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Review: Cynthia Zarin on John Burningham

Review: Cynthia Zarin on John Burningham

Ann Kjellberg
May 03, 2019
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From Mr. Gumpy’s Outing, by John Burningham

John Burningham, whose life’s work was writing and illustrating tender, riveting, cozy, and magical books for children, died in January at the age of eighty-two, in London. As Britain contemplates how to leave the European Union, and climate change protests continue in Parliament Square, his thoughts linger, li…

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