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Series Two: Children’s Book Illustration Postcards 6-10

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As promised, I’m back with more children’s book illustration postcards–swaps 6-10.  The postcards below are from various parts of the world and include some of my favorite characters and/or themes–teddy bears, Classic Pooh, Moomin, and Alice in Wonderland.  I was very pleased to be introduced to Rosalie and Truffle (the pink pig and the brown boar–see public swap #7).  Amazon’s description:

Love at first sight does exist! Rosalie and Truffle fall in love when they meet under an apple tree. But their well-meaning friends and relatives discourage them from meeting again. As time goes by, and Rosalie and Truffle improve their lifestyles with yoga and dancing, they realize that neither material growth nor physical perfection guarantees happiness. At last they return to the apple tree and reunite.

Rosalie and Truffle, Truffle and Rosalie is an endearing story of love and trust, with wonderful illustrations. And the story is narrated from both points of view: flip the book over to read the story from the other perspective. This is a charming gift book, perfect for Valentine’s Day or for any special occasion.

Aside from their story of self-discovery and love, they remind me of strawberry and chocolate ice cream.  Yum!

BLC PC #6: From Swededreams (USA): Happy Birthday, Kirsten. From the American Girls Series. Kirsten and her friends traded scraps of cloth so everyone could make a colorful design on a square of white muslin. The designs they made from the bits of cloth slowly grew in their hands the way wild violence bloomed on the prairie. Hallmark.

BLC PC #6: From Swededreams (USA): Happy Birthday, Kirsten. From the American Girls Series. Kirsten and her friends traded scraps of cloth so everyone could make a colorful design on a square of white muslin. The designs they made from the bits of cloth slowly grew in their hands the way wild violence bloomed on the prairie. Hallmark.

 

Public #6: From Mollypop (USA)--From Pleasant Lands 1936. Illustrators: A. Gladys Peck and Eleanor Osborn Eadie

Public PC #6: From Mollypop (USA)–From Pleasant Lands 1936. Illustrators: A. Gladys Peck and Eleanor Osborn Eadie

BLC PC#7: From Eloise (Mexico)--The Family from One End Street, 2004. Cover illustration by Eve Garnett. Puffin.

BLC PC#7: From Eloise (Mexico)–The Family from One End Street, 2004. Cover illustration by Eve Garnett. Puffin.

 

Public #7: From Am-Sophie (Germany): Rosalie and Truffle by Katja Reider. Illustration by Jutta Bucker

Public PC #7: From Am-Sophie (Germany): Rosalie and Truffle by Katja Reider. Illustration by Jutta Bucker

 

BLC PC #8: From Ladybug (Canada)--The Tiny Seed, 1987, by Eric Carle.

BLC PC #8: From Ladybug (Canada)–The Tiny Seed, 1987, by Eric Carle.

 

Public #8: From Milkiss (Korea)--Moomin Characters

Public PC #8: From Milkiss (Korea)–Moomin Characters

 

BLC PC#9: From Sarah (USA)--Heidi by Johanna Spyri, 1956. Cover illustration by Cecil Leslie. Puffin.

BLC PC#9: From Sarah (USA)–Heidi by Johanna Spyri, 1956. Cover illustration by Cecil Leslie. Puffin.

 

Public #9: From Jennifer (USA). From Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Illustration by George Soper. "At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her."

Public PC #9: From Jennifer (USA). From Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Illustration by George Soper. “At this the whole pack rose up into the air, and came flying down upon her.”

 

BLC PC #10: From AmyD (USA)--Classic Pooh, "HMS Piglet," A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard

BLC PC #10: From AmyD (USA)–Classic Pooh, “HMS Piglet,” A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard

 

Public PC #10: From Widelo123 (USA)--From the cover of Hello, Mallory. Baby-sitters Club #14, 1991.

Public PC #10: From Widelo123 (USA)–From the cover of Hello, Mallory. Baby-sitters Club #14, 1991.

Many of the participants in this “new” series of children’s book illustration swaps also participated when Marjan hosted the swaps.  They are so appreciative of the swaps’ return and that makes hosting them extra pleasurable.  Thanks, Marjan, for laying a strong foundation; thanks swappers, for joining in and spreading postcard happiness!

I’ll be back in a couple of weeks with swap #11.

Until then…enjoy these!

Children’s Book Illustration Postcards: Part II

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[Note: This is post two of five of children’s book illustration (CBI) postcards I received through 122 weeks of CBI postcard swaps on swap-bot].

If you enjoyed viewing the postcards shared in “Children’s Book Illustration Postcards: Part I,” you’ll have just as much fun with Part II (Weeks 26-50).  You’ll find more Jip and Janneke, Alice in Wonderland, Miffy, and Moomin, but you’ll also find some illustrators that were not featured in Part I.  There’s even a Winnie-the-Pooh illustration! ❤  Click an image for a closer look.

Week 26: From Nana (USA). “I wonder he said if stars are lit up so that one day we can all find our own.” Le Petit Prince (The Little Prince), Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Week 27: From Sara (Switzerland). Illustrated by Hans de Beer. _Little Polar Bear_.
Week 28: From Sacha (Netherlands). Illustrated by Marit Tornqvist, for Helden op sokken (Heroes on Socks).
Week 29: From Natasa (Australia). Illustration by Arthur Rackham. “Who Stole the Tarts?” _Alice in Wonderland_.
Week 30: From Monique (Netherlands). Illustration by Ernest Howard Shepard. “Pooh and Piglet on Gate.”Sketch for illustration to _The House at Pooh Corner_ chapter 1, page 8 (published 1928). Original drawings provided by Victoria and Albert Museum.
Week 31: Mmiatsu (Finland). Illustration by Charles Robinson. “What day of the month is it?” he said, turning to Alice. From Lewis Caroll’s _Alice in Wonderland_.
Week 32: From Jetske (Netherlands). Nijntje (Miffy). Illustration by Dick Bruna.
Week 33: Noora (Finland). Moomin.
Week 34: Marjan (Netherlands). Illustration by Camila Fialkowski for _Hup, naar Buiten!_
Week 35: From Eveline (Netherlands). Illustration by Fiep Westendorp for _Otje” by AMG Schmidt.
Week 36: From Mmiatsu (Finland). Illustration by Charles Folkard. “Beautiful Soup.” From Lewis Carroll’s _Alice in Wonderland_.
Week 37: From Marjan (Netherlands). Illustration by Fiep Westendorp. Jip and Janneke.
Weeks 38, 42, 48: From San (Netherlands). Illustration by Charlotte Dematons, for _Gele Ballon_. Since I received this card three times within 10 weeks, Marjan graciously sent me “make up” postcards.
Week 39: From Marloes (Netherlands). Illustrated by Luuk Klazenga. Tomke. From a Frisian book series.
Week 40: From Natasa (Australia). Illustration by Martin Handford. “On Tour with he Vikings,” from _Where’s Wally Now?_
Week 41: From Marloes (Netherlands). Illustration by Marije Tolman and Ronald Tolman (daughter and father), for _The Tree House_
Week 42 Makeup: From Marjan (Netherlands). _The Animal Book_.
Week 43: From Mmiatsu (Finland). Alice in Wonderland.
Week 44: From Marjan (Netherlands). Barbapapa.
Week 45: From Marjan (Netherlands). Illustration by Cornelis Jetses, for _Ot en Sien_.
Week 46: From Marloes (Netherlands). Illustration by Martijin van der Linden, for _Ik voel een voet_.
Week 47: From Eric (USA). Illustration by Gertrude Alice Kay, from _All Aboard for Wonderland_, 1917.
Week 48 Makeup: From Marjan (Netherlands). Illustration by Irven Lieve Baeten for _Nieuwsgierige Lotje_ (Curious Lottie) who according to Marjan is “just a cool little witch.”
Week 49: From Jenna (USA). Illustration by Pauline Baynes, 1959.
Week 50: From Eric (USA). Illustration by Philippe Rossignal. “Blue Fly,” 1954.

Children’s Book Illustration Postcards: Part I

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For more than two years–122 weeks to be exact–I participated in a weekly children’s book illustration (CBI) swap hosted by Marjan, a dedicated swapper from the Netherlands.  Yes–Marjan hosted the swap every week for more than two years! That is quite a commitment, but, as expected,  Marjan eventually ended the swaps.  Her last CBI swap was hosted December 2015 and with her “blessing,” I’ve decided to continue the swaps.  Before I begin the next season of the swaps, I thought I’d share with my blog audience the 125+ cards I received from June 16, 2013- January 4, 2016.

Since I can’t blog each postcard individually, I’m sharing the postcards in five parts in the order the postcards were received. The illustrators are from various parts of the world, including the Netherlands, Finland, Austria, England, and the United States.  Hopefully, you’ll find some favorites from  your childhood.  For a closer look or for a little information on each card, click its image. Enjoy the sweetness!

Week 1: From Johanna (Netherlands). Miffy, Nijntje in Dutch, Illustration by Dick Bruna
Week 2: From Jenny, (USA). “The Snow Queen,” Illustration by Edmund Dulac, Stories from Hans Christian Anderen, 1911, from Once Upon a Time.
Week 2b: From Jenny (USA). Illustration by Margaret Tarrant. “Alice succeeded in getting her flamingo’s body tucked away, comfortably enough under her arm, but generally just as she had got its neck nicely straightened out, it would twist itself round and lookup into her face.” Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.
Week 3: From Hannah (England). White Rabbit. Illustration by John Tenniel in The Nursery Alice by Lewis Carroll 1890
Week 4: From Marjan (Netherlands). Frog and Friends, Max Velthuijs
Week 5: From Natasa (Australia). Illustration by Warwick Goble for The Book of Fairy Poetry, edited by Dora Owen, 1920. “For the Nautilus is my boat/In which I over the waters float.”
Week 6: From Jenny (USA). Illustration by Warwick Goble for The Fairy Book by Dinah Mulock Craik, 1913. “Are you not sometimes called Rumpelstilzchen?”
Week 7: From Raven (Singapore). Illustration by Anita Jeram for Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney, 1995.
Week 8: From Rita (USA). Illustration by Milo Winter, “Thumbelina,” Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales, 1916. From Once Upon a Time.
Week 9: From San (Netherlands). Illustration by Fiep Westendorp. Jip and Janneke.
From Jetske (Netherlands). Frog, Kikker in Dutch. Illustration by Max Velthuijs
Week 11: From Marjan (Netherlands). Illustration by Hans de Beer, Little Polar Bear
Week 12: From Anicka (Netherlands). Miffy, Illustration by Dick Bruna
Week 13: From Sacha (Netherlands). “The Ebb and Flow Witch” or “The Witch Ebb and Flood,” from the Witches Fantasia series by Thea Tilton. Illustrator I. Bruno EA or Sylvia Bigolin
Week 14: From San (The Netherlands). Jip and Janneke. Illustration by Fiep Westerdorp.
Week 15: From Jetske (Netherlands). Illustration by Fiep Westendorp. Floddertje.
Week 16: From Sacha (Netherlands). Illustration by Brigida.
Week 17: From Aline (Belgium). Alice. Illustration by Gwenaelle Trolez.
Week 18: From Monique (Netherlands). The Witch Eucalypta and Krakras, her assistant the soup kitchen. Illustration by Jean Dulieu.
Week 19: From Noora (Finland). Moomin. Illustrated by Tove Jansson. Collaboration of Arabia (a famous tableware company in Finland) and Moomin.
Week 20: From Eve (Finland). Illustration by Mauri Kunnas
Week 21: From Marci (USA). The Very Quiet Cricket, Illustrated by Eric Carle.
Week 22: From Eve (Finland). “Children Need Us” for UNICEF. Illustrator information unreadable because of postal markings.
Week 23: From Hilary (USA). “The Frog Prince,” from Grimms’ Fariy Tales, 1922. Illustration by Anne Andersen.
Week 24:From Kirsten, Austria. “Davy.” Illustrated Eve Tharlet
Week 25: From Pek Mun (Malaysia). “Hunca Munca and Her Babies. From The Tale of Two Mice, Illustrated by Beatrix Potter.