2011

Čenda the Spider’s Adventure

Čenda the Spider’s Adventure

Original title: Dobrodružství pavouka Čendy “The story of a miraculous rescue,” says Czech author and illustrator Pavel Čech, “in which a cuckoo saves a little spider from a thief, and the spider later helps the cuckoo escape the ruins of an old house, came to me spontaneously. Inspiration can strike […]

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Robert Ingpen’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz feels like a rediscovery of a story we all think we know. His illustrations pull the reader back into the raw, original fairy tale — stranger, darker, and far more human than the film made it seem. The familiar yellow brick road turns […]

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