Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers
Borka: The Adventures of a Goose With No Feathers is a children's picture book written and illustrated by John Burningham and published by Jonathan Cape in 1963.[1] It features a goose born without feathers, whose mother knits a jersey that helps in some ways.[1]
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Borka was Burningham's first published book as an author or illustrator.[2] For it he won the 1963 Kate Greenaway Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject.[1] For the 50th anniversary of the Medal (1955–2005), a panel of experts named it one of the top ten winning works, which composed the ballot for a public election of the nation's favourite.[3]
Random House published the U.S. edition in February 1964 (44 pages; ISBN 0224064940).
According to Kirkus Reviews, Borka is an ugly duckling who "does not undergo a transformation; she is as bald as a goose as she was when a gosling. ... The freely stylized illustrations in bold lines and appropriate, vivid colors are many and strong."[4]
See also
References
- (Greenaway Winner 1963) Archived 2013-01-06 at the Wayback Machine. Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. 2007?. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
- "John (Mackintosh) Burningham (1936-) Biography". jrank.org. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
- "70 Years Celebration: Anniversary Top Tens" Archived 2016-10-27 at the Wayback Machine. The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
- "BORKA: The Adventures Of A Goose With No Feathers by John Burningham". Kirkus Reviews 1 February 1964. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
External links
- Borka: The Adventures of a Goose with No Feathers in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- "Formats and editions of Borka" at WorldCat
- "Flights of fancy: It's 40 years since Borka ...", The Guardian 7 March 2003
- "John Burningham – a life in pictures", a 13-picture gallery, The Guardian 21 March 2011 — includes two pages from Borka