Akelei-Blume: Can you spot the differences? The original is on the RIGHT side. (solution see down below)   Dürer himself never saw a rhino. One rhino had been shipped 1515 to Rome via Lisbon from India. Unfortunately it was dead on arrival but an unknown artist managed to take a look and make some sketches. Dürer copied the sketch and for the next 250 years created a standard for how Europeans … Read More

Alex Bellos is a mathematician and journalist who creates riddles for The Guardian and travels the world to collect math adventures for his various books. In Snowflake Seashell Star one can find a perfect example where math meets art. Its a colouring book worth exploring and perhaps an idea for the next birthday? Interested in a math riddle? Read more:  Alex Bellos creates math riddles for The Guardian   Can you spot the … Read More

Maurice Sendak Maurice Sendak died in 2012 aged 83. He is considered one of the most influential picture book authors and illustrators of all times. Most famously ‘Where the wild things are’, which made his career and opened a new chapter in picture book writing when it was published in 1963.   Children in American picture books were traditionally well behaved and nothing really bad happened to them. Parents trying … Read More

Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2017: This is their list for best illustrated picture books for this year. Wonderful!   read the article  

BOOK REVIEW- Notable Children’s Books of 2017 Each year the New York Times publishes a list of the best in picture books, middle grade and young adult fiction and nonfiction, selected by their children’s books editor. It is worth to have a read, perhaps you can find some last minute Christmas gifts?   read the article in The New York Times   As an example here one of their recommendations: The Little … Read More