Sunday, September 27, 2009

"Close to You" from "MirrorMask"



scene from the 2005 film "MirrorMask,"

A Treasury of the Great Children's Book Illustrators


by Susan E. Meyer
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers; Reprint edition (1997)

From the Silver Age to Stalin: Russian Children's Book Illustration


by Michael Patrick Hearn
Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (2003)

Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration



The Golden Age of Children's Book Illustration
by Richard Dalby
Booksales (2001)

Under the Spell of the Moon book


Under the Spell of the Moon: Art for Children from the World's Great Illustrators
by Patricia Aldana (Editor), Various contributors (Illustrator), Stan Dragland (Translator), Katherine Patterson (Introduction)
Groundwood Books (2004)

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Sunday, September 20, 2009

Joan Aiken - The Wolves of Willoughby Chase


After braving a treacherous journey, Sylvia joins her cousin Bonnie at Willoughby Chase where they narrowly avoid a gory lupine death. But with Bonnie’s parents overseas, and the evil governess, Miss Slighcarp, left in charge, the cousins find their human predators even more threatening.

Maurice Sendak - Mr. Rabbit and the Lovely Present


Sarah Pooley - Twinkle twinkle


Sarah Pooley - I'm a Little Teapot


At Sea