Wednesday 19 March 2008
the black pencil
"The Black Pencil was long and slim and new. He was owned by a schoolchild with whom he learnt to write and draw pictures. Then he had many jobs until eventually he 'grew' too short and was put away in a drawer.
There he met a blue pencil and a yellow pencil and together they had an amazing adventure."
The Black Pencil by Marcello Minale, 1968.
It's the Week of Vintage Children's Book Illustration over at Meet me at Mikes.
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6 comments:
i think.. you are never too short.. or too black. that's what i think! i'm off to explore your blog now! xx
Oh my god! I remember this! I LOVED this book! And was there also a little short film or something that used to play on SBS?
It was brilliant!
Sounds like an amazing book!
I would love to see more of this one. I will have to hunt down a copy.
sounds (and looks) like a cool book!
Minale as in Minale the Designer? His coporate logo was a black pencil scribble in a box. I used to work with the Australian affiliate of this company. Small world. He had a great sense of paly and humour.
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