Júlia Sandà

 

'Duckworth the Difficult Child' written by Michael Sussman and illustrated by Júlia Sandà, published in 2019. A perfect book, Júlia has illustrated it so elegantly with wonderful space and pattern and the story is just wonderful, parents that will not listen to their child (difficult parents), thinking their child is difficult. 

Krystyna Turska I

These illustrations are from "The Prince and the Firebird" the story of ballet, published in1982 and illustrated by Krystyna Turska.

Krystyna Zofia Turska was born in 1933 and spent her childhood in Poland until World War II. In 1940 Krystyna was arrested with her family and taken to a concentration camp in Russia. She escaped to Persia and finally reached England in 1948. Krystyna studied at the Hammersmith School of Art and became an illustrator and author of children's books. Her talent was recognised with the Kate Greenaway Medal, a major British award for children's book illustration for "The Woodcutter's Duck" (1972). 

Cheyenne Goudswaard

Today Cheyenne Goudswaard's animation, 'IK BEN HIER' (I am here) premiers online, I can't wait to see the full film which was Cheyanne's graduation film for her Master’s in Animation in 2023.

1698 Flap book

 

This is a rare lift-the-flap book made by a child in 1698

The four sets of pictures are arranged side-by-side, transforming as the flaps are lowered and raised. Adam turns into Eve who becomes a mermaid. A rampant lion turns into a griffin, which becomes a baby-snatching eagle. The infant, who escapes and becomes a miser, mutates into an inverted heart, which then becomes a money bag. And finally, the rich man, once old and ill, withers to a skeleton.

The opening stanza commands readers: “Lift up and see the bride.” From there, the story–literally–unfolds as they choose. 

Currently on display at "Come Together: 3,000 Years of Stories and Storytelling." The Morgan Library & Museum, New York

Merve Kaya

 

Beautiful landscape studies by  Merve Kaya , again found through the 'Our Planet Week Challenge'.

Lee White

 

Thinking on extreme hobbies Lee White thought of a child obsessed with birds. 

Oddly since the weekend and since scheduling this post we have a bird, a crow with a broken wing run into by a car. 

It is not good to cage a wild bird, but I have no choice if he is to survive, though the wing was bound, he ripped the bandage off and his wing trails, and I have learned that crows wings do not heal, apparently magpies do, but not crows. 

Tina Loeffler

 

Tina Loeffler's works are folkloric and also have a uniquely asian visual language of both China and India, I found these works through her participation in the Our Planet Week Challenge.

Brad Hock

 

There is nothing that I do not love about this book, it is magical, funny and just creative joy. This is the second run of 1000 books published by Lore Game Books. 'How to bake a breadling' by Brad Hock for those in the Uk echos the gentle magic of Mackenzie Crook's 'Small Prophets' and has that soulful wonder and humour that brings a breath of joy. 

Beautifully produced, down to the endpapers, I cannot recommend this delicious book highly enough!

Kate Perrin IV

 

A sweet full moon from the sketchbook of Kate Perrin. 

Kalyani Ganapathy

'FOREVER FRIENDS! The Gods and their Vahanas' is published by adidevpress and written by Chitwan Mittal and delicately and lovingly illustrated with beautiful decorative details by Kalyani Ganapathy.