"The lyrics of my songs are classic children's poetry. The poems are sung word for word, without editing, exactly as the poets wrote them. I hope you enjoy listening to this garden of songs as much as we enjoyed playing in it.” – Ted Jacobs
Album art by Michael Foreman
Michael Foreman is the award-winning illustrator of over 170 books, 20 of which he has written himself. Michael attended the Lowestoft School of Art and later the Royal College of Art. He currently works with the London School of Printing, the Royal College of Art and the Central School of Art in London. The album illustrations are from Michael's illustrated edition of A Child's Garden Of Verses and his own award winning book A Child's Garden Of Hope.
'I keep trying to make things more real, not in a literal, photographic sense, but in an emotional sense, telling a story by capturing the essence of the situation, giving it some meaning.' Michael Foreman