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Dearie Darling Cuddle Hug: A Tribute to Wendy Watson

March 8, 2021April 4, 2018 by Martin and Root

When our children were young we both spent many hours with them pouring over Wendy Watson’s illustrations for her sister Clyde’s rhymes in Father Fox’s Pennyrhymes and delighting in the sounds and the silliness of the rhymes themselves. We felt as though we had lost a personal friend when Wendy Watson died, even though we had never met her.… more

In Memoriam: Wendy Watson

March 30, 2018February 25, 2018 by Vicki Palmquist

Wendy Watson was a third generation author and artist. Her grandparents, Ernest W. Watson and Eva Auld Watson, were painters and pioneer color block printers. Ernest was also founder and editor of the magazine American Artist, co-founder of Watson-Guptill Publications, and co-founder of one of the first summer art schools, the Berkshire Summer School of Art. Wendy’s father, Aldren A.

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Let It Snow!

March 8, 2021December 20, 2017 by Martin and Root

Phyllis: The first real snow has fallen overnight, and the quality of light when I wake up is luminous outside the window. Solstice approaches, and we’ve turned our thoughts to books about winter and snow. So many to choose from! Here are a few. When my grown daughter saw a copy of Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton on my bookshelf, she cried, “Oh!… more

A Kindle* of Cats

March 8, 2021October 26, 2017 by Martin and Root

Phyllis: *Even though kindle means cats born in the same litter, the alliteration was hard to resist. “All my work is done in the company of cats,” writes Nicola Bayley, wonderful picture book artist and writer, in her book The Necessary Cat. I know what she means. Right now my cat Luna is sitting on the open copy of The Kittens’ ABC, clearly a cat of discerning literary taste.… more

Dearie Darling Cuddle Hug: A Tribute to Wendy Watson

In Memoriam: Wendy Watson

Let It Snow!

A Kindle* of Cats

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