Barbara Cooney (American, 1917-2000) Jo reading a book, Little Women, written by Louisa May Alcott 1955Rip Van Winkle Arthur Rackham fairy in treeLaura Knight’s pencil sketch of her bare-footed Cornwall neighbour & friend Ella Naper (1916)Warwick Goble (English, 1862-1943) for The Iron Stove included in The Fairy Book The Best Popular Fairy Stories Selected and Rendered Anew by Dinah Maria CraikGreen Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales Written by Grace James, illustrated by Warwick Goble 1910Down come cradle and baby and all ~ Florence Mary Anderson ~ c. 1916Vanity Fair Magazine July 1924Woman’s World Magazine May 19341924 Children’s Book Famous Fairy Tales Piper 1st Ed
Did you climb trees as a kid? I went to the park at the end of the street with my best friend. My friend used a tip from her grandmother: Tree climbing must be done barefoot. I followed this advice, but never made it any higher than this guy. Meanwhile, my friend was as high as a three story building. We were completely unsupervised.
Country Gentleman Magazine May 1950 Children At Play1967 A Tune For The Towpath by Jane Flory back cover1967 A Tune For The Towpath by Jane Flory1949Woman’s World Magazine November 1931 Autumn Oak Tree Coverやっほー どろんこたいしょう 1973Riddles, Riddles from A to Z by Carl Memling illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman (1962) frontispiece treeマリールイズいえでする 2010From ‘Favourite Fairy Tales told in Italy’ 1965 Illustrated by Evaline Ness (1911 – 1986) American illustratorMarie-Madeleine FRENCH NOHAIN1936 Country Gentleman Magazine May Girl in Blossom TreeThe Hardy Boys The Flickering Torch Mystery 1943 back endpapersHana-Saka-Jiji book illustration by Warwick Goble for Green Willow and Other Fairy Tales, 1910
CONTEMPORARY FICTION SET IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (2023)
On paper, things look fine. Sam Dennon recently inherited significant wealth from his uncle. As a respected architect, Sam spends his days thinking about the family needs and rich lives of his clients. But privately? Even his enduring love of amateur astronomy is on the wane. Sam has built a sustainable-architecture display home for himself but hasn’t yet moved into it, preferring to sleep in his cocoon of a campervan. Although they never announced it publicly, Sam’s wife and business partner ended their marriage years ago due to lack of intimacy, leaving Sam with the sense he is irreparably broken.
Now his beloved uncle has died. An intensifying fear manifests as health anxiety, with night terrors from a half-remembered early childhood event. To assuage the loneliness, Sam embarks on a Personal Happiness Project: