Love for Books!

2012-02-02T00:00:00.000+01:00

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Alice in Wonderland

written by Lewis Carroll,
illustrated by Marjorie Torrey (1955)
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~Vintage Book

2012-02-01T11:54:00.001+01:00

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The Little Lame Prince and his Travelling Cloak
(often published under its shorter title
The Little Lame Prince)
is a story for children written
by Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
and first published in 1875.
In the story,
a young prince whose legs are paralysed due to a
childhood trauma is given a magical travelling cloak
by his fairy godmother; he uses this cloak to go on various
adventures, and develops great wisdom
and empathy in the process.
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Amazon.com
Art by Jessie Willcox Smith

2012-01-31T10:36:00.001+01:00

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“In all ranks of life the human heart yearns
for the beautiful; and the beautiful things
that God makes are his gift to all alike.”
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by Harriet Beecher Stowe
(June 14, 1811 - July 1, 1896)

2012-01-30T00:12:00.001+01:00

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Real Gabinete Português de Leitura
(Royal Portuguese Reading Room)
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The interior of Real Gabinete Português is four stories tall,
capped with a stained-glass cupola and illuminated
by an elaborate chandelier. Created in 1837 by
the Portuguese, the reading room contains
over 350,000 volumes, many of them from
the 17th and 18th centuries.

~Sunday Poem

2012-01-29T00:03:00.000+01:00

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"It is a willow when summer is over,
a willow by the river
from which no leaf has fallen nor
bitten by the sun
turned orange or crimson.

The leaves cling and grow paler,
swing and grow paler
over the swirling waters of the river
as if loth to let go,
they are so cool, so drunk with
the swirl of the wind and of the river —
oblivious to winter,
the last to let go and fall
into the water and on the ground."

by William Carlos Williams,
“Willow Poem”

~A Monster Calls

2012-01-28T16:19:00.001+01:00

Stories are the wildest things of all,
the monster rumbled.
Stories chase and bite and hunt.
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This is an extraordinarily moving novel
about coming to terms with loss.
The monster showed up just after midnight.
As they do. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s
been expecting. He’s been expecting the one
from his nightmare, the nightmare he’s had
nearly every night since his mother started
her treatments, the one with the darkness
and the wind and the screaming. . . .
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This monster, though, is something different.
Something ancient, something wild.
And it wants the most dangerous
thing of all from Conor.
It wants the truth.
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Patrick Ness spins a tale from the final story
idea of Siobhan Dowd, whose premature death
from cancer prevented her from writing it herself.
Darkly mischievous and painfully funny,
A Monster Calls is an extraordinarily moving novel
about coming to terms with loss from
two of our finest writers for young adults.
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Read the first chapter of
A Monster Calls over at Guardian Books.

2012-01-27T00:25:00.001+01:00

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread,
places to play in and pray in,
where nature may heal and
give strength to body and soul.”

by John Muir
Art by Catherine B. Gulley

~Vintage Book

2012-01-26T10:29:00.001+01:00

a lovely Story told by The Brothers Grimm

READ THE STORY HERE!

~Puppy and I

2012-01-25T10:54:00.001+01:00

I met a Man as I went walking:
We got talking,
Man and I.
"Where are you going to, Man?" I said
(I said to the Man as he went by).
"Down to the village, to get some bread.
Will you come with me?" "No, not I."

I met a horse as I went walking;
We got talking,
Horse and I.
"Where are you going to, Horse, today?"
(I said to the Horse as he went by).
"Down to the village to get some hay.
Will you come with me?" "No, not I."

I met a Woman as I went walking;
We got talking,
Woman and I.
"Where are you going to, Woman, so early?"
(I said to the Woman as she went by).
"Down to the village to get some barley.
Will you come with me?" "No, not I."

I met some Rabbits as I went walking;
We got talking,
Rabbits and I.
"Where are you going in your brown fur coats?"
(I said to the Rabbits as they went by).
"Down to the village to get some oats.
Will you come with us?" "No, not I."

I met a Puppy as I went walking;
We got talking,
Puppy and I.
"Where are you going this nice fine day?"
(I said to the Puppy as he went by).
"Up to the hills to roll and play."
"I'll come with you, Puppy," said I.

Poem by A.A. Milne
Photo taken by me,
our little pup, 8days old

~Roald Dahl

2012-01-24T11:53:00.001+01:00

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The garden to Gipsy House was a maze.
At its entrance was placed a slate paving
stone which read:

"...Watch with glittering eyes the whole world
around you because the greatest secrets are
always hidden in the most unlikely places.
Those who don't believe in magic will never find it".
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This motto well reflected the attitude of the occupier
of the hut at the top of the garden.
For, inside the hut at the top of that particular
garden, Roald Dahl wrote his stories.
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ENTER THE HUT HERE!
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MORE INFO HERE!!!
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2012-01-23T00:26:00.001+01:00

Snow White and Rose Red by Chris Beatrice
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One evening, as they were thus sitting comfortably
together, someone knocked at the door as if he
wished to be let in. The mother said: ’Quick, Rose-red,
open the door, it must be a traveller who is seeking shelter.
’ Rose-red went and pushed back the bolt, thinking
that it was a poor man, but it was not; it was a
bear that stretched his broad, black head within the door.
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Read Whole Story Here!!!

~Sunday Poem!

2012-01-22T11:25:00.001+01:00

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Listen ...
The wind is rising
and the air
is wild with leaves.

Winter is an etching,
spring a watercolor,
summer
an oil painting,
and autumn ...
a mosaic
of them all.

STANLEY HOROWITZ

2012-01-21T14:59:00.001+01:00

SOURCE!!!
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2012-01-20T00:21:00.001+01:00

Tree of mine - Tree of mine
Have you seen a girl
With a willy willy wag…
and a long tailed bag
who stole my money, all I had?

Illustration to The old witch by John D. Batten.
From More English fairy tales,
collected and edited by Joseph Jacobs,
New York, London, 1894

~Wicked Witch Bookmark

2012-01-19T00:08:00.001+01:00

FOUND HERE!

2012-01-18T13:20:00.001+01:00

Michael Komarck

2012-01-17T11:13:00.001+01:00

“I will give you what you want.”
I could not find my voice, only a husk of one;
it could barely pass through the fire in my throat.
I clung more tightly to his hands, and held his eyes;
I saw the first touch of icy anger struggle with his patience.
“I will leave you. I won’t trouble you any longer with my love.
But I want to give you something first.
With my love.”

“What?” he asked indifferently.

“Freedom. From me, from this house, from her wood.
I will hold you fast until you stand free of us all.
And then I will leave you.”

Winter Rose by Patricia A McKillip

~WELCOME TO THIS WORLD!!!

2012-01-16T04:17:00.001+01:00

I took photo’s of the birth.

Chica began at 21.45h
and now it’s 4AM…
and I am still awake and watching
over Chica and her little ones!

Till now..
She gave birth to 6 puppy’s in total,
5 sweet little girls and one handsome boy ;o)
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and there is her little feet ;o)
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Do you see her cute little tail?
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Welcome little ones!
CLICK HERE FOR MORE PHOTO'S!

~Sunday Poem!

2012-01-15T00:15:00.001+01:00

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As if the Sea should part

And show a further Sea
And that— a further— and the Thee
But a presumption be
Of Periods of Seas
Unvisited of Shores
Themselves the Verge of Seas to be
Eternity— is Those—

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By Emily Dickinson

~Vintage Book..

2012-01-14T12:06:00.001+01:00

2012-01-13T12:28:00.001+01:00

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“You have overheard scraps of talk
that filled you with amazement.
You have gone to bed at night bewildered
by the complexity of your feelings.
In one day thousands of ideas have coursed
through your brains; thousands of emotions
have met, collided and disappeared
in astonishing disorder.”
Virginia Woolf

2012-01-12T12:30:00.001+01:00

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“O Tiger-Lily!” said Alice, addressing herself to one
that was waving gracefully about in the wind,
“I wish you could talk!”

“We can talk,” said the Tiger-lily,
“When there’s anybody worth talking to.”
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Alice Through the Looking Glass-
by Lewis Carroll
Art unknown to me

UPDATE:
The artist is Emily Winfield Martin
With thanks to Stefa.

2012-01-11T12:48:00.001+01:00

The Muppets in Classic Fairytales

Steal from the rich and give to the fuzzy!
Illustrator David Petersen has turned out some
superb Muppet renditions of three classic fairytales:
Snow White, Robbin Hood and King Arthur.
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For more of Petersen’s excellent work,
including his award winning comic series
Mouse Guard, see davidpetersen.net.

2012-01-10T13:31:00.001+01:00

Tam Lin by Pamela Dean (1991)
LINK

I forbid ye maidens all
that wear gold in your hair
to travel to Carterhaugh
for young Tam Lin is there

Tam Lin is the hero of a legendary ballad
originating from the Scottish Borders.
The story revolves around the rescue of Tam Lin
by his true love from the Queen of the Fairies.
While this ballad is specific to Scotland,
the motif of capturing a person by holding him
through all forms of transformation is found
throughout Europe in folktales.

~Sunday Poem!

2012-01-08T03:31:00.001+01:00

I cannot sleep; my mind's too full of him.
What right has he to haunt me, since I vowed
that I would no more think of him aloud,
but store him safe away inside my dim
attic of thoughts? And if I sleep, I dream
of walking with him through a dappled wood;
then, waking, shadows of his visage cloud
my sight. The morning's nascent sunbeams brim
with hazy phantoms from the night before
that sharpen in the glare of afternoon;
when evening glooms, I once again make grim
resolve that I will think of him no more;
at night I lie here staring at the moon.
I cannot sleep. My mind's too full of him.

Art by Albert Edelfelt
Sonnet: First published in Lucidity

~Quote

2012-01-06T13:49:00.001+01:00

If fairy-story as a kind is worth reading at all
it is worthy to be written for and read by adults.

by JRR Tolkien
art unknown to me

2012-01-04T11:58:00.001+01:00

Jeffrey Flores

2012-01-03T13:15:00.001+01:00

“Delightful creatures who can balance on
a fish’s nose and pipe the little songs that are
in the bursting bubbles of the foam.”

-Dugald Stewart Walker, Dream Boats

~Vintage Books..

2012-01-02T12:35:00.001+01:00

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I see you have got this on the brain.
Well, I will let you into the secret.
My right eye laughs when I look at my three sons,
and see how strong and handsome you all are,
and the other eye weeps because I fear that after

I die you will not be able to keep the empire together,
and to protect it from its enemies.
But if you can bring me water from the spring of the
Fairy of the Dawn, to bathe my eyes,
then they will laugh for evermore; for I shall know that
my sons are brave enough to overcome any foe.

The Fairy of the Dawn

Andrew Lang, The Violet Fairy Book

2011-12-31T12:19:00.001+01:00

Source

I wish you all
a very happy new year!!!

~Quote

2011-12-30T10:42:00.001+01:00

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Stories you read
when you’re the right age
never quite leave you.
You may forget who wrote them or
what the story was called.
Sometimes you’ll forget precisely what happened,
but if a story touches you
it will stay with you,
haunting the places in your mind
that you rarely ever visit.

by Neil Gaiman

~Vintage Books..

2011-12-29T13:29:00.001+01:00

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Many a girl has waited long
For a husband brave or strong;
But I’m sure I never met
Any sort of woman yet
Who could wait a hundred years,
Free from fretting, free from fears.

Now, our story seems to show
That a century or so,
Late or early, matters not;
True love comes by fairy-lot.
Some old folk will even say
It grows better by delay.

Yet this good advice, I fear,
Helps us neither there nor here.
Though philosophers may prate
How much wiser ‘tis to wait,
Maids will be a-sighing still —
Young blood must when young blood will!
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2011-12-28T11:47:00.001+01:00

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Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who in this land is fairest of all?
The mirror answered:
You my queen, are fair; it is true.
But the young queen
Is a thousand times fairer than you.

from the story Snowwhite
by The Brothers Grimm
READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE!!!

2011-12-27T12:02:00.001+01:00

Faeries family tree by Robert Ingpen
in Encyclopedia of things that never were.
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2011-12-25T13:07:00.001+01:00

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

2011-12-24T18:42:00.001+01:00

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Alice at the mad tea-party
by W.H. Walker

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I had a lovely party,

with lots of tea and cupcakes,

wonderful presents,

handshakes and lots of kisses!

I was really spoiled

with friendship

and

best wishes for my

Birthday..

so Thank you All!!!

~The Fairy’s Birthday

2011-12-22T14:18:00.001+01:00

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by William Heath Robinson
The Fairy’s Birthday
~ Holly Leaves (Magazine) December 1925
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IT´s MY BIRTHDAY TOMORROW!!!
…HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME…

2011-12-21T10:24:00.001+01:00

Now and again ladies pass in their pattens, a maid
perhaps protecting them with an umbrella,
for flakes of snow are falling discreetly.

Hugh Thomson, from Quality street,
a comedy in four acts,
by James Matthew Barrie, London, 1913.

2011-12-20T09:52:00.001+01:00

Sulamith Wulfing “The Big Friend”.

This illustration was featured
in Pete Sinfield’s album “Still”, 1973.

2011-12-19T13:01:00.001+01:00

Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar at home.

by Arthur Rackham,
frontispiece from English fairy tales,
retold by Flora Annie Steel, New York, 1922.

~Sunday Poem

2011-12-18T18:59:00.001+01:00

The fairies are dancing — how nimbly they bound!
They flit o’er the grass tops, they touch not the ground;
Their kirtles of green are with diamonds bedight,
All glittering and sparkling beneath the moonlight.

Hark, hark to their music! how silvery and clear —
‘Tis surely the flower-bells that ringing I hear, —
The lazy-wing’d moth, with the grasshopper wakes,
And the field-mouse peeps out, and their revels partakes.

How featly they trip it! how happy are they
Who pass all their moments in frolic and play,
Who rove where they list, without sorrows or cares,
And laugh at the fetters mortality wears!

But where have they vanish’d? — a cloud ‘s o’er the moon,
I’ll hie to the spot, — they’ll be seen again soon —
I hasten — ’tis lighter, — and what do I view? —
The fairies were grasses, the diamonds were dew.

And thus do the sparkling illusions of youth
Deceive and allure, and we take them for truth;
Too happy are they who the juggle unshroud,
Ere the hint to inspect them be brought by a cloud.

by Carolina Eliza Scott (1777-1853)
art unknown to me

2011-12-17T11:16:00.001+01:00

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An illustration by Hilary Knight
for Beauty and the Beast, an edition of the fairy tale
that was first published in 1963.

~Restaurant in Alice Theme

2011-12-16T10:35:00.001+01:00

.. . .
This marvelous ministry of madness is the
Alice in Wonderland themed restaurant in Tokyo.
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This marvelous ministry of madness is the
Alice in Wonderland themed restaurant in Tokyo.

Someone somewhere needs to do a full ranged,
cross platformed, balls to the wall, video game
themed restaurant. Master Chief as the
maitre d. Mario and Luigi in the Kitchen.
Advent children plays in the men’s room,
which looks like a scene from Bioshock.
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“I’ll have the Soulcalibur Salmon please.
Soul Edge on the side.”
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“And you ma’am?”
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“I can’t decide between the Invincibility Code Club
or the Pokemon Emerald Cobb?”
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“The Emerald is one of our specialties ma’am.”
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“Then I’ll get that with extra Venosaur and hold the Pidgeot.”

...

Source

2011-12-15T11:21:00.001+01:00

Pinocchio
by Luigi and Maria Augusta Cavalieri
(1924)
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2011-12-14T10:08:00.001+01:00

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I still believe!!!
I love the Grimms brother fairy tales.
and
I need to live in one of these books ..LOL

~Vintage Books

2011-12-13T16:16:00.001+01:00

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Snow-White and Rose-Red

Not to be confused with just plain old Snow White.
This is another Brothers Grimm fairy tale, which is
about a prince, who was cursed by a troll and transformed
into a great bear, who is then saved by two sisters,
Snow-White and Rose-Red.
READ THE STORY HERE!!!

~Sunday Poem

2011-12-11T13:32:00.001+01:00

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A Dream of Grace” by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
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A dream of mist:
of ghostly shapes,
of sauntering shadows,
beneath moon's pale disk.

A dream of trees:
that rake the sky,
of silent sentinels,
a lattice of etched leaves.

A dream of beauty:
she glides with a grace
of a leaf skirting the wind,
silver moon-touched face.

2011-12-09T12:36:00.001+01:00

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“The best decoration in the world
is a room full of books.”
-Billy Baldwin

HAVE A WONDERFFUL WEEKEND!!!
XXX ANNA XXX

2011-12-08T12:26:00.001+01:00

The girl with no hands by Liza Corbett
READ THE STORY HERE!!!

2011-12-07T14:13:00.001+01:00

Alice in Wonderland
by Coran “Kizer” Stone

2011-12-06T15:32:00.001+01:00

Sleeping Beauty by Rene Cloke

2011-12-05T11:25:00.001+01:00

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Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier, a retelling
of “The Twelve Dancing Princesses”
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High in the Transylvanian woods,
at the castle Piscul Draculi, live five daughters
and their doting father.
It’s an idyllic life for Jena, the second eldest, who
spends her time exploring the mysterious forest
with her constant companion, a most unusual frog.
But best by far is the castle’s hidden portal, known
only to the sisters. Every Full Moon, they alone
can pass through it into the enchanted world
of the Other Kingdom. There they dance through
the night with the fey creatures of this magical realm.

But their peace is shattered when Father falls ill
and must go to the southern parts to recover,
for that is when cousin Cezar arrives.
Though he’s there to help the girls survive the
brutal winter, Jena suspects
he has darker motives in store.
Meanwhile, Jena’s sister has fallen in
love with a dangerous creature of the Other Kingdom
—an impossible union it’s up to Jena to stop.
When Cezar’s grip of power begins to tighten,
at stake is everything Jena loves: her home,
her family, and the Other Kingdom she has
come to cherish. To save her world,
Jena will be tested in ways she can’t imagine
—tests of trust, strength, and true love.
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2011-12-02T09:37:00.001+01:00

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Look at them, troll mother said.
Look at my sons!
You won’t find more beautiful trolls
on this side of the moon”
by John Bauer

HAVE A

WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!

XXX

2011-12-01T14:22:00.001+01:00

~Sorry

2011-11-21T15:20:00.001+01:00

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I should have told you all before!
I am very sick, so I sleep a lot..
and therefore not so often on my blog,
these days!!!
hope to be back soon ;o)

~Vintage Books..

2011-11-11T11:08:00.001+01:00

De Schoone Slaapster in het Bosch
Mother Goose Fairy Tale.
by J.G. van Caspel (Dutch)
(02-05 1870--06-02 1928)

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2011-11-10T13:41:00.001+01:00

Garden Bower
by Caspar David Friedrich.
German Romantic Painter, (1774-1840)

2011-11-09T15:33:00.001+01:00

Thumbelina” from The Tasha Tudor Book of Fairy Tales

2011-11-08T11:26:00.001+01:00

Peter Pan illustrated by Marjorie Torrey (1957)

2011-11-07T11:43:00.001+01:00

The Silver Wood by Ruth Sanderson

2011-11-06T17:27:00.001+01:00

Just get me my golden ball
by Joanna Pasek
READ STORY HERE!!!

2011-11-04T13:28:00.001+01:00

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND,
DON”T FORGET TO READ A BIT ;o)

Artist unknown to me

2011-11-02T15:04:00.001+01:00

   by Bernhard Oberdieck (German, 1949-)

Talking to the Moon
Trying to get to You
In hopes you're on
the other side
Talking to me too
Or am I a fool
who sits alone
Talking to the moon

Lyrics Bruno Mars- Talking to the Moon

~Halloween Wishes!!!

2011-10-28T20:46:00.001+02:00

MAY THE GOOD FAIRY,
WITCH OR FAY
GRANT
THE WISHES
YOU WISH THIS DAY!



HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

2011-10-24T14:42:00.001+02:00

MY KIND OF ROOM ;0)

~Happy Halloween!

2011-10-20T13:26:00.001+02:00

Fabulous Young Witch Flying Standing Up in the Woods
--by Ida Rentoul Outwaithe

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite was born
Ida Sherbourne Rentoul
in Carlton Victoria 9 June 1888
– died Caulfield, Victoria 25 June 1960
She was an Australian illustrator of children's books.
Her work mostly depicted fairies.
Outhwaite worked predominantly with pen
and ink, and watercolour.

Outhwaite's first illustration was published by
The New Idea in 1904 when she was just 15 years of age.

2011-10-19T13:03:00.001+02:00

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Clématis
by Sir Hubert von Herkomer (1849-1914).

2011-10-18T09:33:00.001+02:00

by Hugh Thomson (Irish, 1860-1920)
~ From William Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor,

2011-10-17T12:27:00.001+02:00

Missouri-born illustrator
Virginia Frances Sterrett (1900–1931)
managed to complete just three books in her short life,
all of them commissioned by the
Penn Publishing Company:
Old French Fairy Tales (1920),
Tanglewood Tales (1921), and
Arabian Nights (1928).

~Sunday Quote

2011-10-16T09:48:00.001+02:00

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    "Obsessed by a fairy tale,
we spend our lives searching for a magic door
and a lost kingdom of peace."

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by Eugene O'Neill
Art by Jesse Wilcox Smith

2011-10-15T11:20:00.001+02:00

by George Soper (American 1870-1942)
~ From Tales From Shakespeare by Mary Lamb

2011-10-14T12:29:00.001+02:00

by Carl Larsson (Swedish, 1853-1919)
~ My Eldest Daughter, Suzanne with Milk and Book

2011-10-13T12:22:00.001+02:00

By Becky Kelly

2011-10-12T15:56:00.001+02:00

by Arthur Rackham (English, 1867-1939)
~ Frontispiece, A Dish of Apples by Eden

~An Award for My Blog….

2011-10-11T10:57:00.001+02:00

I’ve got an Award
Thank you, thank you very much
Clarissa Rodriguez.
Click Here!
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   A Red Rose as a big thank you ;o)

~John Anster Fitzgerald

2011-10-10T11:38:00.001+02:00

John Anster Christian Fitzgerald (1819 – 1906)
He was a Victorian era fairy painter and portrait artist.
He was nicknamed "Fairy Fitzgerald" for his main genre.
READ MORE HERE.

~Sunday Quote!

2011-10-09T11:59:00.001+02:00

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I’ve learned that good-byes will always hurts,
pictures will never replace having been there,
memories good and bad will bring tears,
And words never replace feelings!
~Unknown to me
Art by Winslow Pels

~Vintage Books..

2011-10-07T10:50:00.001+02:00

“The Doll Who Came Alive” by Enys Tregarthen
(1944 edition)

Nellie Sloggett (29 December 1851,
Padstow, Cornwall, UK– 1923) was an author and folklorist
who wrote under the names Enys Tregarthen
and Nellie Cornwall.

After Tregarthen's death, the writer
Elizabeth Yates edited her extensive unpublished
materials for publication.

2011-10-06T11:56:00.001+02:00

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“The person, be it gentleman or lady,
who has not pleasure in a good novel,
must be intolerably stupid.”
~ Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

~Libico Maraja

2011-10-03T12:01:00.001+02:00

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Libico Maraja (1912-1983)
was one of Italy's top post-War illustrators.
Born in Bellinzona, Svizzera, Maraja studied in
Lugano and began his career working for the Ala studios.
In 1940, he moved to Berlin, where he cooperated with
IMA Film, among others of the animated film 'La Rosa di Bagdad'.
After the war, he became wellknown for his book illustrations
for 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland', 'Pinocchio',
'Peter Pan', and many other classics.
Between 1946 and 1949, he had a brief appearance
in comics, when he made stories like 'La Quercia Maledetta'
('Dottor Faust') and 'Un mondo in un albero' with
Federico Pedrocchi for Topolino (Mondadori).
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VISIT THE WEBSITE
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2011-10-02T11:01:00.001+02:00

SOURCE

FOLLOW YOUR
DREAMS!

HAVE A
WHIMSICAL
SUNDAY!

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An earth-star fungus (Geastrum fornicatum):
four fruiting bodies.
Watercolour by R. Baker, 1895.
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The prince fungus (Agaricus augustus).
Watercolour by R. Baker, 1898
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by Arthur Rackham

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“Original Harrison Fisher illustrated print
from a 1912 issue of The Ladies Home Journal.”

Harrison Fisher was American illustrator (1877-1934).

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illustration by
(Marie) Rie Cramer (1887-1977)

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by Beatrix Potter
READ MORE HERE!
and than for english text
scroll down a bit.

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by Alice Tait
CLICK HERE TO VISIT HER WEBSITE

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The very first moment I beheld him,
My heart was irrevocably gone.
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byJane Austen
Art by Johanna Harmon

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‘More than once she had been known
to have a teaparty…’
from A Little Princess (1905)
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
illustrator Ethel Franklin Betts (1878-1956)

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by Angusine Macgregor

Early 20th Century

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Illustrated by Charles Robinson

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Little Red Riding Hood,
illustration by Carl Offterdinger,
end of 19th Cent.
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"Grandmother, what big arms you have!"
"All the better to hug you with, my dear."

"Grandmother, what big legs you have!"
"All the better to run with, my child."

"Grandmother, what big ears you have!" |
"All the better to hear with, my child."

"Grandmother, what big eyes you have!"
"All the better to see with, my child."

"Grandmother, what big teeth you have got!"
"All the better to eat you up with."

READ THE WHOLE STORY HERE

~Vintage Books..

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The Wizard of Oz. Poster,
"The Tin Man", 1903

~Vintage Books..

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Book cover, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,
written by Lewis Carroll and
illustrated by Charles Robinson,
1907

WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!
XXX

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Beatrix Potters art
by Anne Stevenson Hobbs

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by Madge Williams

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ca1880 Paul Cesar Helleu (French 1859-1927)
~ Young Lady in White; Indianapolis Museum of Art

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Hairy
from “Where the Wild things are”

Hope you all have a great day!

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The Wolfman by Bluefooted

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HAVE A MAGICAL WEEKEND!
XXX

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~Roald Dahl

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. Mirror, mirror, on the wall, Who in this land is fairest of all? The mirror answered: You my queen, are fair; it is true. But the young queen Is a thousand times fairer than you.

~The Fairy’s Birthday

~Sunday Poem

~Restaurant in Alice Theme

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Beatrix Potters art by Anne Stevenson Hobbs

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Mirror, mirror, on the wall,
Who in this land is fairest of all?
The mirror answered:
You my queen, are fair; it is true.
But the young queen
Is a thousand times fairer than you.

Beatrix Potters art
by Anne Stevenson Hobbs