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Charles Perrault’s Puss in Boots has attracted generations of illustrators since its first publication in 1697 — and yet Fred Marcellino’s version still feels completely new. His cover alone breaks every convention: a witty feline face dressed in Renaissance finery stares straight at the viewer, without a single word of […]
Fred Marcellino (1939–2001) was an American illustrator and author of children’s books. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Marcellino began his career as a painter working in the field of abstract expressionism. He studied in Venice on a Fulbright scholarship, and after returning to the United States, turned to design and […]