Saturday, May 24, 2014

The Big Book of Slumber

HARDCOVER; Published: 4/18/2014
ISBN: 978-0-8028-5439-1
26 Pages
Ages 3-7
Trim Size, in inches: 9X12.375

Giovanna Zoboli and illustrator Simona Mulazzani team up to create a peaceable kingdom, with handsome animals and large, richly saturated pages. In THE BIG BOOK OF SLUMBER, the animal world beds down—camels on bunk beds, a snake on an elongated twin bed, a monkey snug in the treetops next to his banana. 

What I appreciate most about the book is how easily worlds flow together—human and animal, fantasy and reality—just like dreams themselves. 

THE BIG BOOK OF SLUMBER, with its graceful rhythm, is just what a lullaby book should be—lyrical, cozy, and reassuring.





Thank you to Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.

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Thursday, May 22, 2014

PICTURE BOOK GIVEAWAY


Contest ends Friday, May 30th at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

Chip Kidd

Check out this wonderful book for kids by graphic designer Chip Kidd, 'GO: A Kidd's Guide To Graphic Design'… 


...Kidd talks us through his process for designing the cover for Augusten Burrough's book of Christmas stories 'You Better Not Cry'…



...Kidd in conversation with his graphic design hero, Milton Glaser at Cooper-Hewitt in NYC…

Thursday, May 15, 2014

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Phoebe Wahl

Portland artist Phoebe Wahl says 'Happy Mother's Day' so sweetly. And watch her first ever stop-motion animation lullaby below...
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Lullaby from phoebe wahl on Vimeo.
Phoebe also makes tiny soft sculptures...
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…and don't forget to check out her Etsy shop….

Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Kumi Obata

Japanese artist Kumi Obata makes picture books, book cover illustrations and paper products with her delicate, beautiful etchings...
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