Children's book illustrator Emily Gravett used a very unusual tool in making the drawings for her latest title, Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears: rat urine. There's no actual urine in the printed books, mind you. Instead Gravett encouraged her two pet rats Button and Mr Moo to chew on and piddle on her drawings … Continue reading Don’t Lick the Pages, Kids
Show Me Books
Following the writing school advice "Show it, don't tell it," the Kansas City public library makes itself known to citizens with a wall of books along its main facade.There was something similar done during construction of a library in Cardiff, Wales, but it seems to have been only temporary.--David E
In a Nutshell
McSweeneys has posted a short series of , entitled "Lit 101 Classin Three Lines or Less." The half dozen haiku-like book summaries cover such chestnuts as 1984, Moby-Dick, and The Great Gatsby. For example:Paradise LostADAM: Paradise has arbitrary dietary restrictions?DEVIL: They're really more like guidelines.GOD: Incorrect.Enjoy them with an undergraduate.--David E
Musings from Magers and Quinn 