Tag Archives: book illustrations
Book WTF: Something’s missing
My husband, the son of Korean immigrants, was very excited to find this Korean language children’s picture dictionary on display at the library. We immediately decided we should check it out so the girls could learn some more Korean words– … Continue reading
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Book Illustration WTF: Poop or Pickle?
While helping my daughter do this preschool workbook, I did a double take while we were trying to figure out what letter represented each picture. When we got to the circled picture, I said “What IS that?” It looked just like … Continue reading
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Misleading Book Cover
Based on this cover, what happens in this book? a) The child on the left is a ghost or a witch leading the child on the right to a Blair Witch type-cottage. b) The children are about to be murdered … Continue reading
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Poor Photo Choice
Check out the picture of Shel Silverstein on the back of my daughter’s new copy of “The Giving Tree”. Who on earth decided that this was the best possible picture of Shel Silverstein to put on the back of his … Continue reading
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Bizarre Book Illustrations: Bert and Ernie do “Wizard of Oz”
In honor of Purple Day, Bert and Ernie are showing their spirit and pride. This illustration is from the “Sesame Street” book “Best Friends”. I don’t think the illustrators intended it to be a gay pride drawing, but I’m not … Continue reading
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