Video Sunday: Now With Adorable Kitten

As I see so few handmade picture books in a given year, it’s kind of cool to not only see the process behind Tara Books’ new title Do! but also a bit of the interior spreads as well. As the description of the video says, "Do! is handmade book published by Tara Books, India. It is a set of action pictures, rendered in the Warli art done by people belonging to a tribal community that lives in Maharashtra, in western India. It introduces basic verbs to the young reader through a series of brilliantly drawn pictograms, which illustrate the verb and tell a story." I just like seeing the lady fall out of the tree. That’s about the level of my own maturity, right there.

Here’s the thing about the next video.  My husband, his best friend, and I were watching it and while we enjoyed it . . . well, take a look at it first.

The counterpoint post would therefore be John Green’s interpretation of the series.  He’s spoken about it before, but this is pretty recent.

Thanks to @librariancheryl for the link.

I rarely need an excuse to include something with Francoise Mouly in it.  I’m so used to seeing her promote her TOON Books line, however, that I sometimes forget that she’s the one behind all those lovely New Yorker covers we see.  Here’s a peek behind the curtain then.

Thanks to Children’s Illustration for the link.

And for the off-topicness of the day, let’s go with something that is the total and complete opposite of last week’s kinda downer Video Sunday posts.  I know you’ve seen it before, but who can resist the charms of the surprised kitten?