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Oh D'aulaires!

3/12/2012

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Doing some digging into the lives/works of Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire--the lovebird creators of one of the books I cherish most, a dreamy anthology of Greek myths published first in 1962. D'aulaires' Book of Greek Myths is a  kid-vibe, colored-penciled, William Blake-ish spectacular, and (adorably) was lithographed by Ingri and Edgar's son Per Ola! The couple was ASKED by the New York Public Library to start making children's books! Pretty cool.

Drawings like the eyeball-covered Argus, and Heracles battling the lion are burned indelibly into my my mind. These were among the first stories I read where it felt like something real serious was on the line. Like Edith Hamilton for kids or a an awesome addendum to the exposure Percy Jackson is affording classicism! The index at the end is especially rad for school projects! 

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See also, the recently re-released (by New York Review of Books) D'aulaires' Book of Trolls, D'Aulaires' Book of Animals, and D'Aulaire's Book of Norse Myths!















-Elizabeth

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Joy Corcoran link
3/14/2012 03:13:32 am

Thanks so much for this wonderful introduction to the D'aulaires. I wasn't aware of these books and am glad to see these dreamy illustrations. I was just looking through some Blake prints for an illustration idea so this comes at the perfect moment. Thanks for being a great bookstore!

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