Tuesday, August 17, 2010

The Happy Owls by Celestino Piatti








I adore these cute illustrations from a vintage children's book The Happy Owls, illustrated and written by Celestino Piatti in 1964. I just ordered my copy online at amazon and if you want one too, you can order here!

{images via here}

7 comments :

Struinkunst by Lisette said...

Those are just cute!

Nicki said...

I love the theme of your blog! It's adorable!

Murgatroyd said...

From one owl to another...what an absolutely fabulous illustrator. Thank you for sharing his work!

Unknown said...

wow these illustrations are fabulous!!!

bee said...

Oh my - what totally amazing illustrations! Thanks for sharing - I'll be sure to add this book to my wishlist!

silly eagle books said...

I have an abc book by the same author and it is absolutely gorgeous!

Jil Casey said...

Great illustrations! Definitely going on my list. Another book with great owl illustrations is the Owl and the Woodpecker, illustrated by Brian Wildsmith, I featured it on my blog (please check it out) - www.theartofchildrenspicturebooks.blogspot.com