Michael Foreman: 50 years of picture books
Michael Foreman’s first picture book, The General, was published in 1961. In the half-century since he has become one of the best-known British writer-illustrators, with more than 300 titles for both adults and children. Foreman’s own stories often focus on conflict and war. His acclaimed autobiography War Boy: A Country Childhood, which combines photographs and adverts with watercolours and pen-and-ink drawings, is now being exhibited at the National Army Museum. The General, written at the height of the cold war, has been republished to mark its 50th anniversary