这本儿童读物以克劳德 莫奈*受欢迎的睡莲系列为基础，将读者带入了位于吉维尼的莫奈花园的氛围和色彩中，花园里有一只可爱但徒劳的青蛙试图将自己融入这位画家的作品中。 当漂亮的小青蛙安托瓦内特（Antoinette）得知一位著名画家正在寻找美丽的花朵来作画时，她决心要进入画中。但是一旦画像被图上颜色，它就会消失-也许永远消失。这个令人愉悦的幽默之谜配有色彩丰富的插图，让人回想起莫奈为吉维尼他家附近的池塘创作的画。本书的*后几页重现了莫奈的八幅睡莲画作。孩子们将被莫奈世界的池塘，画家，灯光和美所吸引。Based on the beloved series of water lily paintings by Claude Monet, this children's book draws readers into the atmosphere and colors of Monet's garden at Giverny, where a lovely but vain frog tries to insert herself into the artist's work. When Antoinette, a comely young frog, learns that a famous artis

An artist who worked across many media, the multi-skilled Gustave Dor remains unequalled as a supremely talented illustrator, whose detailed and imaginative engravings for major works of literature from Cervantes s Don Quixote to Dante s Divine Comedy, and even the Bible have hugely influenced the way we see many cultural and literary characters and still inspire today (David Beckham has a tattoo on his chest of Dor s The Agony in the Garden).This sumptuous new introduction to the artist focuses on these illustrations, first introducing you to his life, work and the rich seam of illustration history that he continued and ignited, from Blake and Fuseli to today s newspaper comics, before presenting a carefully curated thematic selection of his finest and most important engravings. From his vision of Jacob Wrestling with the Angel to Crossing the River Styx, the work of this most prodigious and much borrowed-from artist is represented in glorious full-page reproductions.

From beloved author-illustrator Henry Cole comes the stunning follow-up to Spot, the Cat. In this beautiful wordless picture book, Spot the cat finds a dog named Dot who s off on her own adventure through the city!In Henry Cole s vivid wordless picture book Spot, the Cat, readers joined Spot on a journey through a city that began with him following a bird outside his window. This time, a dog named Dot draws Spot from his window. As we follow Spot and Dot on their wordless journey, we quickly realize that it s Dot the dog who is missing this time, and Spot is trying to get her back home. We follow these two on a different journey through the city as they weave in and out of a bakery, a library, a busy park, and more. And with a surprise twist at the end, we realize that home for both cat and dog was never very far away. With detailed black-and-white illustrations, readers will love following Spot and Dot on their adventure and cheering for the sweet reunion at the end.

Ten sheets of wrapping paper featuring iconic designs of the mid-century modern period The mid-twentieth century was one of the most popular, collectible, and dynamic periods of international design. Each sheet of wrapping paper and gift tag draws on the inventive style of the era.