Bedtime Stories

Karel Franta

Abécédaire de Babar, 1934

Willy Schermele, 1941

Maurice Sendak, Little Bear, 1957

Elisabeth Brozowska, Isidore L'Hippopotame, 1969

Wendy Watson, Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes, 1971

Alice and Martin Provensen, The tiger asks Blake for a bedtime story, 

from A Visit to William Blake's Inn, 1981

Christopher Denise

Marco Somà

Kitty Crowther

Puikeprent

Rilla Alexander

Nicolas Duffaut 

Delphine Durand

Christian Roux

A Woman's Work

Beatrix Potter

Dear followers, I apologize once again for the recent lack of posts,

but this semester I taught one more course that usual, and soon realized

that I had to give up some of my leisurely activities, including blogging, 

to be able to stay on track keep focused. My lessons ended yesterday, 

and I am really looking forward to almost a full month of vacation.

Of course, now there's plenty to do around the house...

Fritz Baumgarten, Das Hochzeitsfest im Wiesengrund

Hilda Boswell

B. Twardowski (?), 1925

Boris Kalaushin, 1958

Evgenii Rachev

Anatoli Michailovich Eliseev, Story of the stupid mouse

Feodor Rojankovsky, Frog Went a-Courtin', 1955

Barbara Cooney, The Crows of Pearblossom, 1967

Bernard Waber, An Anteater Named Arthur, 1967

Yusuke Yonezu

Svjetlan Junakovic

Marjolein Bastin

Peter Gut

Agata Dudek, The Crows of Pearblossom

Alberto Montt

Wild Cycles

Toti Scialoja

During next week, Firenze is going to be invaded by the World Cycling Championship.

While we citizens are feeling apprehensive since it's not clear how and if we're going to be able

 to move around and get to work, given that many of the races pass right through the center of the city,

at least the event has pushed the mayor to give us more bike lanes and newly asphalted roads.

I really hope it's going to be an interesting and fun experience for all...  

Happy Cycling!

1903 postcard biking pup wackystuff

Barbara Cooney, Where have you been?, 1952

 Paul Galdone, Anatole, 1957

Károly Reich, The How Many Book, 1972

Kristyna Litten

Jan Kuiper, Vis a Vis, 1962, thanks to Arthur van Kruining

Pikku Dot

Regina Lukk-Toompere

Peter Cross

Mique Morichi

Matte Stephens

Alyssa Nassner

Claudia Palmarucci

Coco de Paris

Edward Gorey

Gus Gordon

Margherita Micheli

Amy Dover

Sebastiano Ranchetti

Natsuo Ikegami

Puikeprent

Rob Dunlavey

Sophie Fatus

Thereza Rowe