Banquet Journal

i have no plans to eat anybody

.... and come october, this too, of course.

fantastic mr fox

wes anderson and roald dahl, together at last...

snips & snails & walnut whales

some easter inspiration from the author of sticks & stones & ice cream cones (!?!) and i've been enjoying the tamra davis cooking show - genuinely family friendly recipes from mike d...

donkey donkey

      One of our new books is Roger Duvoison's Donkey Donkey, and its lovely illustrations. Makes me want to paint some goats.   We also love the three shaggy donkeys at Maplewood Farms...

miroslav sasek

I'm suddenly seeing Miroslav Sasek's books everywhere. These images are from This is Paris. I love his more architectural illustrations, particularly how he captures a seemingly teeming city.

the magic butterfly

Another thrifted children's book with more inspiring illustrations: The Magic Butterfly and Other Fairy Tales of Central Europe (1963), a Golden Book illustrated by Ugo Fontana. His embroidered cu...

the three bears

I've been looking at Fedor Rojankovsky. a Russian born illustrator who came to America from France after the War.Rojankovsky did the drawings in this Little Golden Book, The Three Bears.