Alphabet Soup Nr.2

Celestino Piatti's Animal ABC, 1965

What better way to learn the alphabet than looking at pictures of animals?

Enjoy this new hodgepodge of different styles and techniques.

And for the previous collection, click here. 

John Burningham's ABC, 1980

Andrew Zuckerman, Creature ABC

Sébastien G. Orsini, Dans le mystère des animaux sauvages

 

Mary Angel, An animated alphabet

Yusuke Yonezu

Jurg Klabes, ABC mit Tieren, 1958, via Curio Books

C.B. Falls, The Book of ABCs, 1923

Brian Wildsmith's ABC, 1962

Erica Harris

Gwenola Carrère, ABC des petites annonces

Françoise Seignobosc, The gay ABC, 1930, via Curio Books

Anushka Ravishankar and Christiane Pieper, Alphabets are Amazing Animals

Jean de la Fontinelle, Alphabet, 1940s, thanks to Words and Eggs

 Julie Flett, Owls see clearly at night, a Michif alphabet

 Lois Lenski, My own ABC book, thanks to Q is for Quilter

Bittersugar Print, letterpress alphabet

Brian Wildsmith, From A to Z Teaching Cards, 1974, thanks to Jill Casey

 Seymour Chwast, Still Another Alphabet Book, 1969

Alice and Martin Provensen, A Peaceable Kingdom: The Shaker Abecedarius, 1978

Anne Rockwell, Albert B. Cub and Zebra, 1977

Walter Crane, The Noah's Ark Alphabet, 1871-72

Fritz Eichenberg, Ape in a cape, 1953, thanks to The Art of Children's Picture Books

David Frampton, My Beastie Book of ABC, 2002, thanks to Black and White

Eileen Mayo, Nature's ABC, 1944

Jean de Brunhoff, ABC of Babar, 1936

Sunday Safari - Just the Two of Us

Fiep Westendorp

Pablo Picasso, Child Holding a Dove, 1901

Janet Laura Scott, Happy All Day Through, 1917

Garth Williams, Charlotte's Web, 1952, thanks to BibliOdyssey

Don Madden, 1969, thanks to Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

Mary Blair

Werner Klemke

Gerda Muller, 1974, thanks to maptitefabrique

Freya Blackwood

Irina Andreeva

Rilla Alexander

Ying Fan Chen

Shel Silverstein

Mad Men & Crazy Critters - 4th episode: Vacances en Suisse

Vacances de Printemps, 1945

It's been long, too long, since our last Mad Men feature. But now chocolate is the air, 

Spring's mildness is inesorably exploding, and I am in the mood for some delightful, 

pastel sugar coated candies from monsieur Donald Brun. The flavor of his bouncy, 

happy, reassuring critters strongly reminds me of my childhood in 1960-70s Italy: 

vacations on the Alps, candy sticks, stuffed toys, old fashioned pastry shops, 

children's books, my mother's food, my father's optimism, Carosello 

and large chocolate Easter surprise eggs...

Gevaert, ca.1945

Erica Pudding, 1945?

Vacances en Suisse, 1949

Regal, c.1950

Liebig, 1951

Swissair, 1951

Dalang Eierteigwaren, 1953

Swissair, 1954

Protègez-nous, 1956

Mit Wolle in den Frühling, 1957?

Davos, ca. 1970

Many thanks to the wonderful Swiss Poster Collection archives!