Enduring Children's Classics, and the Illustrators we love
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.
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!
Throughout 2021, as I’ve perused book stores, these titles have stood out to me…the most beautiful chapter books and story collections of 2021! List begins with classics and story collections and then moves on to newly released titles.
There have been some wonderful releases in the picture book world this year.
This blog is mainly about illustrated chapter books. However, non-fiction books make up a large share of our reading time. Here are a few that captured my attention this year!
Though Dickens’s work was not originally aimed at the younger audience, the story has nonetheless been popular with children, and several modern editions are specifically aimed at young readers!
