Reads tagged with “illustration”

Jacqueline Woodson’s Lovely Letter to Children About Kindness, Presence, and How Books Transform Us

Jacqueline Woodson’s Lovely Letter to Children About Kindness, Presence, and How Books Transform Us

“Why are you kissing me in the middle of the sentence?!”

Alain de Botton’s Lovely Letter to Children About Why We Read

Alain de Botton’s Lovely Letter to Children About Why We Read

“We wouldn’t need books quite so much if everyone around us understood us well.”

Over the Rooftops, Under the Moon: A Lyrical Illustrated Meditation on Loneliness, Otherness, and the Joy of Belonging Found

Over the Rooftops, Under the Moon: A Lyrical Illustrated Meditation on Loneliness, Otherness, and the Joy of Belonging Found

“You can be far away inside, and far away outside.”

Arthur Rackham’s Stunning 1926 Illustrations for “The Tempest”

Arthur Rackham’s Stunning 1926 Illustrations for “The Tempest”

“Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.”

Crescendo: A Watercolor Ode to the Science, Strangeness, and Splendor of Pregnancy

Crescendo: A Watercolor Ode to the Science, Strangeness, and Splendor of Pregnancy

From sesame seed to selfhood, a lyrical serenade to the astonishing process by which we all enter the world.

Emblem of My Work: Artists Reimagine Laurence Sterne’s Iconic Marbled Page

Emblem of My Work: Artists Reimagine Laurence Sterne’s Iconic Marbled Page

A vibrant celebration of the imagination at the intersection of unpredictability and creative constraint.

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