Giveaway: “The Elephant’s Journey” by Nicoletta Ceccoli

Ryan

Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg. This book is basically an art book for kids (and adults too I suppose) about finding creativity in anything. It teaches kids to see their mistakes not as something to shy away from or become frustrated over, but instead as an opportunity as a starting point for something completely new.

The way this is presented is what really makes this a great book though. The books is a bit interactive. Pages show examples of mistakes a child might make when trying to make art (a torn page, paint dripped, smudges) and then show how those mistakes can be turned into something wonderful. I’ve found as much inspiration in this book as my daughter and I’ve used it as the basis for art lessons at the school I teach at. Truly great!

Wicked Halo

I guess I’d go with Mark Ryden’s and Marion Peck’s Sweet Wishes, because in its own sarcastic and silly way teaches a lesson by showing how too much of a good thing can turn sour. Even when being straightforward the sweets allegory (they wish upon a fairy for loads of sweets and end up barfing) isn’t entirely lost on me cause I’m a complete sweet tooth and have been know on occasion to candy binge like crazy. Also gotta say its main characters remind me a great deal of my own childhood toys.

Aaron Cooke

This one’s easy. Favorite children’s book is “The Sneetches and other stories” by Dr. Seuss, because it teaches basically everything you need to know to live a good life. The Sneetches shows that no matter what people look like on the outside we’re all the same inside. The Zax shows the perils of stubbornness and that we all need to compromise to get anywhere. What was I scared of teaches us not to be scared of something just because we don’t understand it. And the one about mrs. mccave naming all 23 of her sons Dave is just an amusing bit of rhyming. :)

Lynet Witty

This is an awesome giveaway! I love this print! I recently found a book that I love, mainly because of the artwork.
it’s by Neil Gaiman and it’s called The Dangerous Alphabet.
Artwork is by Gris Grimly who I’m seriously considering naming my next kid after…I mean Gris? I love it.

DJROB

“Chocolate Fever” by Robert Kimmel Smith

This is my favorite children’s book. I remember reading this book in elementary and wanting to brake out in a Chocolate fever. Because as a kid my love for chocolate is still strong today as it was then. Lucky Henry.

Hollow

“Horton Hears a Who!” by Dr. Seuss

Or anything by Dr. Seuss for that matter. I was always caught up in the characters, illustrations, and how he wrote, but I didn’t really comprehend the morals of the stories til later in life, and Horton is one of the most admirable characters. And I was obsessed with elephants growing up, I had elephant everything, bedding, bookends, posters, Zoobooks about elephants, stupid little hats with big ears, watched Dumbo every day, obsessed! Probably another reason I really want this print, a Nicoletta Ceccoli print with an elephant in it, fuck ya!

Chelsey Sierra

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein.

My mom owned this book, and when I was a child I’d pick it out of her stack to read it on her bed. At first, I really didn’t get it, and granted, when I first started doing this, I could barely read it, but now whenever I go over my mom’s house I see that book and think of the pleasant memories I had as a child. It also might have influenced my hatred for overly greedy people.

Dan Armand

A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein.

I was always captivated by Shel’s illustrations, and even as a young kid, used to re draw them. I even remember drawing some of them on little love letters to would-be girlfriends.. And it worked! The poems, while beautiful and thought provoking, didn’t make as much sense to me then as they do now. Thats a good thing because I can appreciate it even more today than I did back then. I can’t say that about most of the other books I enjoyed as a youngster.

Mark

“The Wump World” by Bill Peet

I remember the illustrations from when I was a child, the Wumps happily living in their world and then the machines coming in and destroying it. Love the monsterish qualities given to the machines. The images and story have stuck with me all my life.

M

odiojoe

My favorite book was The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. My imagination went crazy when I first read this book, there were so many characters and I used to read and draw out each character. This book is responsible for my love of art and my love for reading so it will be my favorite.

Arleigh Meek

The monster at the end of this book” is my favorite kids book. did you know there really is a monster at the end of it! oh grover you tickle my funny bone!

Aaron Nieradka

By Far it is FLAT STANLEY. My mom read it to me over and over…it’s one of my clearest childhood memories. I saw nothing fantastical about becoming flat enough to be mailed away to anywhere you’d want to go. For real. I think I thought that eventually I’d be able to do it.
I think of childhood and not one other single book comes to mind. Love it!

-Aaron N.

leslie ditto

I can’t remember the name of my favorite children’s book, that tells you alot about me, that I was the kid that just looks at the pictures I guess HAHA, it was about this little boy with big glasses and I remember numbers and maybe the alphabet came to life, like they where creatures made from numbers with faces, hands, ect. I remember the pictures really took my imagination to new heights , if anyone thinks they might know the name of the book please let me know because it has been driving me nutts for some time now, thx for the generous prize for the contest:)