Banquet Journal

brian wildsmith's the twelve days of christmas

love brian wildsmith's the twelve days of christmas -a classic always and forever.

a good book drive

Tammy and I are happy to be donating books to this years A Good Book Drive, an annual book drive to bring stories to a new generation of readers and support kids in need of new books. This year the...

bernadette watts' little red riding hood

beautiful illustrations in this happily dark version, from bernadette watts, oxford university press, 1968.

the practical princess

the practical princess (1969) by jay williams with illustrations by friso henstra: "now, then, pull yourself together," she said, sternly. "if you sit waiting for a prince to rescue you, you may s...

squirrels

sweet on squirrels (in theory), i happpily slipped one into the boreal forest print, but i love these dear little red ones from koloman moser's Bilderbuch für die Nichte von Ditha Mautner von Mark...

charles mozley

  from the procession, illustrated by charles mozley.

icebergs

love that image of the iceberg on the bottom, centre right. from the golden treasury of knowledge. and this is beautiful.

the stars: a new way to see them

  was gifted a  thrifted copy of the stars: a new way to see them, by hans augusto rey (yes, that h.a.rey). from his wikipedia: before the 1952 publication of rey's the stars: a new way to see th...

meles meles

putting the final touches on a new print, and am currently consumed by the bits i am unearthing. case in point, the badger (who is perhaps a geeky choice for small talk when you are trying to impr...

hi, mister robin!

more roger duvoisin illustrations in this book discovered at jm's