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:

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

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

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  3. wow these illustrations are fabulous!!!

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

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

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  6. 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

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