Australian Children’s Literature

On our recent visit to Canberra I was able to visit the exhibition on Australian Children’s Literature at the National Library of Australia. The building always impresses me and reminds me of the Parthenon in Greece. The exhibition was in its last few days so I was lucky to be able to get to Canberra…

My favourite illustrator again.

I have posted before about the Australian illustrator Robert Ingpen and mentioned a book called Wonderlands.  I was lucky enough to find the book at a much reduced price when we were in Melbourne visiting our elder daughter and her family.  A great bargain. I just love his artwork. From Wind in the Willows. I…

What a bargain!

Those of you who have followed this blog over the years will know that my favourite illustrator is Robert Ingpen.  I have wirtten previous posts about him and this is another one. I was lucky to find another hardback book in his series of illustrated classics.  I found this at the Op Shop at St…

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…