Efentix Is Out, KRIJAN IS IN

Efentix is out, KÄÄRIJAN IS IN

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs

Exploring the Mesozoic era in science, art, and pop culture

I want to recommend the blog (and podcast) Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs here; they review old palaeo art, yes from the perspective of modern scientific knowledge, but also from an artistic perspective.

It's also important to remember that at the time, a lot of the dinosaur and palaeo art that seems outdated now was scientifically cutting edge at the time;

The Crystal Palace sculptures may be outdated, but they are still rad!

It's also one of the few fields where it's very easy to see the progression of scientific knowledge through time, which is really cool to see itself!

I know they’re technically correct and all but every time I see paleo bloggers just snarking on and pointing out all the flaws in incorrect dinosaur art like it’s wacky and silly I just feel bad for the artists, who were usually doing the absolute best they could with the best knowledge available at the time :( ……and it’s not like museums have infinite budget to update every model and animatronic. Besides, we may now know they had feathers or they stood differently but no matter how much we learn about them, they’re never actually going to be right as long as we can’t see a living one in person. They will always just be imaginary approximations of something nobody has ever seen. Give artists some slack and flexibility!

I need more fairy tales that involve giant crabs, please 🦀🦀🦀

Also, my favourite fairy tales are always the ones where the hero takes the time to help out an animal along the way (like me with bugs on the pavement, though more epic)

I really want to find out what’s going on with the hero and the river giant…

The Orange Fairy Book illustrated by Tomislav Tomić

‘The stories are taken from those told by grannies to grandchildren in many countries and in many languages – French, Italian, Spanish, Catalan, Gaelic, Icelandic, Cherokee, African, Indian, Australian, Slavonic, Eskimo.’ In his preface to the final title in our Rainbow Fairy Book series, Andrew Lang describes the diverse origins of these tales. They vary from ‘The Ugly Duckling’ by Hans Christian Andersen to ‘The White Slipper’ – a reversal of the Cinderella story, in which the king loses his precious white slipper and offers his daughter’s hand to whoever finds it.

The introduction to this edition is by award-winning writer Sara Maitland, whose most recent book, Gossip from the Forest, explores the provenance of fairy tales. Tomislav Tomić is a Croatian artist and children’s author, whose detailed and lively artwork includes a decorated title page, illustrated endpapers and numerous black-and-white drawings. Like all the Rainbow Fairy Books, this volume is beautifully produced, with coloured top-page edges, and luxurious Caxton Wove paper.

Murphy, a rescued bald eagle who is known for fiercely protecting a rock he considers his egg, will be getting the opportunity to become a father to an orphaned chick ❤️