Alan Marks

Author of The Snow Queen (Usborne Picture Books)

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Works by Alan Marks

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The Snow Queen (Usborne Picture Books) (2005) 77 copies, 1 review

The Story of Heidi (Usborne Picture Book Classics) (2007) 62 copies

Over the Hills and Far Away (1993) 37 copies

Ring-A-Ring O'Roses and a Ding, Dong Bell: A Book of Nursery Rhymes (1991) 35 copies

Anne of Green Gables (Usborne Young Reading) (2014) — Illustrator — 18 copies

The Thief's Daughter (1994) 16 copies

The Antenna Syndrome (1979) 13 copies, 1 review

The People of the Town: Nursery-Rhyme Friends for You and Me (2016) 12 copies

Tim, der Ausreisser (1988) 9 copies

A Christmas Carol with Sounds (Usborne Noisy Books) (2010) 9 copies

Childe Roland: An English Folk Tale (Folk Tales of the World) (1988) 7 copies

Skyraiders (1979) 4 copies

The Three Little Pigs (PBS little book series) (1990) 4 copies

A Treasury of Nursery Rhymes (1998) 2 copies

Ring-a-ring O' Roses (1991) 2 copies

The Beachcomber (Red Storybook) (1998) 2 copies

Bearknife Gold (1980) 1 copy

Gottschalk: The Lady Fainted (A Selection of Ingenious Piano Fantasies, Caprices, Meditations and Paraphrases) 1 copy

The America’s cup challenges 1851-1987 1 copy

Liszt: Années De Pèlerinage, Deuxième Année, "Italie" 1 copy

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The Secret Garden (1911) — Illustrator, some editions — 37,367 copies, 572 reviews

The Little Mermaid (Usborne Young Reading) (2005) — Illustrator — 212 copies, 1 review

Ragged Bear (1996) — Illustrator — 165 copies

The Dragon's Child (1998) — Illustrator, some editions — 161 copies

The Story of Heidi (Usborne Young Reading) (2006) — Illustrator — 158 copies, 1 review

The Snow Queen (Usborne Young Reading) (2004) — Illustrator — 137 copies

With Love: Ten Heartwarming Stories of Chimpanzees in the Wild (1998) — Illustrator — 121 copies, 4 reviews

Black Beauty (Usborne Young Reading) (2005) — Illustrator — 103 copies, 1 review

Robin Hood (Usborne Young Reading) (2008) — Illustrator — 98 copies

A Christmas Carol (Usborne Young Reading) (2003) — Illustrator — 93 copies

Alexander the Great: True Lives (True Lives Series) (1997) — Illustrator — 93 copies

The Railway Children (Usborne Picture Books) (2008) — Illustrator — 77 copies

Storm (1985) — Illustrator — 68 copies, 3 reviews

The Enchanted Castle (Usborne Young Reading) (2007) — Illustrator — 63 copies

Finding Home (2008) — Illustrator — 61 copies, 2 reviews

Good-Bye, Daddy! (1995) — Illustrator — 57 copies, 9 reviews

Abby (1996) — Illustrator — 47 copies, 1 review

Roald Dahl: The Champion Storyteller (What's Their Story?) (1997) — Illustrator — 39 copies, 2 reviews

Peace and War: A Collection of Poems (1989) — Illustrator, some editions — 39 copies

Captain Cook: the great ocean explorer (What's Their Story?) (1997) — Illustrator — 31 copies

King Arthur and the Round Table (1996) — Illustrator, some editions — 31 copies, 1 review

The Shoemaker's Boy (1993) — Illustrator, some editions — 30 copies, 2 reviews

Amelia Earhart: The Pioneering Pilot (What's Their Story?) (1997) — Illustrator — 29 copies

Resistance (2002) — Illustrator, some editions — 25 copies

Wuthering Heights (Usborne Young Reading) (2010) — Illustrator — 18 copies

The Usborne Fairytale Treasury (2009) — Illustrator — 18 copies

It's Bedtime! (2002) — Illustrator — 15 copies, 2 reviews

The Fog Catcher's Daughter (2022) — Illustrator — 14 copies, 1 review

Rigby Literacy: Student Reader Grade 2 Asha In The Attic (2000) — Illustrator — 14 copies

The Enchanted Forest: A Scottish Fairy Tale (1999) — Illustrator, some editions — 11 copies

CinderAlf (2002) — Illustrator — 11 copies

Guess My Name: A Celtic Fairy Tale and also Rumpelstiltskin (2004) — Illustrator — 10 copies

Lion on the Loose (2008) — Illustrator — 8 copies

The Golden Slipper: An Ancient Egyptian Fairy Tale and also Cinderella (2004) — Illustrator — 7 copies

Siege! (2006) — Illustrator — 5 copies

The Lonely Princess: An Indian Fairy Tale and also Rapunzel (2008) — Illustrator — 4 copies

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Birthdate: 1957
Gender: male
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: London, England, UK
Places of residence: Docklands, London, England, UK
Education: Medway College of Art and Design
Bath Academy of Art
Occupations: Artist
Illustrator
Teacher

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Snow Queen (Picture Books) by Lesley Sims

There's a great deal of unsolicited kissing going on in this book...

This is a hard tale to introduce to children. It's very long (fifty pages can be a lot for a little guy, even if they don't have much text on them!), and there's just so much going on. But given the length and weight of the tale, Lesley Sims did a pretty alright job. It's perhaps a bit too dumbed down in places - there is a way to speak in a manner that children will understand AND be poetic - but there's no denying that it gets the story across.… (more)

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Dendy | Jan 20, 2021 |

The Antenna Syndrome by Alan Marks

Read this a while back, good clean fun. The story? A grunge private detective, battling some weird shit and too many girlfriends finally gets the car of his dreams. Great stuff. Like to get my hands on a digital edition.

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Traveller1 | Mar 30, 2013 |

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