Archive for the ‘Reading’ Category

handmade beginnings

Posted on June 9th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  No Comments »

I won this brand-new book over at Sew Liberated!
Anna Maria Horner is a mother of 6 and an awesome seamstress. I am having a lot of fun going through this book. Like the title suggests, many of the projects are oriented toward new babies, but several of them would suit toddlers just fine…since the clothing sizes [...]



the artist behind the art

Posted on March 27th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  2 Comments »

Several years ago, I came across this book in a library. I think I was in college. I loved the illustrations, and took it home to study it. Later I found more of Uri Shulevitz’s books (he’s written and illustrated dozens of them) and I loved them just as much. He became something of a [...]



standing room only

Posted on March 17th, 2010 by mountain girl  |  No Comments »

Ok, an update on Kevin Henkes in Kansas City! It was definitely very cool to see the renowned creator of so many awesome kids’ books. Unfortunately, the little Reading Reptile bookshop was completely packed out -that’s right, standing room only- everyone breathing either down your neck or in your face. Because of the mob-ness, we [...]