“It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.” (Arthur Conan Doyle). Here you’ll find my thoughts on what books would be perfect for your home library and why.
“Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as it is, and not as it should be!” Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes’s “Don […]
“Don Quixote” illustrated by Savva Brodsky in search of chivalrous ideals Read More »
“If you would tell me the heart of a man, tell me not what he reads, but what he rereads” François Charles Mauriac Having read and reread “The Master and
“The Master and Margarita” by Mihail Bulgakov, illustrated by G.A.V. Traugot Read More »
Every 2nd page of this book IS NOT what you expect it to be. True? The idea for “Engãnos”, produced by the Argentinian publisher V&R Editoras, is that of Ilan
“Engãnos” (“Deceptions”) from IBBY’s Silent Books touring exhibition Read More »
Below you’ll see both “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” and “Alice Through the Looking-Glass” illustrated by the Australian master Robert Ingpen. Originally published by Palazzo Editions (my books shown here are
A brief rhyme and a charming picture for each letter, understated at first glance, with a limited colour palette of subdued tones of pink and taupe with a vintage feel
“Every Girl’s Alphabet” of girl power, spirit and charm Read More »