MARTINE'S PRIVATE PAGES ABOUT

AUTHOR, GRAPHIC ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR

Web page ©Cameron Cunningham
All graphics ©: Val Biro unless otherwise stated

A TEACHING RESOURCE

Gumdrop

The 1926, Austin Clifton Heavy 12/4 that features in Val's children's books.

 

 

 

"Hello MARTINE, Horace here
I hope you had a lovely birthday on the 21st and that you also have a really happy Christmas. Val told me that he signed some books for you ---he didn't show them to me because I can't read Norwegian ---I only read English and dog. I hope you like the books and think of me every time you read them.

As Val is not giving me any more adventures I have retired and hope to spend Christmas digging up a really lovely bone that I buried in the summer time. A lovely buried bone beats Christmas pudding every time---you should try it some time.
Love from Horace

REMEMBER---This is your very own special page and only you can see it.

INTRODUCTION TO THE VAL BIRO STORY

Large print for little readers.

I will guide through these web pages and tell you all about a very special man that I know.

I don't mean Mr. Oldcastle my owner.

No, I mean Val Biro the author and artist who brought Gumdrop and me to life.

Just in case you are not sure about us the picture on the right shows myself, Mr. Oldcastle and Gumdrop.

Val is very clever artist and I would like to tell you about his life and work and to let you see some of his prodigious talent.
( I don't really know what that big word means but Mr. Oldcastle tells me that it is the very best word to describe Val's work.)

Oh dear!!

I almost forgot to tell you about Cameron up in Scotland. As my paws don't type very well he is helping me to build these web pages.

When building 'Tranter Online' Cameron saw that Val had designed over 30 book cover for Nigel's Tranter books.( See TRANTER ONLINE )

Cameron wanted to know more about Val Biro so, after a phone call, Val sent Cameron a copy of our adventures in Scotland when we met the Loch Ness Monster.

The result of that phone call is this web site.

So please scroll down and enjoy the pages all about Val and his work."

 

 

HOMEPAGE LINKS

You can get back here from all pages

MAINLY FOR CHILDREN

"HOW MR.OLDCASTLE, GUMDROP AND HORACE BECAME FRIENDS"

"DETAILS ABOUT ALL 37 GUMDROP BOOKS"

" EXAMPLES OF VAL'S RE-TELLING OF CHILDREN'S CLASSICS"

"WHERE VAL LIVES"

"THE TOWER OF LONDON MAP"

"THE VERY FIRST CHILDREN'S BOOK VAL PRODUCED"

"VAL'S BEST SELLING CHILDREN'S BOOK"

VAL'S CHILDREN'S BOOKS & DVDs CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

"AWARD PUBLICATIONS LIMITED -- BOOKS"

"FARNHAM FILM COMPANY --DVDs"

MAINLY FOR ADULTS

" HOW VAL CAME TO BE AN ARTIST"

" EXAMPLES OF VAL'S WORK FOR FAMOUS AUTHORS"

"VAL'S WORK FOR THE RADIO TIMES"

 

 

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"It is nice to know who is visiting.

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