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UntitledJanina EdeCommissioned by Brockhampton Pressc. 1968

British illustrator Janina Ede (1937-2018) created covers and illustrations for over 100 books from the 1950s to the 1980s.

In the 1960s, Ede began working on children’s books. The Patchwork Pack (1968) by Freda Collins is about a group of ‘Brownies’ – the name given to members of the worldwide girl-guiding movement.

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Janina Ede, Untitled, c. 1968 | Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration