LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD

“The way to read a fairy tale is to throw yourself in.” 

W.H.Auden

Red or dead, clockwise from top left;  Saito Tomoko's red riding hood in the woods, little red riding hood picking flowers by Robert Wagt, little red wolf illustration by French illustrator Amelie Flechais, little red riding hood by another French illustrator Nathalie Lete, red riding hood this time by american illustrator Gyo Fujikawa,  riding hood and the big bad wolf  by Takao Nakagawa, small riding hood in the big forrest  by Christian Roux and last but not least the wolf in bed with little red riding hood beautiful illustration by Hui Yuan Chang.

FROGGY WENT A COURTIN

~We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.~

                                                                Mao Zedong

Different shades of green, clockwise from top left;  frog in pyjamas by Robert Wagt, four different frogs swimming by Richard Scarry, frog on a log artwork by Nicholas John Frith, frog illustration by Andrea Daquino,  jumping little frog girl  by German illustrator Wolf Erlbruch, illustration of a music making frog family by JooHee Yoon, black and white illustration of a toad by Tomi Ungerer,  two frogs by Dutch artist Leo Lionni from his book "It's mine".

CAT FISH

"if a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape, then cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air"

Doris Lessing

Frenemies on paper, clockwise from top left; illustration by Ella Bailey of a cat stealing a fish,  cute little cat girl with her new goldfish by Robert Wagt, black cat juggling goldfish artwork by Ben Newman, big fat green cat illustration by Nastassia Ozozo, I love fish Aurore Damant's tribute to Mary Blair, policeman carrying a giant fish  by J.P.Miller, black and white illustration of a cat and a fishbone by Elena Lishanskaya and finally a vintage Philips tv ad by Elvinger.

WARM WINTER COATS

"Charity is a coat you wear twice a year"

George Michael

A coat of paint, clockwise from top left; girl in a pink and orange winter coat  by Robert Wagt, Romeo Gigli coat by Swedish fashion illustrator Mats Gustafson, woman in a purple coat  by Judith van den Hoek, a multi layered coat by Gladys Perint Palmer, black and red coat by 80's illustrator Zoltan,  red coat fashion illustration by french icon Rene Gruau, a purple fur coat by Hajin Bae and finally a fur coat artwork by french fashion designer Christian Lacroix.

PET SOUNDS

~ To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit.A duck hears also ~

Igor Stravinsky

Like music to my eyes, clockwise from top left; Duck "chuck" Berry playing his guitar by Robert Wagt, wintery saxophone playing dog by Calef Brown, red fox blowing his trumpet artwork by Nadia Shireen, a musical blue cat and birds by Paul Thurlby, banjo plying bear and dancing ferret by Rob Bridges, blue bear playing his lute for a yellow bird by J.P.Miller, red and yellow illustration of an animal orchestra artwork by Adam Pryce and finally a drumming alligator by Mateyko Thiessen.

THANKSGIVING ILLUSTRATIONS

~Not what we say about our blessings, but how we use them, is the true measure of our thanksgiving~

Pass the gravy, clockwise from top left;  Charles E.Martin's New Yorker cover of Macy's Thanksgiving parade in New York, girl and cat waiting for the Thanksgiving turkey by Robert Wagt, more Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade by Jing Wei, another beautiful NewYorker cover by Tom Gauld, Andrzej Czeczot illustration  of a thanksgiving dinner, a Sesame street Thanksgiving with Big Bird as the turkey by Dan Reynolds, family reunion Thanksgiving dinner by Kelsey Garrity-Riley and finally Ernie Bushmiller's  Nancy has nightmares of  the Thanksgiving turkey.

TWO WHEELED COUPLES

~ Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul ~

The highway is my middle name, clockwise from top left; red haired couple on a vespa by Dylan Jones, couple on a Harley liberator by Robert Wagt,  man and his daughter on a scooter by Tali Yalonetzki, giraffe and elephant riding a tandem bicycle by Jennifer A.Bell , elephant on a motorcycle with sidecar by Feodor Rojankovsky, illustration by Jennifer Bricking of a monster and a girl on a vespa, happy dog couple on a vespa by Ingela Peterson Arrhenius and finally Matte Stephens man with his dog in the sidecar.