25 July
Born in 1905 – Denys Watkins-Pitchford, English author and illustrator.
Above: An illustration from The Badgers of Bearshanks, 1960.
Watkins-Pitchford, also known by the pseudonym “BB”, included this motto in each of his books:
The wonder of the world
The beauty and the power,
The shapes of things,
Their colours, lights and shades,
These I saw.
Look ye also while life lasts.