In my last post I celebrated my son’s birthday and posted a photo of him at age five. In the photo, James is wearing a favorite t-shirt; the design on this shirt is an illustration by Graeme Base from his book Animalia.
If you’re unfamiliar with this picture book I encourage you to acquaint yourself. It’s an amazingly, beautifully illustrated alphabet book. Each letter is represented by an alliterative description and a detailed illustration filled with items that begin with the featured letter. (I adore alphabet picture books; another of my favorites is called Butterfly Alphabet—it’s stunning, too—and I have collected a few others over the years.)
The illustration that graces James’s shirt is for the letter “L.” On that page the descriptions reads, “Lazy Lions Lounging In The Local Library.” In the illustration there’s also a lobster, and a lizard, and a locomotive, and a lamp, and a ladder. . .
We still have that t-shirt tucked away.
Hey, guess what? Hannah knit a Big Funky Hat, as a gift for her little brother. It’s all the rage now among his friends–lucky guy! Go tell her how great it looks!
ETA: You can buy a limited edition print of “Lazy Lions” and other Graeme Base illustrations here.
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I love that photo! But you knew I’d say that.
Posted 09 Mar 2008 at 5:59 am ¶Of course! I was thinking of you specifically, and by extension all the knitting librarians I know, when I wrote that post.
Posted 09 Mar 2008 at 10:27 am ¶I can’t believe I forgot about that book! Am going to get the kid a copy.
Posted 10 Mar 2008 at 7:42 am ¶Ha, now that I’m married and my last name is Lyon (well, with a hyphen), it’s too bad that print is so dang expensive, because it would fit us perfectly, considering how much we all like to read! (Me, hubby, and step-daughter)
Posted 10 Mar 2008 at 3:30 pm ¶You inspired me to lighten up my Tuesday morning with my version of a digital kitty cat.
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