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Classic Books Illustrated Swap, Due Nov. 5
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These are gorgeousSo after deciding on my book, and weeding down the many many things I wanted to do, I realized I wasn’t going to be able to fit the monkey on my cards, so before starting them I took a little side quest and carved a monkey stamp to include him somehow.
My cards:
They are all after the amazing Louise Hill’s illustrations from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
I read my copy (which was bound in combo with the secret garden which only ever got one read) many many times when I was young, and a few since. One interesting thing I learned as an adult, is that neurodivergent children are often very strongly drawn to the cinderella/child in-the-attic stories, since they often feel like the world is harsh but in ways that are hard to ascribe to anything concrete and hard to overcome, so tend to relate to characters who find the world unfairly against them, and tend to be comforted by the fact that the characters overcome those challenges and get a just ending.
AmethystStar
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These are lovely <3 I was really drawn to "The Secret Garden" as a child, but loved both. I was surprised to learn that Burnett's "Little Lord Fauntleroy" was ULTRA-popular after it's publication and even influenced children's fashion, but today it's lesser known.So after deciding on my book, and weeding down the many many things I wanted to do, I realized I wasn’t going to be able to fit the monkey on my cards, so before starting them I took a little side quest and carved a monkey stamp to include him somehow
My cards:
They are all after the amazing Louise Hill’s illustrations from A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
I read my copy (which was bound in combo with the secret garden which only ever got one read) many many times when I was young, and a few since. One interesting thing I learned as an adult, is that neurodivergent children are often very strongly drawn to the cinderella/child in-the-attic stories, since they often feel like the world is harsh but in ways that are hard to ascribe to anything concrete and hard to overcome, so tend to relate to characters who find the world unfairly against them, and tend to be comforted by the fact that the characters overcome those challenges and get a just ending.
Please share the monkey stamp, call me "Curious George"
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janae
"Art is what you can get away with" -Andy Warhol
Here's my first two ( so hard to choose). Fahrenheit 451 definitely deserves a reread as an adult - Bradbury predicted big screen tv and constant noise with ear buds along side not reading. Asimov's robot series is also extremely topical with needing to learn to live with AI without prejudice and cruelty (from us not the robots). This cover is my two favorite androids, K2S0 and DATA.
I ended up fitting it on the back of my cardsPlease share the monkey stamp, call me "Curious George"
janae
"Art is what you can get away with" -Andy Warhol
Love it!
janae
"Art is what you can get away with" -Andy Warhol
My brain jiggled out the other two after making the first ones. White Lotus by John Hershey explores an alternate history where the US loses a war with China and they begin importing us as slaves. - gripping & mind expanding. The Autobiography of Malcolm X with Alex Haley - I wish it could just be uploaded to all 
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We're currently full, but if someone drops out, you can have that slot!
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Both extremely prescient and still relevant books. I love the shape you chose for these, too