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Childhood Magic: The Art of Beatriz Martin Vidal

  Have a look at Spainish illustrator Beatriz Martin Vidal’s gorgeous artwork. It features children prominently — and their effortless interaction with the natural world. The series “Birdchildren” reveals children in various states of flying, dreaming of birds, and half-winged as they hover between the two worlds. She also has  a series of “Fairy Tale” […]

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Kora, Calabash and Drum: West African Musicians, Photographs circa 1964

My father Emile Snyder was a professor of African Literature and Languages, specializing in contemporary African Literature written in French and English. He taught at a number of universities, including the University of Wisconsin – Madison, the University of Dar- es Salaam, Tanzania, and Indiana University. In 1964 when he was just embarking on a

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“Molly” in Troll’s Eye View: A Book of Villianous Tales, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

The new anthology, Troll’s Eye View: A Book of Villianous Tales, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling is now out for the reading pleasure of your favorite middle grade scary-book reader. (My kids devoured all of Alvin Schwartz’s wonderfully ghoulish and creepy tales at that age.) The anthology offers versions of well-known fairy tales, but from a unique

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“Nayeli Rules” in Luis Urrea’s Terrific New Novel, Into the Beautiful North

I am one of those ardent Luis Urrea fans who has been waiting impatiently for the sequel to his gorgeous novel The Hummingbird’s Daughter — and I was initially dismayed when I read on his blog that another novel had sprung to life in his head, compelling him to put the sequel aside. So I picked up

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Kora, Calabash, and Drum: West African Musicians, Photographs circa 1964

My father Emile Snyder was a professor of African Literature and Languages, specializing in contemporary African Literature written in French and English. He taught at a number of universities, including the University of Wisconsin – Madison, the University of Dar- es Salaam, Tanzania, and Indiana University. In 1964 when he was just embarking on a

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“Molly” in “Troll’s Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales”

    The new anthology, Troll's Eye View: A Book of Villianous Tales, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling is now out for the reading pleasure of your favorite middle grade scary-book reader. (My kids devoured all of Alvin Schwartz's wonderfully ghoulish and creepy tales at that age.) The anthology offers versions of well-known fairy tales, but from

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Dreamy Art Deco Magazine Covers for Asia Magazine by Frank McIntosh

Frank McIntosh is famous for his glorious art deco covers for Asia Magazine, which was popular from the 1920s to the 1940s.  My mother had a collection of the magazines when she was younger — and sliced off the covers to keep as art. I found them (yes…on the endless “every box must be opened and

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