Tom's mum had a stack of little diaries and notebooks that she'd collected over the years- she used to work at Puffin. I admired them and thumbed them, photographed them and coveted them. She gave me the 1975 one at one point. The year of my birth and one of the loveliest things I've ever been given. I google searched a lot at one point on the amazing 'in-house illustrator' Jill McDonald, but little could be found. There's more now, since the relaunch of Puffin Post. I am trying to get them to let me do a cover! But.. Central St Martin's students are commissioned for this year at least. I'll keep trying. A fantastic Puffin Club Archive blog now exists, and I've posted a few examples above, but it's so worth a look, it's just fantastic.
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