Axel Scheffler

The British Library in London is home to 14 million books, on shelves that stretch over 600km. Extraordinary vessels of ideas and knowledge, they testify to the love affair we have with books. This series explores the enduring appeal and importance of books from a 4th-century bible to present-day paperbacks.

Brunero il Gatto del Mistero, Bombalurina, il Tiremmolla, Mister Mistofele, Rotella: ecco il catalogo dei gatti più ineffabili effabili effineffabili del mondo. Ciascuno coi suoi tre nomi e un’intera collezione di capricci e di segreti. Le grandi poesie gattesche di T.S. Eliot illustrate da Axel Scheffler in una nuova, preziosa edizione. Con la traduzione di Roberto Sanesi.

Magic Light Pictures has released a soundtrack album for the animated short The Snail and the Whale. The album features composed by René Aubry (The Gruffalo, The Bears’ Famous Invasion, The Highway Rat, Under the Bombs, Zog). The soundtrack is now available to stream/download on Amazon, where you can also check out audio samples. The Snail and the Whale directed by Max Lang & Daniel Snaddon is based on a book by author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Axel Scheffler and features the voices of Rob Brydon, Sally Hawkins & Cariad Lloyd, as well as Dame Diana Rigg as the narrator. The short follows the journey of a tiny snail who longs to see the world and manages to hitch a ride on the tail of a great humpback whale. The animated film will premiere in the UK on Christmas Day on BBC One.