Raccoons are one of the things I miss from living in the Californian Sierra foothills.
I had never met these animals before moving to the States, and was very amused
and fascinated by their frequent night visits to our porch to feast on the cat food.
I was especially amazed was the dexterity of their paws, which looked like tiny hands.
Naturally, our cat was not very happy about this, and hid in the house until they left...
Aurelius Battaglia, The Fireside Book of Favorite American Songs, 1952
Feodor Rojankovsky, Frog Went A-Courtin, 1955, thanks to Animation Resources
Claude Humbert, Littlest Raccoon, 1961, thanks to Golden Gems
Arnold Lobel, Red Fox and his Canoe, 1964, and Brian Wildsmith's Wild Animals, 1967
another lovely raccoon by Brian Wildsmith from What the Moon saw, 1978,
thanks to the art of children's picture books
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ReplyDeleteoh! what a nice surprise! thank you and have a good day!
ReplyDeleteGreat post — I love raccoons! I always leave food out for them so they'll come close enough for me to get a long close look at them (and draw them!)... Their hands are so great! Are there no raccoons in Italy, then?
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ReplyDeleteThere are no raccoons in Italy, except for a small but growing community not far from Milan, born from an imported couple that seemingly was released in the wild around ten years ago.
I think I have raccoons I my backyard too but I can tell who is underneath those masks!
ReplyDelete*_* wow
ReplyDeleteI love them all but the Charley Harper one especially cracks me up!
ReplyDeleteThe one by Sarah Maycock is really awesome, she should be an illustrator. I used to think raccoons were super cute until our yard had more raccoons in them than this blog does. We used to just have one and all my kids thought it was adorable and then it must have brought more and now our yard is infested. Maybe once we get them removed, I'll find them cute again. http://wildthingzllc.com/index.php
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