Trina schart hyman illustrations

Trina Schart Hyman, prolific children's book illustrator and writer, was born on April 8. Here's the artist's likeness from the back cover of the 25th anniversary edition of Saint George and the Dragon, which won the Caldecott Medal. #April8 #OTD

Trina Schart Hyman - from The Water of Life

Another difficult pick, seeing as different books might be considered my favorite at different sections of my childhood. But perhaps the one which holds my interest the most, even now, is: Saint Ge…

Trina Schart Hyman has been my favorite children's illustrator since i found her in the second grade in the library of my elementary school....

Little Red Riding Hood being trapped and about to get eat up by the Big Bad Wolf illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman

I asked Chris today what makes him feel older- his birthday, or New Years. He said "New Year's" because everyone is celebrating and it's another year passing for everyone, while on your birthday it's just a year passing for you (and you can ignore it if you want to!). I often think about growing old. Madeleine and I even joke about how I was meant to be a grandmother. Maybe that's why these books about time passing and aging always hit me in my chest (I'm looking at you Roxaboxen and…

by Terri Windling Maiden-in-a-Tower stories can be found in folk traditions around the world -- but Rapunzel, the best known of these stories, comes from literary sources. The version of Rapunzel we know today was published as a German folk tale by the Brothers Grimm in 1857 -- but it's...

Today I'm on the trail of the Wild Children of myth, lore, and fantasy: children lost in the forest, abandoned, stolen, reared by wild animals, and those for whom wilderness is their natural element and home. Tales of babies left...

Dear Kelsey, As you know (because I mention it all the time), something I’ve been really looking forward to is discussing our Book Club books more than once. And don’t think you’re off the hook bec…

The last week has been eventful, well kind of. Last Sunday I cooked Easter dinner for 18. Monday I rested. Tuesday I quit smoking. Wednesday I got sick. Since then I've been sleeping and laying around, turning into a blob. I'm starting to get bored, which I'll take as a sign of getting better. And for once getting sick was a blessing, it helped with the first few difficult days of nicotine withdrawl. In The Quitting Deal written by Tobi Tobias and illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, mother…