Our 6 favourite illustrations from literature

This week is National Storytelling Week.

It’s a week running from 27 January – 3 February, and celebrates the tradition of “oral storytelling, the very first way of communicating life experiences and the creative imagination.”

And we’re all about unleashing creativity and creative imagination!

It’s a bit tricky to write about oral story telling – but maybe we’ll do a Facebook Live sharing our favourite stories…

Until then, here are our 6 favourite illustrations from literature…

1. The Lady of Shallot by Alfred Tennyson – Painting by John William Waterhouse

2. Ophelia from Shakespeare’s Hamlet – Painting by John Everett Millais

3. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll – illustration by Arthur Rackham

4. The Old Woman in the Wood by Grimm Brothers – illustration by Arthur Rackham

5. The Flower Fairies by Cicely Mary Barker

6. Harry Potter by JK Rowling – Illustrations by Jim Kay