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Original artwork from Wheres Stripey
PWC/199 Original artwork from Where's Stripey
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Wild Things

Picture book illustrations are full of imaginative creatures who do many wild things.  

Wild and wonderful characters make humorous and impossible things happen!  There are stories of creatures great and small.  

Original artwork from Nine Merry Magpies
PWC/217/8 Original artwork from Nine Merry Magpies
Story furnace Shaun Tan 2013 Unpublished illustration
PWC/232 Story furnace, Shaun Tan, 2013 Unpublished illustration
Original artwork from Old Tom Man of Mystery
PWC/285/2/1/1 Original artwork from Old Tom Man of Mystery
Original artwork from A Crash of Rhinos by Patricia Mullins
PWC/169 Original artwork from A Crash of Rhinos by Patricia Mullins
Original illustration from the book A sausage went for a walk  Peter Kendall
PWC/256 Original illustration from the book, A sausage went for a walk / Peter Kendall
Original artwork from Fausts Party by Matt Ottley
PWC/80 Original artwork from Faust's Party by Matt Ottley
Original artwork from My Superhero
PWC/218/11 Original artwork from My Superhero
Original artwork from Wheres Stripey
PWC/199 Original artwork from Where's Stripey

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