| Description | The file contains 7 rough, preparatory pencil sketches for the front cover annotated by Holden with ideas for the cover (CH/1/4/1); a series of draft illustrations for the front cover, including several alternative cover designs, executed in graphite pencil, watercolour and [gouache] (CH/1/4/2); a colour copy of the finished artwork for the front cover (CH/1/4/3); a complete suite of finished pen and ink internal illustrations, annotated with page numbers and diary dates (CH/1/4/4); and a typescript of Sue Townsend’s text for part three of the book entitled ‘Life with Newts’, which contains pertinent pencil sketches and notes in the margins (CH/1/4/5). |