Books of the Week — Bob Gill
I love these books so much! And was delighted to find that Phaidon just reissued them. I think Bob Gill is a genius. He was a freelance illustrator in New York before he moved to London in 1960 — where he started a design firm that eventually became Pentagram(!). What a cool guy. I love that he has both Pentagram and awesome children's books on his resumé. Nice.
In A Balloon for A Blunderbuss a child starts with a butterfly and imagines what he could trade it for. A butterfly for a wishbone. A wishbone for a flag. A flag for a straw hat. A straw hat for a green umbrella. Until eventually he figures out a way to trade for everything-in-the-world.
In What Colour is Your World? there is a simple discussion of how different people view color. A gardener would see things in green. A milkman would see the world in white. And an artist might view color altogether differently.
The style and illustrations are perfection — authentically retro cool. These books would make great gifts for the children of any artsy parents you know.
Labels: children's lit
posted by Gabrielle of Design Mom at Thursday, May 22, 2008
4 Comments:
Hi there.
That's indeed a great book tip. Here's another one.
"Grow your child intelligent and rich" by Andreas Stein.
Stein's a Swiss Entrepreneur and wrote a spirited story of raising kids.
Here's the link:
http://www.lulu.com/content/1523976
Check it out. It's a great read!
PS: Andreas Stein's book can be downloaded as well. It's a print on demand book. I read it and like it a lot.
You can get an extensive preview of the book here:
http://www.lulu.com/content/1523976
"Grow your kids intelligent and rich".
i just pre-ordered those picturebooks from amazon. thanks for the tips design mom!
such a great pick. have been meaning to get those to add to the collection and you just tipped me over!
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