Charles W. Hobson's Woman in a Bathtub

Never before has a bath felt so much like playing hopscotch.

Four Rabbits in the Grass by Violet Teague and Geraldine Reed

This is a double page spread from the book Night Fall in the Ti-Tree, first hand-made and published by the Australian artists Teague and Reed in 1905.

Ears and plants stand at attention. The arches of the rabbits' backs glow, lit by the setting sun. Their time for quiet feasting draws to a close. All slips into the shadow that creeps across the land.

Christopher Wormell's "Fifteen Leopard Rosettes"

I've promoted Christopher Wormell's linocuts for children on this blog once before. But such gorgeously illustrated picture books deserve repeated mention.

Just this week I stumbled a rather well-loved copy of his counting book Teeth, Tails, & Tentacles in the library at my daughter's preschool. One of my favorite things about this book was the use of unexpected vocabulary. For example, for the number 15, Wormell features fifteen leopard rosettes. I've never before encountered the use of that term to describe the large, two-toned spots on a cat, but it's lovely and fitting. So often books for the very young avoid using big words, which is a shame, since how else are children to learn such words if they aren't exposed to them in a memorable context?

Wormell's bold linocuts are definitely memorable. I encourage readers to peruse the entire collection of his illustrated children's books on his website, here.