Eloise wilkin

Today I unloaded seven baskets of laundry onto my bed. I told myself I'd be back to fold them with each dump. Hours later, after the...

Eloise Wilkin I love the one sock and all the cookies!

I'm taking a printmaking class at my local technical college, so I've been looking at books with engravings, woodcuts and linocuts. I pulled out this book, Narcissa Whitman, Pioneer of Oregon by Jeanette Eaton that I bought at a book sale a few years ago. The wood engravings were done by Woodi Ishmael, who I am not familiar with, so if you aren't either we can both learn something new! First off, Narcissa Whitman was a real person. She was one of the first white women to cross the Rocky…

Prayers for a Small Child - Eloise Wilkin

Eloise Wilkin

Illustration taken from "Baby Dear" - by Esther Wilkin, illustrated by Eloise Wilkin. Golden Press, Wisconsin, 1962.

The north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will the robin do then, Poor thing ? He'll sit in the barn, And keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing !