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A tribute to a wonderful person and artist – Angel Dominguez – and his work among Children’s Classics.

Here are some new classics-related and non-fiction titles coming out in April that have caught my eye…

The illustrators of Little Women.
Little Women was written in two parts; the first being published on September 30, 1868, with illustrations by May Alcott, Louisa’s youngest sister. Since then, there has been no shortage of illustrated versions to choose from! Here are my favorites.

Some new titles coming out in March that caught my eye!

Here is a list that we read over the winter months of 2020-2021 that I wanted to share with you guys. It was a lot of fun!
My son’s favorite book: A tie between The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling and Adventures of a South Pole Pig by Chris Kurtz
My favorite book: The Second Jungle Book (The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White is a close runner up!)

Jack London wrote White Fang as a literary mirror to his previous book: The Call of the Wild. Here is a brief discussion and my top six illustrated (unabridged) versions of White Fang by Jack London, as well as some pretty abridged versions and graphic novels to choose from.

Here are some beautifully illustrated titles being released in February, as well as a few from January and December you may not have seen yet.

Congratulations to this year’s Caldecott Award recipients!

MODERN CLASSICS THAT NEED MORE ILLUSTRATORS: THE SWORD IN THE STONE BY T.H. White
This story is in a class by itself with it’s richness of wisdom, humor, characters and adventure and deserves some illustration love! (Post image by artist Arno Kiss).

A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh and Felix Salten’s Bambi, The Story of Life in the Forest, move into the public domain this year, and already there are some pretty versions of both popping up! Happy Public Domain Day 2022!