banquet

leo lionni

great colours in this leo lionni post from the ever brilliant kindra is here

(follow her links too...!)

genius

brian wildsmith's the hare and the tortoise, from the same gold mine as this pillow.

richard and patricia scarry

a perfect high chair...

 

dans les arbres

from this book,

via little circus.

 

edward lear and the quangle-wangle

And as the few fishes who remained uneaten complained of the cold, as well as the difficulty they had in getting any sleep on account of the extreme noise made by the arctic bears and the tropical turnspits, which frequented the neighborhood in great numbers, Violet most amiably knitted a small woolen frock for several of the fishes, and Slingsby administered some opium-drops to them; through which kindness they became quite warm, and slept soundly.

from Edward Lear's "The Story of the Four Little Children who Went Around the World,"
 The Junior Classics Stories of Wonder and Magic

more feodor rojankovsky

animals in the zoo, by feodor rojankovsky.

it was a baby gift for cy, from a dear friend (who cherishes an alphabet book with a fennec as much as i).

the hollings

    

thrifted, this copy of watty piper's children of other lands,

with amazing illustrations by lucille w. and h.c. holling.

collage collage

 

 

these days one of my favourite spots to bring cy and gala is collage collage. erin has created a perfect gem for the small set, with many many temptations for us parental types too.

(and i'm not biased by the great art on the walls AT ALL)

(also LOVE her bruno munari trees)

 
 

pulling teeth

great trees in david mcphail's the bear's toothache. 

 
 

russian children's books

 

 

 

easy to get lost in the many book illustrations here...