| The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast | 
 enlarge | Authors: Alan Aldridge, William Plomer, Richard Sidney Richmond Fitter
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Category: Book
Buy Used: £14.00
Used (6) Collectible (2) from £14.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 35159
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 72
ISBN: 0224008080
EAN: 9780224008082
ASIN: 0224008080
Publication Date: September 24, 1973
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Very clean inside but the binding is bumped on the corners and the top/bottom of the spine. All orders are shipped the next business day from the UK. We offer a friendly personal service so please email us anytime.
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| Customer Reviews:
 buterfly ball October 23, 2007
I remember meeting illusrator Alan Aldridge whilst at Art College in the '60s. He was giving a lecture, & I was spellbound. I loved his work & the Butterfly Ball is the tops. It is very reminiscent of the art of the time, but also of all the much loved fairy tales of my youth. A wonderful book & a "must have" for any serious collector of childrens illustrated books.
Memories of a wonderful childhood recalled! October 8, 2007
My Mother had a copy of this book when she was young, and it was read again and again when my brother and I were growing up , well into the 90's. Despite it's yellowing pages and well worn spine it was always our favourite.
The artwork is truly enchanting; even now, in such modern times, I'd wager it could spark the imagination of any child. Likewise, the verses are so wonderfully written; they leap off the page just as brightly as the pictures themselves.
It must be 12 years or more since I last thumbed these pages; but I remember it now as vividly as ever: Mr Mole, in particular, whose velvet jacket looked immensley realistic.
This is one of those books that stays with you: I challenge anyone who owned it as a child not to recall it with such warmth as I have here.
A best buy for anyone with younger children (I'd say anywhere from 2-8 years); indeed it makes a wonderful addition to any collection.
 A little bit of Nostalgia. July 10, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my kids in the early 70's I was instantly infatuated with it and the kids never got a look in. The Wind in The Willows type illustations are just wonderful....you have to look at them again and again. just the title takes me on a nostalgia trip....It reminds me of a song that was around at that time sung by Burl Ives...."The Ugly Bug Ball"
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