The Leopard's Drum by Jessica Souhami

The Leopard's Drum by Jessica Souhami

West African Asante folktale with bold illustration inspired by shadow puppets.

"The illustrations are outstandingAdapted from characters created for [Jessica's] own travelling puppet shows, they startle and enchant like shadow puppets in a live performance. The Independent"

Jessica Souhami studied at the Central School of Art and Design. In 1980 she formed Mme Souhami and Co, a travelling puppet company using colourful shadow puppets with a musical accompaniment and a storyteller. Her illustrations, like her puppets, use brilliant colour and bold shapes and her characters leap and swoop across the spreads. Her books for Frances Lincoln are Sausages!, Foxy!, The Strongest Boy in the World, In the Dark, Dark Wood, Baba Yaga and the Stolen Baby, Leopard's Drum, No Dinner!, Rama and the Demon King, The Famous Adventures of a Bird Brained Hen, The Little, Little House, Mrs McCool and the Giant Cuchulainn, The Sticky Doll Trap, and King Pom and the Fox. Jessica lives in North London.

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ISBN 13	9781845075064
ISBN 10	1845075064
Title	The Leopard's Drum
Author	Jessica Souhami
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Quarto Publishing PLC
Year published	2006-09-01
Number of pages	36
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.