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enchantedbook · 1 month

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'Moon Room' from 'Skunk and Badger' illustrated by Jon Klassen

#jon klassen #illustration #childrens illustration #moon

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carnageandculture · 7 months

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The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale by Jon Klassen

#jon klassen #art #illustration

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godzilla-reads · 9 months

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💀 The Skull by Jon Klassen

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

This is an old story. It is about a girl named Otilla who runs away. It is always about a house in the woods, and a skull who lives there, and a secret the skull has, and the night that Otilla finds out what that secret is.

This story works as a great Halloween and Winter story, which I love because those are like my two favorite seasons. A friend gifted me this and I loved it tremendously! The art is wonderful and the story is eerie and weird and yes! It was so fun to read.

I also really liked the Author’s Note in the back on how he came about this folktale and why he changed it. I think his commentary on why we adjust folktales to ourselves and our times was really inspirational.

#godzilla reads #jon klassen #the skull #book review #reading #book blog #childrens books #young readers #booklr #bookworm #bookish

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hitku · 1 year

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"Dans la forêt un grand cerf..." by Jon Klassen

#art #illustration #jon klassen

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lakecountylibrary · 6 months

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Read like a librarian! Here's Kate's current TBR:

Mao (volume 12) written and illustrated by Rumiko Takahashi

Star Knights written and illustrated by Kay Davault

The Skull written and illustrated by Jon Klassen

The Dog Knight written by Jeremy Whitley illustrated by Bre Indigo

Dear Rosie written and illustrated by Meghan Boehman and Rachael Briner

Girl Juice written and illustrated by Benji Nate

Out There written and illustrated by Seaerra Miller

Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story written and illustrated by Sarah Myer

Squire & Knight written and illustrated by Scott Chantler

Unaccompanied: Stories of Brave Teenagers Seeking Asylum written and illustrated by Tracy White

Suee and the Strange White Light written by Ginger Ly and illustrated by Molly Park

The Sea in You written and illustrated by Jessi Sheron

Garvey's Choice written by Nikki Grimes illustrated by Theodore Taylor III

Ava's Demon: Book One: Reborn written and illustrated by Michelle Fus

Cosmoknights: Book Two written and illustrated by Hannah Templer

Bear written by Ben Queen illustrated by Joe Todd-Stanton

See more of Kate's recs

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feathersandfoxtails · 2 years

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@oonajaeadira

#i want my hat back #jon klassen #children's books #THE DRAMA

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unfortunatetheorist · 6 months

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Where does Laszlo (from Lemony Snicket's 'The Dark') fit into the ASOUE universe?

When it comes to Lemony Snicket, there's always some ludicrous connections somewhere, and I think I've found some which are beyond the realms of comprehension:

In Snicket's picture book, "The Dark", there are 4 people the book mentions:

Lemony Snicket, the author

The Dark

Laszlo, a boy who learns to stop being afraid of the dark

Jon Klassen, the illustrator

There are some key, noteworthy points to mention here:

Laszlo goes to get a fresh bulb for his nightlight because it goes out. (I'll explain in a moment)

Jon Klassen is from WINNIPEG.

Yeah.

In addition, we know that Handler likes to make real people in-universe characters, such as Brett Helquist and even himself (as Linda Rhaldeen, The Hostile Hospital).

Therefore...

THEORY PART 1: Jon Klassen is related to Duchess R[amona] of Winnipeg. Perhaps Ramona Quimby is her married name, and Ramona Klassen her maiden name.

Now, we know that Laszlo goes to get a fresh bulb because his nightlight goes out - but what if this is Lemony, yet again, covering up the truth?

He does it so masterfully, and it really shone throughout the Netflix series, the way he sets up character profiles and moves the plot forward in such a way that readers/viewers forget about what happened. From the cyclical appearance of Justice Strauss [TBB & TPP], to the reminders that the Baudelaires are orphans - we definitely would've forgotten without them.

THEORY PART 2 - NCT: Laszlo lives at 667 Dark Avenue, and this story takes place during the time of TEE, when dark is declared out, and light is declared in. This explains his desperate want for a nightlight; he doesn't want to be seen as unfashionable by anyone.

THEORY PART 2.5 - BCT: Laszlo is an islander who (for some strange reason) lives in the arboretum with Ishmael, who was presumably fast asleep when this incident occurred. Then again, now that I think about it, this part makes little sense...

One last thing: we never get any mention of any relatives to Laszlo. This inevitably means:

THEORY PART 3: Laszlo is an orphan.

It's just a given at this point.

¬ Th3r3534ch1ngr4ph, Unfortunate Theorist/Snicketologist.

#asoue #vfd #lemony snicket #a series of unfortunate events #snicketverse #asoue netflix #theory #esme squalor #the dark #laszlo #jon klassen #ishmael #the end #the ersatz elevator #duchess of winnipeg #duchess r #ramona quimby #ramona klassen?#orphan

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cocosse · 23 days

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“Our concern is whether we can live with dignity in such a system, whether it serves people rather than people serving it.”

Václav Havel, 1936-2011

Jon Klassen, The Dark, 2013

#václav havel #jon klassen

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readingbooksinisrael · 9 months

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Book Review: I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen

Okay, I get why so many people go on about this now, though not to the extent that they do. It's a simple book with a plot I've seen before, but the twist ending is funny enough, depending on the person it's read to/reading it.

#book reviews #my revs #i want my hat back #jon klassen #orilium #magical readathon

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travelinglibrariansdesk · 3 months

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Three Books That Made Me Smile Today

I spent most of my time at work today learning how to accept passport applications, so my blogging got cut short a little.

Also, a quick note on the links: I wanted to link every book I mention so that anyone reading this can find out more about them or where to find them - but I don't want to link to Amazon or any other commercial site. I don't want to market anything here, and I would like to encourage readers to use the library. So a colleague suggested I use WorldCat, which tells readers about the book, what nearby libraries might have it, and where you can buy it. Henceforth all title links will go to WorldCat - but you can always look in Amazon yourself if you're so inclined.

I'm no authority on children's books, though I have studied them off and on since ed school in the 1990s. Finding good professors in ed school is tough, and one of my favorites was an expert in children's literature, so I took a couple of classes from her. I hope to do the same at Kent State, once I get the core classes out of the way. Both in video (TV, movies) and books, the best children's literature makes adults smile and laugh along with their kids - think Bugs Bunny vs. Teletubbies or Barney. I imagine most parents want their kids to settle on favorite books (the ones they'll be reading over and over and over and over and over...) that bring a smirk to an adult face, too.

So even though I don't normally comment on children's books that just demonstrate rhyming words, Jan Thomas's Rhyming Dust Bunnies caught my eye today. Partly I think this was because I spent yesterday ridding my bedroom of dust rhinos. LOTS of rhinos. What cracked me up about the rhyming dust bunnies was the occasional interruption of their "teaching rhyming words" by the broom, the dust mop and the vacuum cleaner. One of the bunnies always interrupts the list of rhyming words with a full sentence like "look out for the broom!" and the others criticize it for not rhyming. Just a good giggle, that book.

Then I grabbed This Is Not My Hat from the cart. Something about the potato-print/batik quality of the art and the very-large-ocean, very-tiny-fish appealed to me. If This Is Not My Hat preaches anything, it's don't steal, and if you do, excuses won't help. But author Jon Klassen shows much more than he tells, and leaves the reader hanging a little at the perfect ending regarding the fate of the sassy little fish narrating.

The last one that grabbed me today was The Ugly Five. If you're not familiar with safari lingo, The Big Five (lion, elephant, leopard, rhino and buffalo) are supposedly the most desirable animals to catch on film when traveling in sub-Saharan African countries. Safari companies marketing the local wildlife have followed this list with "The Little Five" (leopard tortoise, elephant shrew, ant lion, rhino beetle, buffalo weaver), "The Shy Five" (porcupine, aardvark, aardwolf, meerkat and bat-eared fox), and "The Ugly Five". Author Jan Donaldson heard a reference to The Ugly Five while on safari, and determined to write about them. She created excellent singsong chorus dialogue between the wildebeest, the hyena, the vulture, the warthog and the marabou stork that I imagine will appeal to children, and she includes delightfully specific details about the animals that any kid would enjoy - especially how dirty and smelly scavengers like the stork and the hyena are. I expected a fairly silly book, but this has it all - information, rhyme, affection, charming art.

#rhyming dust bunnies #this is not my hat #the ugly five #the shy five #the little five #the big five #julia donaldson #jon klassen #jan thomas #safari for kids #children's book art #children's books

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elleventures · 1 year

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I Want My Hat Back • {Jon Klassen | 2011}

I Want My Hat Back is a 40-page picture book written by Jon Klassen. The picture book is Jon Klassen's first children's book as an author as well as an illustrator, and it was published in 2011 for young children between the ages of 2 - 6 years old; it is recognized as one of the best-illustrated picture books in 2011.

The book is based on a bear who lost his hat. Throughout the story, the bear goes around and asks each animal he comes across — the rabbit, snake, fox, mole, and many more — and calmly asks if they have seen his hat. Feeling depressed and hopeless, the bear believes he will never find his hat and realizes that he has seen it when he interacts with the deer. The bear soon reinvestigates and reclaims his hat with a dark ending.

After reading the picture book, I thought the story is filled with humor and it is simple. In Klassen's first picture book, he touches on important morals such as integrity and honesty, perseverance, decision-making, punishments, and many more. Overall, this book was also very fun to read as the dialogue is color-coded which makes it more engaging and amusing for children to decode the dialogue.

Lastly as mentioned, the picture book is paired with captivating illustrations by the author himself, Jon Klassen. Klassen's illustration is very simple and intriguing with the use of basic shapes. What makes Klassen's illustrations stand out is his ability to create textures with the use of paint, ink, and watercolor.

#i want my hat back #jon klassen #book illustration #childrens books #picture books #book review #books to read #book recommendations #honesty #integrity #childrenbook #books and reading #art blog #children

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onebluebookworm · 4 months

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Ranking Books I Read on 2023: 25-21

25. Gallant - V.E. Schwab

This book is weird. There's no dancing around it. And not even really in a "holy shit what did I just read" kind of way that I might have liked more, more like reading out of the dream journal of a particularly creative and fandom-obsessed teen girl. Which is fine. That's not my jam as an adult, but I can appreciate weird books written specifically for weird little girls. If you have any of those in your life, they'd like this. Not really for me tho.

24. Afterlife by Paul Monette

This book will rip you open. What I went into thinking was gonna be a sort of serious found family romp turned out to be pretty bleak, but with a smidgen of hope at the end. This book is basically "not everyone who grieves can be saved from the self-destruction unhealthy coping mechanisms they have, and you can try to help them as much as you can, but not at the expense of your own health and well-being" and yes that's an immensely painful lesson to learn, but in the AIDS epidemic? That was basically a survival mantra. A little too much for me, but I can appreciate what it was doing.

23. The Skull - Jon Klassen

Does anyone remember that Twitter post with this author asking if any librarians could help him find a fairy tale he randomly stumbled across in an Alaskan librarian and couldn't remember the name of? Yeah, that was Jon Klassen, and that fairy tale inspired this book. That alone is pretty neat, but this book actually succeeds in being really charming and cute. I've always like Klassen's art style, and it's put to good use here. Plus, I'm always a sucker for skeletons. I just am.

22. Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond

Another hurty read. Although it occasionally gets a bit stuffy and historical, it does provide a lot of context for everything, and the book is so short otherwise you can basically forgive it. This book will make you feel bad about everything though.

21. The Only One Left - Riley Sager

This book is silly, alright? It's pure, unadulterated, melodramatic nonsense. And it was honestly really refreshing. Maybe it was because I read this right after I finished The Poisonwood Bible and Lives of Girls and Women and just needed a breather, but it was fun and dumb and I actually had fun trying to guess the mystery. A good palate cleanser book if you're into these sorts of things.

#ranking books 2023 #gallant #ve schwab #afterlife #paul monette #the skull #jon klassen #nobody #marc lamont hill #the only one left #riley sager

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harveyguillensource · 1 year

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Trailer for Harvey’s new animated show, Shape Island! Co-starring Yvette Nicole Brown, Gideon Adlon, and Scott Adsit.

#harvey guillén #harvey guillen #shape island #yvette nicole brown #gideon adlon #scott adsit #shapes #jon klassen #mac barnett #voice projects #trailers #january 2023

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walrusmagazine · 9 months

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Buddy West

He sat back down in his chair. The doll resting on his legs, looking up at him. He took a piece of cheese from his snack plate and pretended to feed it to the doll, then laughed softly. “You’d love Montreal, Buddy. Plenty to see and do. Of course, you’re more of an outdoorsman. Riding the range and whatnot, right? Well, maybe we could take a little trip out west. Get you out on that range. Wouldn’t that be something. You and me.” “What are you doing?” another voice said.