Sergio Ruzzier's Blog, page 14

Unobtrusive genitalia

From an Amazon customer review of the anthology Guys Write For Guys Read :
[...] there is also an illustration of a monster, drawn when the artist was in fifth grade, I believe, that shows the monster's genitalia. It's unobtrusive, but its [sic] there. I'm having to black it out with a felt-tip so I can make the book available for my middle school students.
He's talking about my Sprokostagorubolonoso. Unobtrusive is probably the worst thing one can say about a penis.
Here's the culprit:

The Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book by R. Caldecott

The Underground Sketchbook

Today is Tomi Ungerer's birthday (and mine too!)
Here's a book of his published by Viking in 1964.

Some More Love for Tweak Tweak!

Tweak Tweak is one of Jules Danielson's Top 10 Picture Books of 2011 she chose for Kirkus! Thank you Jules!

Emperor Hirohito reads Amandina

Having heard that Amandina will soon be published in Japan by Mitsumura, Emperor Hirohito got himself a copy of the American edition to familiarize with it. He seems to really enjoy it!

Mao Tse-Tung

Mao Tse-Tung, in his formative years, reading with profit Hey, Rabbit!

The Dallas Titans Get Ready for Bed

Weird Islands

While I was away

While I was in Connecticut at Maurice Sendak's, my friend Steve Savage sent me this:

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And my friend Gerardo Blumenkrantz this:

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The Agony in the Kindergarten

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