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Thread #142475 Message #3284956
Posted By: Bat Goddess
04-Jan-12 - 05:55 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Ronald Searle (St Trinians creator)-Dec 2011
Subject: RE: Obit: Ronald Searle (St Trinians creator)-Dec 2011
The first of his books that I added to my permanent library was "Searle's Cats" (1967, but I don't think I bought it until 1970-ish). His cats are such a delight! And "Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer With Not Enough Drawings by Ronald Searle", of course.
I definitely need to read the St. Trinians and Molesworth books.
In my very formative years of the '60s and '70s, he was one of the first illustrators who made a deep impression on me.
What a lovely story, Anne! What an approachable, generous person he must have been!