Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Horn Book Review!

Thank you to Jennifer Thermes for sending along this lovely Horn Book review of Sadie's Almost Marvelous Menorah. The review can be read on line here: Recommended Hanukkah picture books








Horn Book Review!

Thank you to Jennifer Thermes for sending along this lovely Horn Book review of Sadie's Almost Marvelous Menorah. The review can be read on line here: Recommended Hanukkah picture books



Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Sandra Monat

German artist Sandra Monat of Herzenart makes the most delightful characters for her wide range of products, from soft toys to china and greeting cards...
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sandra monat, marie antoinette

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Jessie Hartland

I love Jesssie Hartland's illustrations. They're full of humour, joyful élan and witty typography. One of my favourite books of hers is 'Bon Appetit, The Delicious Life of Julia Child'...
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click image to enlarge 'Bon Appetit''s endpapers...
jessie hartland, bon appetit endpapers
...her most recent book is 'How the Meteorite Got To The Museum' (click on image to enlarge)...
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...from 'Night Shift', click to enlarge...
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...check out her store for prints, fabrics and products here...
jessie hartland, fabric design for solaris, netherlands
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jessie hartland, swatch watch
jessie hartland, billboard
...read two wonderful interviews with Jessie (and snoop around her studio) in posts at Moomah Magazine as well as the children's book blog Pen & Oink, where she describes the process of making her latest book...

Monday, October 21, 2013

'The Invisible Kingdom'

A new book out by the King Of Paper Cutting, U.K. illustrator Rob Ryan, 'The Invisible Kingdom', a book about 'a small boy, a big imagination and learning to be your own person'...
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...see Ryan's latest exhibition at SimsReed Gallery until November 8th. Thanks CreativeBoom...

Monday, October 07, 2013

Marion Bataille

Check out this very clever pop-up book, 'Numero' by Marion Bataille, a wonderful follow-up book to her ABC 3D...


...thanks ThisIsColossal...

Pamela Zagarenski


Pamela Zagarenski creates such interesting, textured illustrations for children's books, as well as paintings, full of atmosphere and magic...
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...her most recent book is 'Sleep Like  A Tiger', with a delightful story written by Mary Logue...
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sleep like a tiger 6sleep like a tiger 4sleep like a tiger 1 ...read a couple of posts by Julie Danielson, her Kirkus Review here and another art-packed post on Zagarenski at Julie's fab blog Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast, and here too!..

Lovely!

Just now saw this nice review from Kirkus for SADIE'S ALMOST MARVELOUS MENORAH.



Lovely!

Just now saw this nice review from Kirkus for SADIE'S ALMOST MARVELOUS MENORAH.

Sunday Press


SundayPressBooks.com (click on sample pages) 


Thank you to Monica Edinger