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Irene Hardwicke Olivieri: Closer to Wildness by Irene Hardwicke Olivieri

Irene Hardwicke Olivieri: Closer to Wildness by Irene Hardwicke Olivieri

by Site Owner | Sep 29, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography

[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: Pomegranate Communications, Inc. Formats: Hardcover Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] The paintings of Irene Hardwicke Olivieri are displayed in all their glory in...
Raven and the Red Ball by Sarah Drummond

Raven and the Red Ball by Sarah Drummond

by Retired Reviewer | Aug 29, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's

What does a dog like more than playing with a new toy? A new friend to play with, of course! In an open field, a black pup happily wags his tail as a raven circles in the sky overhead, watching. The dog suddenly digs up a red ball, its color strikingly bright against...
Cobweb Castle by Jan Wahl, Illustrated by Edward Gorey

Cobweb Castle by Jan Wahl, Illustrated by Edward Gorey

by Retired Reviewer | Aug 21, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's

Like most of us, Flemming Flinders spends a bit of each day dreaming about the fantastic things he reads about in his favorite books. Will he ever have an adventure like the characters do in fairy tales? One day Flemming decides to lock up the grocery store that he...
Jules Tavernier Artist & Adventurer by Scott A. Shields, Alfred C. Harrison Jr. & Claudine Chalmers

Jules Tavernier Artist & Adventurer by Scott A. Shields, Alfred C. Harrison Jr. & Claudine Chalmers

by Michael Julian | Aug 12, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Art, Design & Photography, History

Jules Tavernier was a French-educated painter who, in his short life (1844-1889), traveled from Europe, across America, and then to Hawaii where he died at the age of 45, having left behind him hundreds of paintings of his adventures. This reviewer was fortunate...

Here on Earth: An Animal Alphabet

by Site Owner | Mar 4, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Children's

A Menagerie of Animals for Young Readers By Marcia Perry Pomegranate, $15.95, 60 pages Artist Marcia Perry offers a menagerie of animals for each letter of the alphabet that the title, Here on Earth, indicates we humans are so lucky to share this planet with. From...
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