Veronica by Roger Duvoisin This is a lovely book, hard cover, tape down the spine and lovely thick paper pages. It's about a hippopotamus who wants to be different. Veronica just doesn't stand out amongst all the other hippos in the river, she feels like no-one notices her, and she wants to be "famous". This is a slightly longer story, but is written in a way that is so easy to read aloud - a proper bedtime story. The illustrations are beautiful - one page is colour illustrated and the next is line drawings, and so on through the book. Veronica leaves the river bank and heads off for the city. But rather than being different and famous, the city people thought she was so big that she was in the way - she was going the wrong way down a one way street and took up the whole pavement when she lay down for a rest. Veronica had to find water to drink and food to eat, but things were not at all like on the river bank. You can't just eat all the vegetables from a market stall in one great bug gulp, can you? Veronica finds out eventually where she really wants to be... back at home on the cool, muddy river bank with all the other big, grey hippopotamuses. Just like Veronica. Published by Bodleian Library, the author a Caldecott Medal winner, this book is perfect for bedtime. Pinterest | www.pinterest.com/allaboutstories/ Blog | www.itsallaboutstories.blogspot.co.uk/ Facebook | www.facebook.com/itsallaboutstories
Vintage Czech graphic illustrations by Stanislave Cervenkova published in this book by Vlasta Váñová (1917-1968) about a small boy and his tortoises 'Ivana Na Prodej' in 1967.
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Such a lovely illustration from a vintage children's book. Imagine this in a white frame and hung in a nursery or bedroom. A perfect gift for a child or a Wildsmith fan. Page size: 8.5 " x 11" approx This is a printed page from the original book, not a scan, modern reproduction or colour print. As a vintage original, each print is unique and may show signs of age. Each illustration comes packaged inside a protective cardboard mailer. pay for shipping of first print, additional prints shipped free*. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . * free shipping is for multiple prints up to a total package weight of 250gms.
This illustration from Alice Provensen is just the best thing ever
Petunia Takes a Trip Roger Duvoisin ~ Knopf, 1953 Just when I think I've read every last Petunia book, a new one finds me. On loan from ...
A Child's Garden Of Verse illustrations by Roger Duvoisin 1944 The colors in this book are so rich and beautiful. I've shared this one before, but couldn't resist another look inside.
Vintage Czech graphic illustrations by Stanislave Cervenkova published in this book by Vlasta Váñová (1917-1968) about a small boy and his tortoises 'Ivana Na Prodej' in 1967.
Il Museo dei bambini di Siena ospita, come è ormai tradizione, dal 26 Marzo al 31 maggio 2011, presso il Complesso museale Santa Maria della Scala, la 28ª edizione de “Le immagini della fantasia”, la rassegna internazionale che la città di Sarmede, "paese della fiaba", organizza ogni anno e che fu voluta, nel 1982, da Stefan Zavrel. La parte monografica della mostra, curata da Michela Eremita, che approfondisce un autore e il suo percorso artistico nel tempo, nel 2010 era stata dedicata a Beatrice Alemagna, illustratrice italiana tra le più interessanti nel panorama internazionale contemporaneo; nella parte tematica gli autori si confrontano su un tema specifico. Il 2011 è l'anno del Brasile e delle sue fiabe. Immagini di Beatrice Alemagna
Vintage Czech graphic illustrations by Stanislave Cervenkova published in this book by Vlasta Váñová (1917-1968) about a small boy and his tortoises 'Ivana Na Prodej' in 1967.
Vintage Czech graphic illustrations by Stanislave Cervenkova published in this book by Vlasta Váñová (1917-1968) about a small boy and his tortoises 'Ivana Na Prodej' in 1967.
Dear Annie, Doonesbury: what a great idea. I know I did an about-face in my last post: from jazz and rhythm for toddlers to war for pre-teens. Sorry about that (to use a Vietnam War-coined phrase). So now that I've scanned a few pictures from music books into my computer, I'll lurch back to little ones and music. You hit the two of the best books on rhythm, so I want to move on to more classical fare. Starting with the delightfully illustrated Zin! Zin! a Violin by Lloyd Moss. It introduces ten instruments, one page at a time, starting with the trombone: With mournful moan and silken tone, Itself along comes ONE TROMBONE. Gliding, sliding, high notes go low; ONE TROMBONE is playing SOLO.I can imagine your household, with your talent for accents and singing. Next, the trumpet, giving the enthusiastic feel of Marjorie Priceman's pictures: It goes on through cello, harp, clarinet and more. Then they file onto a stage, and play: The STRINGS all soar, the REEDS implore, The BRASSES roar with notes galore. It's music that we all adore. It's what we go to concerts for.A happy line of hand-holding cats, dog, and a mouse boogie across the bottom of the page. And speaking of concerts, I'm ending with my favorite book for young concert-goers: The Philharmonic Gets Dressed by Karla Kuskin. It fits into the tradition of Ramona wondering about Mike Mulligan going to the bathroom. In this one, we follow the getting-ready rituals of many of the 105 members of an orchestra: First they get washed. There are ninety-two men and thirteen women. Many take showers. A few take baths. Two men and three women run bubblebaths, and one man reads in the tub while the cat watches. One woman sits in the bubbles and sings.They dry off, put on underwear (boxers and briefs for the men, and an array of early '80s underwear for the women), each step with Marc Simont's illustrations of six or more people, each doing things slightly differently: There are ties and overcoats and saying goodbye and getting transportation to the concert hall. The book ends with "the man with the black and white wavy hair" (we've been following him too) stepping onto the podium, raising his baton, and starting the music. What I love about this book is that it takes seriously all those little steps which can dominate parts of the day for small children, and which adults tend not to mention much (see Miss Binney, in Ramona quote referenced above). And it turns a somewhat confusing crowd of grown-ups into people who put on their pants (mostly) one leg at a time. Love, Deborah
Edgar Degas - Mary Cassatt at the Louvre The Painting Gallery, 1885 at Degas - Cassatt Exhibit at National Gallery of Art Washington DC
Here is a list of recommended picture books (that build character). The world of the [very] young ... [is] a place where good and evil are clearly sta...
I found a book with illustrations by Roger Duvoisin in the school that I am currently on residency with so I can share some more of his magic, these images are from 'It's Time Now' written by Alvin Tresselt.
I found a book with illustrations by Roger Duvoisin in the school that I am currently on residency with so I can share some more of his magic, these images are from 'It's Time Now' written by Alvin Tresselt.
Vintage Czech graphic illustrations by Stanislave Cervenkova published in this book by Vlasta Váñová (1917-1968) about a small boy and his tortoises 'Ivana Na Prodej' in 1967.
I found a book with illustrations by Roger Duvoisin in the school that I am currently on residency with so I can share some more of his magic, these images are from 'It's Time Now' written by Alvin Tresselt.
