Les petits bateaux du Luxembourg

 

End of school year

Solstice night

Solstice feast at school

... and the charming cherry blossom apron from Alexandra

Rabbit tales

 

 Elsa and I love the work of  Komako Sakai.

Her books are treasures of poetry and tenderness. 

Here, Elsa enjoys her  « The Velveteen Rabbit». 

 

My very old rabbit, still alive.

This very old book has first been read by my parents.  

Then it became one of my favorite readings as a child. 

 I read it to Elsa last summer, and was amazed how a 5y old 
could  stick to that long 300 pages novel.  

She enjoyed it so much that she’s now asking  for a third reading …

... now playing the adventures of Hazel, Fiver and Bigwig with her rabbit toys.
 

Flying rabbit.

Le luthier de Venise

When I saw the pictures of Iza playing violin in Venice, I remembered 

« Le luthier  de Venise » and its  beautiful illustrations by Frédéric Clément.

I had not read it for years. Elsa was first a bit frightened by the Venician masks, 

but as soon as I began reading she fell in love with  the story of the cello turned back to a tree by the magic of music …

Elsa’s wisteria-violin

 

The snow queen. Владислав Ерко

Elsa’s ukrainian godmother and godfather, our dear friends Elena and Konstantin, offered us this beautiful version of the Snow Queen. We discovered the stunning illustrations of Vladislav Yerko, also illustrator of a version of « Alice in Wonderland » and « Through the looking glass ».