Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Full of gentle mischief..

 

What a treat! Calling in to drop something off at the State Library of WA yesterday I was delighted to see that there is an exhibition of May Gibbs wonderful illustrations. Inspired by walking in the bush south of Perth when she was a child and later from bush walks in the Blue Mountains the enchanting illustrations of her renowned Gumnut Babies are too adorable not to embiggen and enjoy full size. I remember reading Snugglepot and Cuddlepie to my children, did anyone else? One of Australia's foremost children's authors and illustrators you can read a short story of her life here. Happy Wednesday, take care and stay safe..


20 comments:

  1. I love love love these, Grace! They are wonderful!

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  2. Dropping off something at the State Library? I am very curious.

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  3. Dearest Grace,
    How surprising to see the mention of our favorite May Gibbs!
    Did write a post about her in February: https://mariettesbacktobasics.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-gumnuts-from-australia-and-other.html
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  4. May Gibbs' children's books are Australian classics. The stories and illustrations are one of a kind. What a great exhibition to stumble upon Grace.

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  5. They´re cute, Grace! LOL. At first I thought this is about sweets, sounds a bit like gummy bears!

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  6. And so have every country her own Children Author . Think also on Astrid Lindgren with Pippi Longstocking.

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  7. Lovely to see a nice exhibition at last somewhere, I miss that so much here...

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  8. I only got to read about her when I moved to Australia, but love the stories and the gumnut babies are so cute :)

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  9. This is an author I've never heard of before. It sounds like her stories were very entertaining and these illustrations are great.

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  10. Fabulous illustrations. Cheers Diane

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  11. The odd thing is I never saw/read any of her books as a child. I have however visited Nutcote her old home on the edge of Sydney Harbour, I very nice place to live.

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