Tuesday, November 13, 2012

High Tea



Dasha Gerasimova, thanks to Russian Season Kid's Books

Having been a US resident for nine years, I always follow American politics 
with great interest, which often turns to concern. Now that the election is over, 
I can finally relax and celebrate with a proper Tea Party!

Eugen Osswald, Ball der Tiere (The Animals' Ball), 1917,
via the International Children's Digital Library


Richard Scarry, The Country Mouse and the City Mouse, 1961, thanks to julielion

John Burningham, thanks to A Polar Bear's Tale

Svetozar Ostrov, cover for Have you ever listened to the silence, hedgehog?, 
1987, written by the author of Hedgehog in the Fog Sergei Kozlov
(thanks to Mark Kats for the correction)

O. Zotor, Little Fly So Sprightly, 1977

Judith Kerr, The Tiger Who Came for Tea, 1968

Eric Barclay 

Omar Rayyan, Tea Party

Lisa Evans

Ester Garcia Cortes

Gabriella Barouch

Benjamin Mills

Jennifer A. Bell

Emilia Dziubak

Fancy another cup of tea?


14 comments:

  1. it.was.the.racoonNovember 13, 2012 at 12:06 PM

    loved it all! thank you soo much!

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  2. JessNovember 13, 2012 at 1:16 PM

    A lovely collection of illustration! I love the title 'Little Fly So Sprightly' how bizarre is that?
    Jess x

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  3. Jack YuNovember 13, 2012 at 6:23 PM

    very pleasing for the eye!

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  4. swigNovember 13, 2012 at 7:01 PM

    My favorite, I think, is the monkey of "Der Ball der Tiere"… I hope you had nice guests for tea today!

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  5. MollyNovember 13, 2012 at 7:05 PM

    I suppose the hedgehog was talking too much. Beautiful selection!

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  6. JurateNovember 13, 2012 at 8:09 PM

    I love tea and these illustrations are beautiful! Thank you!

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  7. NZNovember 14, 2012 at 4:08 PM

    Hi. The name of the Hedgehog in the Fog's illustrator is not Sergei Island but Svetozar Ostrov (Светозар Остров). Ostrov means island in Russian. :)

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  8. eloisa scichiloneNovember 14, 2012 at 11:08 PM

    Laura, ho scoperto il tuo blog cercando immagini di Richard Scarry =^^=, bellissima raccolta la tua! tornerò a trovarti.

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  9. Lorraine Young PotteryNovember 15, 2012 at 10:55 PM

    All wonderful. I do love that last one :-)

    Lorraine xxx

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  10. WonderlanderNovember 16, 2012 at 12:43 AM

    absolutely lovely collection of art works, brings up the child inside of us :)
    xx
    http://www.theothersideofwonderland.com/

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  11. Laura OttinaNovember 18, 2012 at 4:23 PM

    Thanks to everyone for your comments, and especially to Mark Kats
    for helping me with the names in cyrillic. In fact, Island doesn't sound
    very Russian... it was very silly of me to just rely on Google translator!

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  12. Rima StainesDecember 5, 2012 at 11:07 AM

    Might I humbly gatecrash this tea-party with my mice in tea apparatus illustrations? :)
    A Button House for a Button Mouse:
    https://www.etsy.com/listing/61378488/a-button-house-for-a-button-mouse
    A Concertina Eggcup Song:
    https://www.etsy.com/listing/61993008/the-concertina-eggcup-song
    (hmm, maybe an eggcup should be breakfast rather than high tea...)
    Always enjoy your wonderful finds here Laura, thank you.
    Best wishes
    Rima



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  13. Laura OttinaDecember 5, 2012 at 11:57 AM

    thanks Rima, I'll remember them for our next party!

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