Wattle on my morning walk

Beautiful blossom.  I always think of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. This is a piece of artwork by May Gibbs, the author of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. If you don’t know of the book it is an old-fashioned favourite of children in Australia. There is a link here to information and illustrations by May Gibbs.  Well worth a…

The art of Robert Ingpen

I have written previously about my love of Robert Ingpen’s art. Today on the ABC website there was an article about Ingpen. A book has been released called Wonderlands and it chronicles the art of this wonderful illustrator.  I had noticed this book on a recent visit to a bookshop in Canberra and was intrigued…

Dickens and Ingpen, a beautiful combination

Today is the 200th birthday of Charles Dickens. I thought I would share with you a beautifully illustrated Dickens book, given to me by my husband. I have mentioned Robert Ingpen in a previous post but I thought today was a perfect opportunity to share my love of his illustrations. He is the only Australian…

Alice in Wonderland/Salvador Dali an appropriate mix!

Over the years there have been many different illustrators for the book Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.  Apparently Salvador Dali did illustrations for an edition of Alice in Wonderland.  I just love these illustrations, so different to the usual illustrations for this book. To see the illustrations in larger format go to this site and click on…