children’s books and interesting illustrationTumblr (3.0; @childrensbooks)http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kunwtr6v2Q1qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>nancy-ekholm-burkert - from James and the Giant Peach</p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/283649873http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/283649873Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:53:51 -0500<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kunwrmLgy01qzd8dgo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>nancy-ekholm-burkert’s</b> cover for <b>James and the Giant Peach</b></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/283648430http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/283648430Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:52:34 -0500<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuel4lRdx21qztbdqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://brownhound.tumblr.com/post/280783065/honeysticks-gauze">brownhound</a>:<a href="http://honeysticks.tumblr.com/post/280707650">honeysticks</a>:<a href="http://gauze.tumblr.com/post/280685061/whiskersonkittens-poisoned-apple-a-fox-came-by">gauze</a>:<a href="http://whiskersonkittens.tumblr.com/post/276618042/poisoned-apple-a-fox-came-by-and-asked-why">whiskersonkittens</a>:<a href="http://poisoned-apple.tumblr.com/post/276510948/a-fox-came-by-and-asked-why-are-you-weeping">poisoned-apple</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>‘A fox came by and asked: “Why are you weeping, Snow White?”’<br/>Myths and legends of Russia — Snow White and the fox</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/280945779http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/280945779Sat, 12 Dec 2009 20:27:54 -0500<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kuihy5p5dN1qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Come Together by John Lennon (via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/yokoonoofficial">Yoko Ono official</a>)</p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/279486701http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/279486701Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:44:29 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kud0pcJEM61qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Zipping up.</b> <i>Never go anywhere without your guinea pig is the moral of this story.</i></p> <p>(via <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/groene_inkt">groene_inkt</a>)</p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/275316402http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/275316402Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:43:59 -0500<img src="http://13.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku23z76lZV1qzgxe9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://dirtypreston.tumblr.com/post/270644482/muppets-jimmywhacked-jim-henson-and-the">dirtypreston</a>:<a href="http://">muppets</a>:<a href="http://">jimmywhacked</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Jim Henson and the early Muppets, including the cast of “Sam and Friends”, his first TV show…</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/270646047http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/270646047Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:45:01 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku3gmtNPb51qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://martinklasch.blogspot.com/2008/09/childrens-books-les-mauvaises-ttes-de.html">Les mauvaises têtes de Coquinet</a> - <a href="http://martinklasch.blogspot.com/2008/09/childrens-books-les-mauvaises-ttes-de.html">via Martin Klasch</a></p> <p><i>bh: I kinda feel like the angry, beret wearing monkey today.</i></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/268043147http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/268043147Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:52:04 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku377vcCWF1qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://martinklasch.blogspot.com/2009/11/childrens-books-my-five-senses.html">via Martin Klasch</a></p> <p><a href="http://martinklasch.blogspot.com/2009/11/childrens-books-my-five-senses.html">Children’s Books: My Five Senses</a></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/267865379http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/267865379Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:28:42 -0500<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku2und8MNy1qzu7aio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://ois.tumblr.com/">ois</a>)</p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/267672620http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/267672620Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:37:29 -0500<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktw42v0aAu1qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://drawn.ca/2009/09/10/new-work-from-pablo-auladell/"><i>New work from </i><b>Pablo Auladell</b> « Drawn</a></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/262520474http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/262520474Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:37:42 -0500<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktu7kuxLEZ1qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://ben-strawn.livejournal.com/?skip=8">Ben Strawn</a></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/261115735http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/261115735Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:58:05 -0500<img src="http://14.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kttbxwkBoo1qz53tjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://intweetion.tumblr.com/post/260584141/kiku-best-illustrated-childrens-books-of-2009">intweetion</a>:<a href="http://kiku.tumblr.com/post/260583401/best-illustrated-childrens-books-of-2009-the">kiku</a>:<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/gift-guide/holiday-2009/20091108_best-illustrated_gg/slide-show.html?page=6#curr_item_4419"> Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2009 - The New York Times</a></p> <blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/260740636http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/260740636Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:00:27 -0500<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktp6q13QGS1qzhl9eo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://liquidnight.tumblr.com/post/258217352/edward-gorey-illustration-from-the-epiplectic">liquidnight</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gorey">Edward Gorey</a> - Illustration from <i>The Epiplectic Bicycle</i></p> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/258225649http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/258225649Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:12:01 -0500<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktmkeyFTO61qzd8dgo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><i>fox</i> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/john_red/3324453471/in/set-72157605836811378/">John Reddinger</a> on flickr<br/><p>via <a href="http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/2009/11/sunday-safari-to-all-little-red-foxes.html">animalarium<br/></a></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/255841052http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/255841052Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:54:34 -0500<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktmkcvqDgV1qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>illustration from <i>Cuento populares rusos</i> by <a href="http://violetalopiz.blogspot.com/">Violeta Lópiz </a><br/>via <a href="http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/2009/11/sunday-safari-to-all-little-red-foxes.html">animalarium</a> </p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/255840023http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/255840023Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:53:19 -0500<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktmkaawDWI1qzd8dgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>stuffed fox by <a>Natasha Fadeeva</a></p> <p>via <a href="http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/2009/11/sunday-safari-to-all-little-red-foxes.html">animalarium</a></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/255838682http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/255838682Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:51:46 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/255161153/tumblr_ktlhbmFdeX1qzd8dg&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>Henry Selick, </b> director of the animated features “Coraline,” “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” and “James and the Giant Peach,” and creator of the animated sequences in Wes Anderson’s “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou,” talks to Leonard Lopate about his creative process.</p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/255161153http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/255161153Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:50:10 -0500<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktk16sqD2L1qzpq4to1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://travellinglight.tumblr.com/post/254163476/gouache-pencil-and-collage-illustrations-from-un">travellinglight</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Gouache, pencil and collage illustrations from Un lion à Paris (Beatrice Alemagna), the story of a lonely lion looking for love, adventure and a sense of belonging in a big and too often indifferent city.</p> <p>via <a href="http://theanimalarium.blogspot.com/">theanimalarium</a></p> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/254296480http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/254296480Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:48:01 -0500<img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdw50QN9x1qzpag0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lattata.tumblr.com/post/250240942/http-www-etsy-com-view-listing-php-listing-id-348">lattata</a>:<a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=34850672"><a href="http://www.etsy.com">www.etsy.com</a></a></p>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/250256040http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/250256040Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:42:49 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdgek9BgT1qzuclho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://mudwerks.tumblr.com/post/250091689/giantevilhead-buffalo-bee-via">mudwerks</a>:<a href="http://giantevilhead.tumblr.com/post/249910779/buffalo-bee-via">giantevilhead</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Buffalo Bee</p> <p><a href="http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/four-color/20">via</a></p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/250097644http://childrensbooks.tumblr.com/post/250097644Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:13:44 -0500