Watch this incredible clip of Shaun Tan talking about his collaboration with Andrew Ruhemann on the film of his beautiful book The Lost Thing which recently won the Grand Prix for Best Short Film at the Melbourne Film Festival (among many other worldwide awards)…
And here is the trailer for the film, which unfortunately I missed at the Festival and will be eagerly awaiting Madman releasing on DVD…
It feels to me like we’ve had a particularly cold Winter this year. It puts me in the mood for reading a book just like this one… Singing Away the Dark. I adore Julie Morstad’s illustrations. And with this book, she got me at first sight of silver birch trunks on a dark teal background…
Sadly we have to wait until the Northern Hemisphere Winter to see it. But meanwhile, these gorgeous sneak previews can whet your appetite…
||Julie Morstad’s Flash cards and previous books are available in the We Heart Books store||
More Charley Harper pretties available in our little store.
It’s a happy day when the new issue of Frankie magazine is available. My idea of heaven is having some blissful moments with a cup of coffee and Frankie.
So what a thrill it is for Katie and I to have our blog featured on the Frankie blog today.
We knew Frankie loved the work of UK illustrator and author Robert Hunter, so we sent them some copies of his book Bearly Warm to giveaway. That’s right GIVEAWAY! Head to the Frankie blog for all the details on how to win this unique handcrafted book.
Bearly Warm is the improbable yet absolutely endearing story of an extremely large polar bear who just can’t get warm. When he decides to borrow some clothes from a long washing line in a nearby village, not only does he find that the clothes bearly fit, but that the villagers are bearly happy… What can the villagers do to help a bearly warm bear?
Cleverly playing on the word ‘bearly’ the restrained text relays a poignant story of giving. A snowy landscape and quirky buildings and figures set the backdrop for illustrations of a beautifully expressive bear.
This limited and numbered edition, self-published by UK artist Robert Frank Hunter is a gorgeous book which will more than bearly warm your heart.
This print is so joyful. I hug books like that often too! The print is available from Thalita Dol on Etsy. Have a look at her other prints, I particularly like the Ball Bunny.
Thalita also writes a blog and has recently had her baby girl’s nursery featured on Ohdeedoh.
Our favourite pig is making a long awaited comeback to bookshelves later this year. It has been three years long years since Ian Falconer gave us the last Olivia book.
The new book is Olivia Goes to Venice…
Olivia said to her mother with an edge of hysteria in her voice, “Oh please – OH, PLEASE MOTHER – can’t we live in a palazzo on the Grand Canal?”
You can see these illustrations better here
Ian Falconer has also illustrated an adult David Sedaris book that is also due later in 2010. The book is called Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary and this is from the books description – In “The Toad, the Turtle, and the Duck,” three strangers commiserate about animal bureaucracy while waiting in a complaint line. In “Hello Kitty,” a cynical feline struggles to sit through his prison-mandated AA meetings. In “The Squirrel and the Chipmunk,” a pair of star-crossed lovers is separated by prejudiced family members.
Thanks to Sara O’Leary for the prompt to write this post.
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I was very excited to see a copy of the 2010 Gecko Press highlights this week. We love Gecko’s books – you’ll know how much we’ve raved about books like Mouk and Who’s Driving?…
Two of their forthcoming books have me excited!
A new-to-me Japanese illustrator Masayuki Sebe has created a Dinosaur puzzle book called Dinosaurs Galore. Love the look of this.
And I’m so thrilled – and intrigued – to see that this book will be published in English.
My sister brought Le Livre des Bruits by Soledad Bravi back from Paris for Rowan when he was smaller. The theme of the book is onomatopoeia – words that suggest the sounds they describe. I love the idea that animals ’say’ different things in different language – like a rooster says ‘Cock-a-doodle-do’ in English while it says ‘Cocorico’ in French. This book tackles this concept with so much wit and humour so that as well as all the animals and objects you’d expect – cows, dogs, bells and whistles, there are powerpoints (which say ‘No!’) and Christmas (which says ‘Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells’). So much fun!
Another great book focusing on onomatopoeia that I have on my shelf is Hear! Here! Sounds Around the World. Anyone else know any children’s books on this theme?!
