David McKee - Wonderful Stories and Colorful Illustrations

David McKee is perhaps best known for Elmer the Elephant. And cute as Elmer is my daughter and I have read another of McKee's works over and over again. It is called "The Sad Story of Veronica Who Played the Violin". It is nothing like Elmer, and it is targeted at a different age group so don't expect Elmer v 2.0. This is something completely different - and not very cute ;)

Steffie Lerch - Illustrator of Books for Children

Steffie Lerch was - I believe - a German illustrator of books. I haven't been able to find any information about her other than bibliographies. If anyone knows anything about her, please let me know and I will update my post accordingly :)

I know that she illustrated two much loved books. "Heidi" and "The Surprise Doll" ("Søndagsdukken" in Danish).

These images are from the latter.

Sharon Kane - The Author and Illustrator of Little Mommy

This was one of me and my little sister's absolute favorite books when we were little girls. We loved the story and the wonderful pictures in it. The book was originally published in 1967 and was re-issued in 2008. If you have a little girl in the family I am sure she will adore this book. You can read about the author and illustrator Sharon Kane at her website.

Baby Scraps from the 1960s

I scanned these scraps before I noticed how worn they were. Usually I don't bother with very worn scraps unless they are really old, but these are quite cute - and they are 45+ years old. I don't know whether they are from the same sheet, but it looks like the same artist drew them.

Ann-Madeleine Gelotte - Swedish Writer and Illustrator

This book "Her kommer vinden" (Here Comes the Wind) was read so much by me, my sister - and now my daughter - that it's beginning to look like it has been in the washer a couple of times. It was written and illustrated by the Swedish illustrator and writer Ann-Madeleine Gelotte in 1973 and translated into Danish the same year.

The story is about the wind who is bored and one day steals a hat from a little girl. At first the little girl is really sad, because she had taken her mother's hat without asking, and now the wind has taken it. But then she decides to get it back and eventually finds it in a tree where the wind has put all of her trophies. The wind loves the hat so much that the little girl lets the wind have it, and in return she gets all the trophies. Her mother doesn't mind about the old hat, and she and her daughter have lots of fun playing dress up with all the things the girl got from the wind.

1950s Illustrations by Sunny B. Cook

This book I bought at a thrift store some years back. I like the classic 1950s style that the drawings have.

I don't know anything about the illustrator other than her name  - Sunny B. Cook (at first I thought it was a man's name, but Mr. Sung kindly told me otherwise - see comments;). In Danish the book is called "Der var engang en lille dreng" ("There Was Once a Little Boy" written by Blossom Budney). It was originally published in 1956.

Garth Williams' Wonderful Drawings

These three images are from one of my favorite books from my childhood. I think the pictures are adorable. The author and illustrator of the book was the American illustrator Garth Williams who died in 1996. Originally the book "Baby Animals" was published in 1952. My Danish paperback edition was printed in 1974.

Two More by Marcel Marlier

Going through my old scans I found these two by Marcel Marlier that I hadn't posted earlier. Enjoy :)

Scraps from my childhood

As a girl I collected scraps - a lot of scraps. My sister and I would trade with each other like trading cards. We were very particular about which we wanted to trade and which we wanted to hold on to. I had a great fondness for the old scraps while my sister really liked the fairy tale scraps. To us it didn't really matter what shape they were in if the image was something we liked. We would also play with them as if they were dolls. Or glue them on objects as decoration.

Today I use them primarily for making collages that I frame and hang on my walls. I especially like the ones I made for my daugther's room.

In order not to destroy the scraps I scan and print them. That way I can use them over and over again without doing harm to the original scrap.

On my Etsy Shop I will be putting some of the scrap scans up for sale as digital images (scanned at 400dpi). And some I will sell off completely - the physical scrap itself - if they hold no sentimental value for me.

The boy and girl scraps are German reprints from ca. 1978. I think that the original drawings were done in the 1880s. The fairy tale scraps are scanned originals from the 1940s.