Saturday, November 24, 2007
My love of fairy tales
Some of my best childhood memories are the times my sister and I would build forts to read our fairy tales. I remember climbing in amongst the pillows and blankets and reading "The Little Mermaid" with the flashlight, bawling our eyes out at the tragic ending. The passion for fantasy has not dwindled, and my sister and I are always on the lookout for new pictures books to add to our collection. A few years ago we discovered the incredible, and fairly unknown talent of Mercer Mayer to capture our favorite tales with his beautiful pictures. Yes, the Little Critters illustrator did Beauty and the Beast and many others. I was roaming online tonight and ran across his website. These pictures are a sampling of the pages from Pam and my most cherished books. Isn't he just incredible?
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I like them alot. I especially like the Sleeping Bueaty one, it's more what I think of in terms of bueatiful princess rather than the disney portrayal *shudder*
These are so beautiful. Its a shame that most people only know Mercer Mayer as the guy how does Little Critter. (I like the Little Critter books too, but these are incredible) You could look at one picture over and over and over and all of a sudden you realize that there are faces in the wood grain on the bed posts or if you hold a mirror up to the page you can actually read what looked like random symbols on the steps up to the North Winds home. He's so cool.
~Pammy
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