You can find poetry anywhere, even in ads on the subway.
Check out Subway Cento for more subway ad poems.
My other favorite subway-related-poetry thing is Poems on the Underground.
(image: Jack Cheng)(via Design Mom)
Category: Art
The Pun is Mightier Than the Sword
Puns plus literature plus art? It’s like “things Annie likes” bingo. Mattias Adolfsson’s illustration rocks:
Click through to see the larger image for all the pun goodness, and make sure to check out Adolfsson’s other illustrations as well.
A Sacrifice to the Spider God and Other Children’s Book Classics
It’s not even 9:30 and it’s already feeling like one of those days. At least there are these new titles for children’s books based on their covers to keep me laughing. My favorites:
Make sure to click through to see the rest.
Links Galore
A few more links for today:
- Congratulations to all the National Book Award finalists!
- A moving piece about empathy and the work of Lois Lowry.
- Love this series of photographs inspired by YA novels. Some of them are even better than the actual cover art. (H/T Tess Sharpe)
- You probably know Curious George, but did you know that authors Hans and Margaret Rey narrowly escaped Nazi-occupied Europe? (Make sure to check out Sarah Albee’s site for lots of exciting historical trivia.)
Animated Poetry
Another grey, drizzly day. Perfect time for a little humor and poetry, care of Billy Collins and his TED talk. Here, Collins reads his poems with some animated accompaniment. The videos are really lovely:
(H/T Book Riot)
100 Artists for Literacy
Love these redesigned book covers. They were created by 100 artists for DoeDeMee, a project dedicated to raising awareness of illiteracy. (For each poster version sold, a portion of the money is given to UNESCO projects in Africa.)
My favorite:
I might actually need this Northern Lights poster by Hamish Steele.
Check out the whole collection to find your favorite.
Where Letters Come From
At the Rumpus, Jason Novak presents an illustrated version of where letters got their shapes. One of my favorites:
Make sure to check out the whole alphabet.
Word History
Mysteries of the Vernacular is one of my new favorite web series. Beautifully animated sequences take you through the history of one common word, like clue:
This is exactly what I needed when I was nine and asked my mom why we called a tree “a tree” and not “a dog” or “a fireman.” Can’t wait to see the full set of 26!
(via Colossal)(H/T Patrick Truby)
Links Galore
A few more links for today:
- I’m too flighty for a tattoo, but I love these librarians’ choices.
- Jennifer Thermes’ illustrations for The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever make me wish it a snow day.
- I would have freaked out over a library storybook dollhouse as a kid. Or now.
- Follow the path of glowing books.
- I love that Charles Dickens had a library of fake books.
Old Book, New Clutch
You can make your own book clutch?!?!
I’ve seen these kind of purses by famous designers and local artisans, but I’ve never seen a DIY tutorial. Head on over to see kate sew for the how-to. Soon we can all show off our literary style.
(image: see kate sew)(via Design Mom)