Louise Yates

Geneviève Côté

www.childrensillustrators.com has been hacked. See: http://ajawells.blogspot.com/
They've been down since last month.

My Heart Is Like a Zoo 

It's a Miracle!

NY Times Slideshow:

Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2009


(NY Times, the juxtaposition of your advertising is weird.)

A 1942 classic, A Christmas Manger, by H.A. Rey

To see a great close-up photo, visit   
http://www.omnivoracious.com/2009/12/endotheweek-kidlit-roundup.html 
thanks, Paul!

54 Years of Myer Christmas Window Themes

with a fantastic scroll feature:
http://www.myer.com.au/whats-on_christmas-at-myer_christmas-windows.aspx

illustration by http://www.BrettHelquist.com/index.html
Many thanks to http://weheartbooks.com/blog/

http://www.EmmaMcCann.co.uk/

Thanks to http://debbiegreenaway.com/links.html

A Trailer from the New Zealand Book Council

thanks to http://www.apple-egg.co.uk/

Joel Stewart

on illustration (slideshow)

Signed limited edition prints

by Mary Fedden

 from What Are You Like?

Self-revealing artworks by people in the public eye. Signed limited edition prints by Peter Blake, Quentin Blake, Eric Clapton, Posy Simmonds, Brian Eno, Shirley Hughes and many others - all responding to the question - "What Are You Like?"

Shelley Davies

www.Shelleybean.artspan.com/home

Mique Moriuchi

http://www.MiqueMoriuchi.com/

http://www.arenaworks.com/Artists/thumbsMiqueMoriuchi.html

Thank you to http://Shelleybean.artspan.com/

Debbie Greenaway.com


(thanks Jay!)

Dan Bob Thompson
(thanks Craig!)

                                                                                          at MoMA

Thanksgiving Covers

from the Golden Age of Comic Books and Bill Jourdain

Portfolio Watch

http://www.JohnHendrix.com/

Roger Chouinard 
Thanks, Shelley!

The collection of

comic-book artist Joe Kubert

(slideshow)

Dahlov Ipcar

(thanks Jay)

Janice Nadeau is the winner of a Governor General’s Literary Award 
(thanks to Craig Shannon)

WillEisner.com

Soledad Bravi

www.SoledadBravi.com

thanks Jay!

Georgia and Skippyjon

In my imaginary spectrum of picture books that appeal to children, I place Chicken Butt and Skippyjon on one end, and Georgia Rises, A Day in the Life of Georgia O'Keeffe, on the other. Georgia Rises is beautifully written  by Kathryn Lasky and beautifully illustrated by Ora Eitan.  How appealing it is to kids, I don't know. It could be quiet and poetic enough to tip it off the kid-appeal spectrum. But as I write this I realize that the real focus of the book is color, and color is an interesting subject to a lot of kids. My kids had favorite colors from about the age of 3, and their favorites kept changing.

There are (at least)  two other  picture books about O'Keeffe: My Name is Georgia  by Jeanette Winter, and  Through Georgia's Eyes by Rachel Victoria Rodriguez, illustrated by the marvelous Julie Paschkis.

jepg from http://us.macmillan.com/GeorgiaRises

Henrik Drescher

http://www.hdrescher.com/

Grover the Hill

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www.colbertnation.com
Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor U.S. Speedskating

the little sandman

The Sandmännchen  was an East German TV character. In honor of his 50th birthday a feature-length film is scheduled to open in German movie theaters.

Portfolio Watch

http://www.CarsonEllis.com/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Ellis

jpeg from newyorkkids.timeout.com

Your Handy Elevator Speech

Anna Laura Cantone
http://www.annalauracantone.com/wip/d.html

Thanks agian, Shelley
http://www.shelleybean.artspan.com/

Portfolio Watch

Leonie Lord

Sketching His Way Through Genesis

R. Crumb Slideshow

Vincent Van Gogh action figure

with two interchangeable heads.  (I guess one of the heads has two ears?)
http://www.stage-fright.com/vivangoacfi.htm

http://www.rabidrabbit.org/bios/guarnaccia.html

http://www.ba-reps.com/artists/steven-guarnaccia/2443#image_98224

http://www.FunkyLunch.com/gallery.htm

    Thank you to DesignGossip.blogspot.com !

"Illustrated Children's Books"

Black Dog Publishing’s latest book release by Peter Hunt and Lisa Sainsbury
For 40% off this title email Jessica Atkins:  jess@blackdogonline.com

Sweet Pea: More ponderings

from Susan Mitchell's whimsical life (How cute is this bunny??)

Scott Magoon's Website

Gabrielle Vincent

(this link has music, so you might want to turn your speakers down)
'Ernest and Celestine' 
thank you to Shelley Davies

Your handy storyboard

http://www.mightyartdemos.com/mightyartdemos-shulevitz.html

thank you Uri Shulevitz
"...the more the work becomes tight, that is an expression of anxiety."

Matte Stephens

http://matteart.blogspot.com/

Thank you to Jay Vogler