Eloise wilkin

During her 50 year career spanning the decades of the 1930s through the 1980s, Eloise Wilkin illustrated over 110 books for children. H...

Eloise Wilkin I love the one sock and all the cookies!

The north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then, Poor thing ? He'll sit in the barn, And keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing !

During her 50 year career spanning the decades of the 1930s through the 1980s, Eloise Wilkin illustrated over 110 books for children. Her illustrations evoke an idyllic rural world not unlike that which she knew while raising her family of four children in upstate New York. Famous for her instantly recognizable style: sweet, cherubic, chubby-faced children; detailed early American and Victorian style architecture and furnishings; and the verdant, daisy-strewn hills of upstate New York…

Sweet dreams!

I'm taking a printmaking class at my local technical college, so I've been looking at books with engravings, woodcuts and linocuts. I pulled out this book, Narcissa Whitman, Pioneer of Oregon by Jeanette Eaton that I bought at a book sale a few years ago. The wood engravings were done by Woodi Ishmael, who I am not familiar with, so if you aren't either we can both learn something new! First off, Narcissa Whitman was a real person. She was one of the first white women to cross the Rocky…

Eloise Wilkin. ❤️

Eloise Wilkin Copyright 1984

MY GOODNIGHT BOOK by Eloise Wilkin (1981 Board book 9 1/2 x 6 inches, 12 pages. Western Publishing) Eloise Wilkins 1981 I have always loved Eloise Wilkin. I grew up with several of her illustrated books. This one made it into our collection after Charlotte was born and it was the first book she would sit through a reading of. It was also the first book she would ask for specifically. She particularly likes the last page where she points out all the toys in the little girl’s room. There's not…