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Biographical note
Joe Lillington was born in London and studied his BA in illustration at Falmouth University, Cornwall. His work has been shown at his Falmouth University degree show, Light Grey Art Lab shows and Just Us collective show in Summer 2014 and his first book, Toby and the Ice Giants, was recently shortlisted for the inaugural Klaus Flugge Prize. He has worked for clients including Flying Eye Books, The New York Times, The Corporation of London, Aquila Magazine and Oxford University Press.Lillington’s cartoons bring a retro Golden Books charm to the prehistoric setting, while sidebars offer details about each animal’s diet, habitat, and more. It’s an appealing introduction to eight bygone species and one (ours) that’s "Still Going!"<br />—<i>Publisher’s Weekly</i><br /><br />Young viewers will marvel at the succession of massive ruminants and predators, which Lillington renders in watercolors with reasonable accuracy, if anthropomorphic facial expressions.<br />—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />No page, not even the endpapers, is wasted in this appealing and informative visit to prehistory<br />—Wall Street Journal<br /><br /><br />Lillington’s cartoons bring a retro Golden Books charm to the prehistoric setting, while sidebars offer details about each animal’s diet, habitat, and more. It’s an appealing introduction to eight bygone species and one (ours) that’s "Still Going!"<br />—<i>Publisher’s Weekly</i><br /><br />Young viewers will marvel at the succession of massive ruminants and predators, which Lillington renders in watercolors with reasonable accuracy, if anthropomorphic facial expressions.<br />—<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br /><br />No page, not even the endpapers, is wasted in this appealing and informative visit to prehistory<br />—Wall Street Journal