sophie cuvelier

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"I can't not do books."

hadn't seen this before; it's just completely splendid




i have been wanting so badly to make books with
children again; used to teach little art classes, and we
would make simple books and sew them together and
it was sort of a dream. i wish more children knew that
they could make a little book out of scraps of paper &
some nice fat thread, and it would be an excellent way
to start off becoming an author. 


all children are storytellers.


how could they not be great at making little books? it
ought to be a child's birthright. scraps of paper and a
little string and some crayons. that's all they need. oh. &
maybe a grown-up who will sit nearby to listen and
help with a few things? twenty minutes, max. try it.


only one rule: the book has to be imperfect. it has to
be the child's very own book, and no one else's. just
listen. (& maybe help with punching holes for string.)

he ate it

that card

you have to take the dive

Royal Quiet DeLuxe

you have to take the dive

Maurice Sendak

via Big Other

and in and out of weeks

sendak

Peter Sis

good news travels fast

ronald searle

via

all things considered

overpowered by the conviction of the bystanders that he was really the hardened little wretch he was described to be, what could one poor child do?

oliver twist

charles dickens

megan wilson

peter de sève

yunoki samiro

yunoki samiro

by Ivan Brunetti

"Modesty, gentleness, and simplicity!" it said. "These are the truly beautiful things."

hope

"real poetry is to live a beautiful life"

basho

at betsy streeter's

betsy streeter

Ladybug Picnic

julie fortenberry

here & here & here

room 26

happy thanksgiving,

with love & blessings

to all of you

design: victoria thorne

photo: rick e. martin for the mercury news

robert lincoln lee,

usma

"...and there are probably no more important things in this world than books..."

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look

maral sassouni

grows up

announcing

lovely

lovely

grows up

pink doll slippers, here

like

like

etsy

a journey round my skull

a good idea