East of the sun

Kay Nielsen knew his way around a fantasy. The Danish illustrator was raised in a “tense atmosphere of art” (his words) during the Golden Era of Illustration – a time when folks one-upped each another with books bearing golden spines and marbled end papers; elaborately illustrated copies of Grimm's

East of Sun and West of the Moon 🌙 #kidlitart

Once upon a time there was a poor peasant who had so many children that he did not have enough of either food or clothing to give them. Pretty children they all were, but the prettiest was the youngest daughter, who was so lovely there was no end to her loveliness. One day — it […]

I was on my thebookheap tumblr when I stumbled across this gorgeous fanart for “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”, which I have already featured on this blog (you can find it HERE)- an…

Identifier: eastofsunwestofm00asbj Title: East of the sun and west of the moon : old tales from the North Year: 1922 (1920s) Authors: Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885 Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen, 1813-1882 Dasent, George Webbe, Sir, 1817-1896 Nielsen, Kay Rasmus, 1886-1957 Subjects: Fairy tales Folklore -- Norway Publisher: New York : G.H. Doran Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images…

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A retelling of twenty-two folktales taken from Asbjørnsen and Moe's Norske folke-eventyr

“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure of the landscape – the loneliness of it, the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it, the whole story doesn’t show.” — Andrew Wyeth I’m no fan of the cold and yet winter images and Christmas are among my favorite things in life. […]