“This is a story about darkness and light, about sorrow and joy, about something lost and something found. This is a story about Love.” (from CINDERELLA
Who could resist reading a story that begins with these magical words?? Luckily for us, these words are the beginning of not only a well-loved story, but also the perfect description of the life of the children’s book illustrator featured in today’s blog: Mary Blair.

FOR AGES 4+: In recent years, Mary Blair’s artwork for the three Disney animated films listed above has been collected and published as children’s stories, with creative re-tellings by various contemporary children’s book authors. Children are captivated by the beautiful, colorful, and un-fussy drawings—a feast for the eyes! Combined with loving and thoughtful telling, these books are sure favorites for any child’s library!
CINDERELLA
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Cinderella watching, as her pumpkin becomes a coach! |
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Cinderella's coach arrives at the ball! |
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
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Alice at the Mad Hatter and March Hare’s Un-Birthday Tea Party |
PETER PAN
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Peter with the Mermaids (front cover) |
FOR AGES 1-4: Blair also worked as an illustrator for the Little Golden Books for a short while, illustrating I CAN FLY
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The author and her mom at Shakespeare and Co. bookstore in Paris |
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...and in the rain at the Luxemborg Gardens, Paris! |
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The author at work at Disneyland Paris... |
Thanks, Darling Daughter! Love your post! :)
ReplyDeleteCertainly,Wendy Darling (get it?) I love your blog!!!
ReplyDeletehaha..."the author at work"...cause my job was just SO hard! :-)
ReplyDeleteGolly, you're pretty (and you make a lovely Cinderella)!
ReplyDeleteGreat post Mary! Thanks for sharing the lovely illustrations and information about Mary Blair :o)
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