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*Two* Women to Know: Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone

*Two* Women to Know: Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone

I think there’s a lot of escape and imagination in fairy stories. — Janet Graham-Johnstone

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I think there’s a lot of escape and imagination in fairy stories. — Janet Graham-Johnstone

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The Frog Prince, The Snow Queen, The Hundred and One Dalmatians and numerous other fairy tales and nursery rhymes — together, Janet and Anne illustrated some of the great British children’s classics of the midcentury.

When they were gr…

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