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Two more bears and Taro Gomi

July 20, 2005

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One more is in the works. The orange one is made from that alpaca scarf my mother-in-law gave me. My poor presser foot! I had to untangle is at least a half dozen times. Turns out alpaca is kinda hard to sew.

Before we went away on our vacation to the eastern shore of Maryland this summer, I stopped in at Wellesley Booksmith to buy some books that would keep Roxy occupied on the airplane. I stumbled upon this excellent book by Taro Gomi. If you haven’t seen her illustrations, you need to. The book we have is called My Friends and it is about a little girl who learns all sorts of things from observing nature. Taro Gomi’s website shows some of her illustrations Here are some of her beautiful drawings of chickens and birds:

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and here is a little dog

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and a bug

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So cute. I need to get some more of her books.

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Comments

  1. shell says

    July 20, 2005 at 10:13 pm

    Oh, your little bears are so cute!

  2. myra says

    July 20, 2005 at 10:28 pm

    Love the bears and their little dresses! And thanks for the Gomi Taro link. I’m going to have to order a couple for sure!

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