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Fruit GalleryThe apple since the garden of Eden is an allegory of evil. Snow White also ate a poisoned apple. Dimitri Tsykalov can turn… »
Vintage Calculator MuseumThe internet seems to hold just about everything. Even a vintage calculator museum. With a gratis virtual Windows based… »
Fictional Business CardsPutting your best foot forward is the purpose of the business card. Attract and lure them in. Then there are the fictional… »
Vegetable Art By Ju DuoqiIf there were a perfect time to not eat vegetables, it would be now. Ju Duoqi would give you a compelling reason not to… »
Life in a DayAs you prepare your daily ritual each day, the world spins with billions of other souls doing the same. Would it not be… »
21st Century EnlightenmentMany of us are trying to fit in the fast growing society of plenty. Perhaps less is more in the 21st century. We should… »
The Flight of the Plastic BagEver wonder where plastic bags fly to? No need to wonder. They are choking the Pacific Ocean with an artificial graveyard… »
Mejikara Anti-Wrinkle GlassesThere are those who believe they can stay young forever. The eventuality of your skin getting the best out of you will come… »
Howl: The Story of Allen GinsbergThe youthful voice of the 50's brought the Beat Generation. Howl is the latest movie on the generation of rebellious prose.… »
Top Ten Typefaces of the DecadePeople are becoming more aware of typography around them. Here is a suggestive top ten list of the most popular typefaces… »
Don Kenn Post-it Notes MonstersDon Kenn can bring out a whole new world out of a post-it note with his elaborate monsters. The eerie yellow background… »
The School Textbook is Big BusinessWhen you return to school, book publishers are happy you will learn the golden rule. You should cause it's a heavy price to… »
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Category Archives: kid books
Broken Pencil 48
Sandbox World favorite magazine Broken Pencil has some pretty cool topics this month. My favorite: How to Build Your Own Arcade Cabinet Out of Scraps by Jph Wacheski. via-Broken Pencil
Twilight Producers to Make Babar Movie
Break out the piggy bank of nostalgia. Babar the Elephant is going CGI. The producers of The Twilight Saga are planning to bring the international elephant to the big screen. Created in 1931 by French author Jean de Brunhoff, the … Continue reading
Posted in DVD, TV, animals, animation, art, books, business, cartoons, kid books, kids, movies, talk, web
Tagged Babar, CGI, Jean de Brunhoff, Laurent de Brunhoff, movie, Twilight producers
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How Many Books in the World
Google’s mission to digitize all of the books in the world has hit a little snag. Through research Google has discovered that there are over 129,864,880 books in the world and counting. That’s a lot of scanning. Daunting at most. … Continue reading
Patently Silly
Everybody has the next great idea. For every useful patented idea there is a crop of stupid ones. Daniel Wright is a comedian and his site Patently Silly explores the recesses of absurd ingenuity. From the bizarre to just plain … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, books, gadgets, kid books, pictures, science, web, weird
Tagged Patently Silly, patents, stupid, US Patent and Trademark Office
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Awful Library Books
Rejoice bibliophiles there is a site where you can get a glimpse of Awful Library Books. Every library has these books, when they are not circulated they end in some church book sale. Some of these books are odd because … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, books, kid books, pictures, web
Tagged Awful Library Books, bad books, library, Mary and Holly
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All My Friends Are Dead
Death will come to all creatures great and small. It’s a topic not too often explored in books for kids. The whimsical approach by both Avery Monsen and Jory John is a refreshing look at extinction and other forms of … Continue reading
Disturbing Kid’s Book Art by Gojin Ishihara
Early fairy tales were meant to terrify kids. They were sanitized many generations later. Gojin Ishihara didn’t hold back any punches in the 70′s when he drew some pretty gory pictures for kiddy fare books. The Illustrated Book of Japanese … Continue reading
Posted in animals, art, books, cartoons, comics, kid books, kids, pictures, web, weird
Tagged Gojin Ishihara, illustrations
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Movie: Boilerplate, History’s Mechanical Marvel
Boilerplate, History’s Mechanical Marvel is coming to the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the JJ Abrams’ production company plans to make a movie based on the one year old book for Paramount Pictures. For those unaware of Boilerplate, … Continue reading
