by Edward Gorey
Coloring Book by Edward Gorey for the Edward Gorey Holiday Gift Set
Gorey is famous for masterful pen-and-ink crosshatched drawings and ironic, offbeat humor. He produced more than one hundred illustrated works, many of which were in a variety of publications. He created prize-winning set and costume designs for Broadway shows. Additionally, he illustrated the works of many well-known authors, including Raymond Chandler, T. S. Eliot, Gilbert & Sullivan, Edward Lear, Bram Stoker, John Updike, and Virginia Woolf.
With his enigmatic and often darkly humorous tales full of eccentrics, Gorey left his unique stamp on American art and culture. Bats, cats, and men in fur coats make frequent appearances in his artwork, as do exotic and quirky creatures known only in the trademark crosshatched drawings emanating from his pen. All of Gorey’s characters inhabit an enigmatic, often vaguely Edwardian world, where human foibles and frailties are deftly assuaged by witty flights of fantasy.
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