Artist Jon Bentley took inspiration from the Peter and Jane readers to imagine a world far more complex and strange than the original books’ simple prose ever hinted at.
Says Bentley:
Like many people of my generation, I learned to read with Peter, Jane, Mummy, Daddy and Pat the dog. As I struggled with the unfamiliar letters, my eyes where invariably drawn to the picture on the opposite page, full of strange details that drew me in and seemed to suggest a richer more mysterious narrative than the prosaic stories and dialogue on the written page.
Here are a few more. The complete set is here.
