CHILDREN’S BOOKS AND OTHER ILLUSTRATION WE LOVETumblr (3.0; @childrensbooks)http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c194977f9a293667fbeacd50d6a915d9/tumblr_mhg54y7TC71qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3844a575325859dd5217d170ef1adf53/tumblr_mhg54y7TC71qzd8dgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Excerpts from Maurice Sendak’s final work: <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/01/maurice-sendak-my-brothers-book#slide=1" target="_blank">My Brother’s Book</a></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/41869892102http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/41869892102Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:14:58 -0500maurice sendakmy brother's book<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m85bsxUnrV1rc80v0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://carnetimaginaire.tumblr.com/post/41564396099/milkroute-ben-shahn-peter-and-the-wolf-1943" target="_blank">carnetimaginaire</a>:<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://milkroute.tumblr.com/post/28578186202/ben-shahn-peter-and-the-wolf-1943" target="_blank">milkroute</a>:</p> <p>Ben Shahn, Peter and the Wolf, 1943</p> <p></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/41619381095http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/41619381095Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:23:13 -0500Ben Shahn<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/57472271" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Oliver Jeffers, Picture Book Maker</p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/40941461574http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/40941461574Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:07:47 -0500Oliver Jeffers<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/169c3c16f5e57677003dc446e1432fef/tumblr_mgew25okT11qzd8dgo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Winter Sheep - <a href="http://www.cataverri.com/" target="_blank">Catalina Echeverri</a></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/40172407319http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/40172407319Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:27:41 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ssd3FKVOsnw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://kafka-on-the-shore.tumblr.com/post/39833669153/ernest-celestine-2012-by-stephane" target="_blank">kafka-on-the-shore</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1816518/" title="Ernest & Célestine: imdb" target="_blank"><em>Ernest & Célestine</em> </a>(2012) by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St%C3%A9phane_Aubier&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Stéphane Aubier (page does not exist)" target="_blank">Stéphane Aubier</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vincent_Patar&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Vincent Patar (page does not exist)" target="_blank">Vincent Patar</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Benjamin_Renner&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Benjamin Renner (page does not exist)" target="_blank">Benjamin Renner</a>, written by <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672032/" target="_blank">Daniel Pennac</a></strong></p> <p>I dare you not to fall for this clip… even if you can’t understand a word… Or is it that you’re dead inside?</p> <p><em>… Des chamallows, des roudoudous, des nougats, des berlingots, des pâtes d’amandes, des guimauves…</em></p> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/39845963958http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/39845963958Sun, 06 Jan 2013 12:10:13 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dd2873353c86d6b52de0c19be63a37ef/tumblr_mfqaubCTiL1rp1d1qo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://jonklassen2.tumblr.com/post/39021851861/pd-eastman-sam-and-the-firefly" target="_blank">jonklassen2</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>PD Eastman - Sam and the Firefly</p> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/39039013624http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/39039013624Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:29:23 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0f21742b919e14d375e8e1e6907d108f/tumblr_mfjseberRw1qatsq6o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://iconoclassic.tumblr.com/post/38729081396/saul-steinberg-1949-via-animalarium-under-the" target="_blank">iconoclassic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Saul Steinberg, 1949 (via <a href="http://theanimalarium.blogspot.it/2012/12/under-tree.html" target="_blank">Animalarium: Under the Tree</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/38737806124http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/38737806124Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:19:39 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/693f82aa8406812b1014e663784bff06/tumblr_mfhuxptWnd1qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/dec/22/maurice-sendak-obituary-tony-kushner" target="_blank">Maurice Sendak remembered by Tony Kushner</a> (Guardian)</p> <p>Over the years, his books became stranger, darker, more complex and more magnificent. He was a very serious artist. With a depth of feeling and intensity that might seem odd in an author and illustrator of children’s books, Maurice believed in art.</p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/38636317360http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/38636317360Sun, 23 Dec 2012 12:22:00 -0500Maurice SendakTony Kushner<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/eebfad8cc31f34fe6ee7e994fc9545ba/tumblr_mfakmvLZV11qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Art by <strong>Rambharos Jha</strong></p> <p>From terrific compilation by <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/19/all-the-2012-best-of-reading-lists-together-at-last/" target="_blank">Brain Pickings</a> of <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/07/best-childrens-books-2012/" target="_blank">the year’s Best Illustrated Children’s Books and Picture Books</a></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/38317506694http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/38317506694Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:56:55 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdgi3v0dUu1qh6dnao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://yaykidlit.tumblr.com/post/35680267569/from-this-moose-belong-to-me-by-oliver-jeffers" target="_blank">yaykidlit</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>from <em>This Moose Belong to Me</em> by Oliver Jeffers (via <a href="http://babyology.com.au/sunday-arts/this-moose-belongs-to-me.html" target="_blank">Babyology</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/35706256706http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/35706256706Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:08:58 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct4gfjkAI1qas1mto1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct4gfjkAI1qas1mto2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct4gfjkAI1qas1mto3_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct4gfjkAI1qas1mto4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct4gfjkAI1qas1mto5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct4gfjkAI1qas1mto6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct4gfjkAI1qas1mto7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct4gfjkAI1qas1mto8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct4gfjkAI1qas1mto9_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mct4gfjkAI1qas1mto10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://blog.drawn.ca/post/34926482293/superawesomeshop-carson-ellis-on-tumblr" target="_blank">drawnblog</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://superawesomeshop.com/post/34754943133/carson-ellis-on-tumblr" target="_blank">superawesomeshop</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Carson Ellis, <a href="http://ogrusha.tumblr.com" target="_blank">on Tumblr</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Easily one of my very favorite illustrators working today, Carson Ellis is on Tumblr now.</p> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/35039328878http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/35039328878Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:50:18 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maq9kvRU6G1qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maq9kvRU6G1qzd8dgo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Above: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Infinity-Me-Carolrhoda-Picture-Books/dp/0761367268" target="_blank">Infinity and Me</a> - Kate Hosford / Gabi Swiatkowska<span class="book_detail_author_type"></span></p> <p>Below:  <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Math-Curse-Jon-Scieszka/dp/0670861944/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1348277618&sr=1-1&keywords=math+curse" target="_blank">Math Curse</a> - John Scieszka / Lane Smith</p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/32019562632http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/32019562632Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:31:00 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GpoKXTqQYjg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://thatsnotwhatiheard.tumblr.com/post/29750794232/crownflame-shaun-tans-the-arrival-on-stage" target="_blank">thatsnotwhatiheard</a>:<a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://crownflame.tumblr.com/post/29695565756/shaun-tans-the-arrival-on-stage-if-you" target="_blank">crownflame</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft='{"type":1,"tn":"K"}'><span class="messageBody" data-ft='{"type":3}'><span class="userContent">Shaun Tan’s “The Arrival” on stage. (If you haven’t read/heard of The Arrival… OMG GO FIND IT NOW.)<br/></span></span></h6> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/31123203271http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/31123203271Sat, 08 Sep 2012 10:30:00 -0400<p><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/beardespair2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9q61olCY11qz9cyp.jpg"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://artsviewfinder.tumblr.com/post/28983664555/a-bear-with-a-teddy-bear-anyone-bear-despair-by" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9q61zSQYs1qz9cyp.jpg"/></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Bear-Despair-Stories-Without-Words/dp/1592701256" target="_blank">Bear Despair</a> by <a href="http://gaetan.doremus.free.fr/" target="_blank"><strong>Gaëtan Dorémus</strong></a></p> <p>We first read about Bear Despair at <a href="http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=2403" target="_blank">7 Impossible Things</a>.  Click through for image sources at <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/08/29/bear-despair-gaetan-doremus/" target="_blank">Brainpickings</a> and <a href="http://artsviewfinder.tumblr.com/post/28983664555/a-bear-with-a-teddy-bear-anyone-bear-despair-by" target="_blank">Arts Viewfinder</a>.</p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/30723553292http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/30723553292Sun, 02 Sep 2012 09:43:00 -0400<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m96vjrFAlb1qz9cyp.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m96vk1lF9K1qz9cyp.jpg"/></p> <p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m96vkc6Sbc1qz9cyp.jpg"/></p> <p>The Chicken Thief (Stories Without Words) by <span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=ntt_athr_dp_sr_1?_encoding=UTF8&amp;field-author=B%C3%A9atrice%20Rodriguez&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;search-alias=books&amp;sort=relevancerank" target="_blank">Béatrice Rodriguez</a></span></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/30013251452http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/30013251452Wed, 22 Aug 2012 23:42:20 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ze6l6QIN1qzd8dgo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ze6l6QIN1qzd8dgo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ze6l6QIN1qzd8dgo1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Thanks to everyone for making our book launch day so great and getting the word out about <a href="http://youtu.be/vAbeV_gPUNA" target="_blank"><strong>The Insomniacs</strong>!</a> Here are a few more sneak peek photos of the book.</p> <p>(It can be purchased <a href="http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780399256653,00.html" target="_blank">online</a> or at a bookstore near you!).</p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/29731115014http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/29731115014Sat, 18 Aug 2012 22:42:00 -0400The Insomniacsartists on tumblrkids booksIllustrationpicture booksnightdark<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ww53jOiX1qzd8dgo1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8ww53jOiX1qzd8dgo2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2420-the-royal-tenenbaums-portraits" target="_blank"><strong><em>Royal Tenenbaums</em></strong> portraits by Eric Chase Anderson</a></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/29632506407http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/29632506407Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:17:27 -0400<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/47673688" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Happy Publication Day to <a href="http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399256653" target="_blank"><em>THE INSOMNIACS</em></a> ! </strong></p> <p><strong>story by <a href="http://www.karinawolf.com/" target="_blank">Karina Wolf</a>; illustration by <a href="http://brothershilts.com/" target="_blank">the Brothers Hilts</a>.</strong></p> <p><strong>This STUNNINGLY beautiful book trailer gives a preview of the book.<br/></strong></p> <p>Book trailer directed & animated by Eric Manche; music and sound design by Matt Bryan; narration by Sharon Hogan, recorded by Sarah Binchy</p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/29566652489http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/29566652489Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:31:00 -0400InsomniacsBrothers HiltsKarina Wolflittrailer<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8p6lbFHNF1qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://magalerieaparis.wordpress.com/2011/08/05/1865/" target="_blank"><strong>Roland </strong></a>- story by Nelly Stephane; illustrations by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Fran%C3%A7ois" target="_blank">André François</a></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/29336806204http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/29336806204Mon, 13 Aug 2012 10:22:23 -0400illustrationAndré François<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8lrudEDy51qac76ro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://scrap.oldbookillustrations.com/post/29206023737/poe-cottage-mielatz" target="_blank">oldbookillustrations</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>The Poe cottage, Fordham, New York.</em></p> <p>C. F. W. Mielatz, from <em>American graphic art</em>, by Frank Weitenkampf, New York , 1912.</p> <p>(Source: <a href="http://archive.org/details/americangraphica00weitiala" target="_blank">archive.org</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/29208225973http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/29208225973Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:50:02 -0400