Saturday, February 04, 2012

Simone Rea

Beautiful work by Italian illustrator Simone Rea, one of the winners at the the Biennale of Illustration in Bratslava last year...

Wednesday, February 01, 2012

"The very best picturebooks become timeless mini art galleries for the home..."



 Martin Salisbury and Morag Styles share their artistic and scholastic perspectives on the history and process of making picture books, with examples from 19 countries including artwork by 
Beatrice Alemagna, Kitty Crowther, and Franciszka Themerson.
Thanks to Debra Matsumoto for sending this beautiful book!

Saturday, January 28, 2012

R.G. Roth

R.G. Roth illustrates beautiful children's books, many of them with a jazz theme. His latest is 'Everyone Gets The Blues', written by Leslie Staub...

...and a few of his other gorgeous books...

...as well as his wonderful paintings. Take a peek here to see more..



Monday, January 23, 2012

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Curious Pages

Curious Pages

"A SITE FOR ALL YOUR READING DISORDERS. LOOKING FOR BOOKS ABOUT TEDDY BEARS OR RAINBOWS OR FEELINGS? YOU’RE AT THE WRONG PLACE. HERE WE CELEBRATE THE OFFBEAT, THE ABSTRACT, THE UNUSUAL, THE SURREAL, THE MACABRE, THE INAPPROPRIATE, THE SUBVERSIVE AND THE FUNKY"

Who couldn't love a blog like this? Put together by the inimitable Lane Smith & Bob Shea


Winnie-The-Pooh Sketch Set To Sell For £20,000


Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Gene Deitch's 'The Hobbit'

Stig Lindberg

Stig Lindberg, one of Sweden's most important post-war designers, was an illustrator, painter, designer of industrial products, ceramics and textiles. First released in 1959 in black and white, this delightful book by Lennart Hellsing and illustrated by Lindberg, has now made it's 21st century debut in colour...thanks FineLittleDay...

...and check out this terrific book about Lindberg...

...thanks OrangeYouLucky...


Saturday, January 07, 2012

Thursday, January 05, 2012

The Hergé Rocket

My friend Jay recently got himself a Tintin rocket ship tattoo and sent this jpeg to add to my children's lit tattoo collection.

Poking around I found these nice examples of Tintin rocket ships.


Saturday, December 31, 2011

Happy New Year!

Congratulations to writer Yu Li Qiong and illustrator Zhu Cheng Liang for making it onto The New York Times' list of 10 Best Illustrated Books of 2011 with their beautiful book 'A New Year's Reunion'...

A New Year's Reunion

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