Friday, August 24, 2007

Marc Boutavant


Marc Boutavant

(with thanks to http://martinklasch.blogspot.com/search/label/illustration)
http://cuteoverload.com/

The Pop-Up World of Ann Montanaro


...the first World Wide Web exhibition created and maintained by the Rutgers University Libraries, of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. The books depicted here have all been drawn from the collection of Ann Montanaro...
http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/montanar/p-ex.htm#start


From RobertSabuda.com


Pop-Ups by Kids

Classic Illustrators by Name

Illustrators of the Mid-20th Century (thanks to Leif Peng)

Short Animated Films by Jeff Scher


Monday, August 20, 2007

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Disney and more




Look at This is a great reference blog with all things Lego, and a list of Disney links. The Disney reuse link compares the recycled drawings from Disney animations.

Then there is disneyandmore.blogspot.com (Alain Littaye's site. Alain is the Co-Author with Didier Ghez of the Disneyland Paris "From sketch to reality" book and a Theme park lover since he discovered Walt Disney World ...)

And one more thing Disney-related: Neatorama has a link to pictures of Nara Dreamland (a knock-off of Disneyland) in Japan. Nara Deamland recently closed and was nearly deserted when these pictures were taken.

The Amazing Adventures

of Morph

"A long, long time before Wallace & Gromit first appeared Aardman Animations produced Morph, so-called because of his ability to change shape."

Saturday, August 18, 2007

Milton Avery



from the NY Public Library’s Spencer Collection and the children's book PAUL

From School Library Journal, 1994:

Paul has written a song, but his parents are too busy to listen. So, he decides to search out his "magic grandmother" and sing it for her. Wearing his magic hat, he meets a flying pig, a blue-eyed caterpillar, a policeperson, the North wind, a singing cat, and four wolves, all of whom help the boy to find the woman and to bring this stilted, contrived story to its merciful end.
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These are wonderful paintings, but I can imagine that they might make kind of a clunky story. Here is the rest of the SLJ review as well as a review from Booklist and one from Publishers Weekly.

Friday, August 03, 2007

New Books! New Free Stuff!

Printable word searches and quizzes from Kane Miller:

my books

Lily's Cat Mask 
A Mighty Girl



Looking for an autographed copy? Contact the Big Blue Marble Bookstore here:


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 Pirate Boy 


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 The Sadie Series 



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The Artist and the King



Want to make a hat like the one Daphne wears?

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Pippa At the Parade 




Going from Cute to Scary


http://www.thisisblythe.com/blythe_history.php


And Back to Cute Again


Poetry Friday

Illustration (detail) by Polly Dunbar from Here’s a Little Poem