‘January’ ~ illustrated by Maj Lindman (1886-1972) one of a set of 12 school posters‘You Durns’t’ (1905) Arthur John Elsley (English)Arthur John Elsley (1860–1952)Hinds Honey and Almond Cream advertisement published in the January 1927 issue of Ladies Home JournalChildren Playing in the Snow, Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935)Snow and sunshine for girls and boys illustrations by Palmer Cox and Edmund Henry GarrettJenny Nystrom Snowball Prank
A whole town comes together in carnivalesque fashion for a snow fight in the wonderful scene below.
The Bumper Book For ChildrenFarmer’s Wife Magazine February 1935 cover artFarmer’s Wife Magazine January 1936Erik Henningsen (1855 – 1930) Fra Buegangene , 1900Lowell Hess, My Christmas Treasury, 1957Norman Mills Price (1877 – 1951)HILDA VAN STOCKUM, A Day on Skates, The Story of a Dutch Picnic, 1934AJ Wall ‘Give em some more’ from A Night In The Woods And Other Tales and SketchesBrian Shields, Liverpool painter (1951-1997)The Juvenile almanack, or, Series of monthly emblems c1822-1824Schnick schnack trifles for the little-ones by Oscar Pletsch 1867The Toboggan Slide from The Night Before Christmas And Other Popular Stories For ChildrenStuck with Baby Brother art by Angus Macdonnal for The Saturday Evening Post 1922Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Lillian Hoban (1971)White Snow Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt illustrated by Roger DuvoisinWilliam Steig, cover illustration for The New Yorker magazine, February 4, 1939Conte De Noel, Charles Dickens, illustrations by A.Pecoud (Paris 1952) snow playClara Powers Wilson from ‘The Pixie In The House by Laura Rountree Smith, 1915. Maybe this bunny is trying to convince us he’s shovelling snow but I think by the positioning of his paws he’s just playin.Woman’s World Magazine Jan 1916 shovelling snowRoger Duvoison, 1963. This snow shoveller also seems to be enjoying the snow.
A father returns home from work with neighbourhood kids waiting for him behind snow forts.
John Falter (American, 1910-1982) ‘Snowy Ambush’ 1959Now That Days Are Colder by Aileen Fisher, Designed & Illustrated by Gordon Laite, Lettering by Paul Taylor (1973)
In the scene below, residents shovel snow from their driveways while children frolick nearby.
Snow in the Garden by Shirley HughesPrelude – The early life of Eileen Joyce C.H. Abrahall, illustrated by Anna Zinkeisen. Published by Oxford University Press 1950.William Kurelek (Ukrainian Canadian 1927-1977) Balsam Ave. After Heavy Snow (1972)John Falter (American, 1910-1982), ‘Snow Angels’ for the January 10 edition of The Saturday Evening Post (1953)TROIS PETITS FLOCONS (1974) Joëlle Boucher. “Three Little Flakes”
But perhaps the most comfortable way to enjoy the snow is through the glass of your conservatory.
Header illustration: Italian magazine ‘Seasons – Fall, Winter’ Illustrator not found c1890 (The illustrator was probably either German or influenced by German art.)
Five Dolls in a House, Five Dolls and the Monkey, Five Dolls and the Duke, Five Dolls and Their Friends… The author was really onto something here. The possibilities are endless. Below are some artwork from Five Dolls in the Snow, written by Helen Clare and illustrated by Aliki.
Helen Clare is the pen name of Pauline Clarke, the well-known English author. She has written many books for children under both names and her book, THE TWELVE AND THE GENII (known as THE RETURN OF THE TWELVES) in its American edition) won the 1962 Carnegie Award in England.
Miss Clare was born in Nottinghamshire, England, and attended Somerville College, Oxford. She makes her home in Blakeney, Norfolk, England.
author bio on the back flap
About the artist:
Aliki Brandenberg has written as well as illustrated many books for children, among them THE STORY OF JOHNNY APPLESEED and THE STORY OF WILLIAM PENN. She is a graduate of the Museum College of Art in Philadelphia and now lives in New York City. She and her husband Franz have a young son, Jason, and a baby daughter, Alexa.
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:
