This is a reprint of a vintage book and aren't Dahlov Ipcar's illustrations splendid! (I'm particularly fond of the orange and brown and saffron color palate.) All about tame and wild animals and man's relationship with them.
Monday, March 18, 2024
Wild and Tame Animals
Saturday, March 16, 2024
The Little Prince
The Little Prince is one of those books that everyone should have in their house and re-read from time to time. Antoine de Saint-Exupery is a wonderful writer and I highly recommend his other non-children books. Claudia Bordin lends her take on the story with her modern illustrations in a large picture-book way. Everything about them is wonderful.
Friday, March 15, 2024
Mitsumasa Anno
Mitsumasa Anno was a prolific illustrator. He made the kinds of books that we always liked to check out of the library because you could take your time looking at them. We have four of Anno's country books- China, Italy, Spain, and Denmark. Wordless except for the scene descriptions in the back, they invite careful viewing. I'm convinced that I see something new each time I look at a page!
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Grandfather Todd of Old Cape Cod
"Grandfather Todd was very old. He had been born on Cape Cod a long, long time ago. He was so old that he could recall the clipper ships that used to sail from wharves of the old Cape scores of years ago. So old, indeed, that he could tell tales of the big four-master schooners which cruised the world over, and of the whaling ships and fishing fleets which braved the storms at sea, but brought in their precious cargoes to the safe, snug harbors on Cape Cod Bay."