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The Woodland Folk
''The Woodland Folk'' is a six part children's book series released between 1983–1984 written and illustrated by Antonio Lupatelli under the pseudonym Tony Wolf. The titles include: *''Meet the Woodland Folk'' (1983, Dean, ) *''The Woodland Folk Meet the Gnomes'' (1983, Dean, ) *''The Woodland Folk Meet the Giants'' (1983, Dean, ) *''The Woodland Folk Meet the Fairies'' (1984, Dean, ), or ''The Woodland Folk in Fairyland'' (1984, Rand McNally, ) *''The Woodland Folk Meet the Elves'' (1984, Dean, ) *''The Woodland Folk Meet the Dragons'' (1984, Dean, ), or ''The Woodland Folk in Dragonland'' (1984, Rand McNally, ) Adaptation The book series has been adapted into an anime television series: ''Bosco Adventure is an anime television series produced by Nippon Animation, mainly inspired by a book " Storie del Bosco" of the Italian writer Tony Wolf, and other books of this author. The series was very popular in Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990 ...''. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Lupatelli
Antonio Lupatelli (1930 – 18 May 2018) was an Italian illustrator, comics artist and writer who worked under the pseudonym of Tony Wolf. Lupatelli is best known for his illustrations of children's books, including his work in: * ''Pinocchio'', Dami Editore Firenze, 2002 * '' Le Storie del Bosco'', ('' The Woodland Folk'' series, which he also wrote) * ''On the Farm'', Running Press Kids, 2005 * ''In the City'', Running Press Kids, Brdbk edition, 2005 * ''Jack and Jill'' He also made graphic contributions to the book adaptations of the Swiss claymation TV series ''Pingu''. Lupatelli worked with Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Payot Film, Fleetway Publications, and Dami Editore. As a comics artist he was one of several artist to draw for Fleetway's children's magazines ''Playhour'' and ''Jack and Jill''. Among the series he worked on were ''Freddie Frog'', ''Fun in Toyland'', ''Little Sooty'' and ''Moony of the Moon''. In the Italian magazine ''Il Corriere dei Piccoli The ''Cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean & Son
Dean & Son was a 19th-century London publishing firm, best known for making and mass-producing moveable children's books and toy books, established around 1800. Thomas Dean founded the firm, probably in the late 1790s, bringing to it innovative lithographic printing processes. By the time his son George became a partner in 1847,Carpenter, Humphrey, and Mari Prichard. (1984). ''The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature''. New York: Oxford University Press. , 143 the firm was the preeminent publisher of novelty children's books in London. The firm was first located on Threadneedle Street early in the century; it moved to Ludgate Hill in the middle of the century, and then to Fleet Street from 1871 to 1890."Historical Childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rand McNally
Rand McNally is an American technology and publishing company that provides mapping, software and hardware for consumer electronics, commercial transportation and education markets. The company is headquartered in Chicago, with a distribution center in Richmond, Kentucky. History Early history In 1856, William H. Rand opened a printing shop in Chicago and two years later hired a newly arrived Irish immigrant, Andrew McNally, to work in his shop. The shop did big business with the forerunner of the ''Chicago Tribune'', and in 1859 Rand and McNally were hired to run the ''Tribune''s entire printing operation. In 1868, the two men, along with Rand's nephew George Amos Poole, established Rand McNally & Co. and bought the Tribune's printing business. The company initially focused on printing tickets and timetables for Chicago's booming railroad industry, and the following year supplemented that business by publishing complete railroad guides. In 1870, the company expanded into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of the English word ''animation'') describes all animated works, regardless of style or origin. Animation produced outside of Japan with similar style to Japanese animation is commonly referred to as anime-influenced animation. The earliest commercial Japanese animations date to 1917. A characteristic art style emerged in the 1960s with the works of cartoonist Osamu Tezuka and spread in following decades, developing a large domestic audience. Anime is distributed theatrically, through television broadcasts, Original video animation, directly to home media, and Original net animation, over the Internet. In addition to original works, anime are often adaptations of Japanese comics (manga), light novels, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosco Adventure
is an anime television series produced by Nippon Animation, mainly inspired by a book " Storie del Bosco" of the Italian writer Tony Wolf, and other books of this author. The series was very popular in Europe in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and were shown in many European countries (Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, SFR Yugoslavia, Spain, Poland, Russia), America (Canada, Chile, Mexico, ...), and other parts of world like Arab World, Cameroon, Israel and South Korea. They were big success in France, Italy and Japan, but not very famous and was not commercialized in the UK or USA since they were never released in English. The Japanese DVDs were released on July 25, 2003 and the fully remastered Blu-ray discs on July 28, 2017. Plot The story is about a young elvish Princess Apricot (アプリコット ひめ) whose mission is to return to her home - Fountain land, occupied by evil forces of a monster called Scorpion (スコーピオン), before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
