Carson ellis

Home, is the long awaited first solo title by Carson Ellis, the American illustrator and co-creator of the Wildwood books. It’s a subject that’s close to her heart – writing on th…

Carson Ellis, illustrator // “We are the inheritors of a wonderful world, a beautiful world, full of life and mystery, goodness and pain.” ― Colin Meloy, Wildwood

Carson Ellis is an illustrator living in Portland, Oregon.

The singer, banjoist, and mandolinist Mick Moloney came up in the Dublin folk scene of the nineteen-sixties, then moved to Philadelphia, earning a Ph.D. in folklore and folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. He also founded the Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra, based at N.Y.U. With the fiddler Athena Tergis, the klezmer singer Tamar Korn, the Filipino vocalist Grace Nono, and plenty of help from the local community of musicians and scholars, he’ll be presiding over four…

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It's World Book Day tomorrow and following on from my last post on the fabulous John Rylands Library it seemed like a good time to take a look at our new favourite book here - Carson Ellis's Home. The fabulous book takes us on a journey through the many different types of homes from houses in the country, flats in the city, homes on buses, boats and even a shoe. At the end we find the artist herself in her studio looking at the objects which inspired the book. The illustrations are beautiful…

So the shortest day has come! Though it might be outshined by the dazzling delights of the holiday season, the winter solstice has long been at the root of popular December traditions. Newbery medalist Susan Cooper ’s brand new picture book The Shortest Day reconnects us to the centuries-long s