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Edward Lear and George Grove

Posted by Marco on October 27th, 2009

One of the most famous of Edward Lear’s self caricatures is certainly the one in which he portrays himself while looking straight into the eyes of a strange “bug,” which is itself gazing at him. I had never cared to check where the image came from, but today, while doing some reasearch for the Diaries [...]

Polly Sleepyhead

Posted by Marco on October 1st, 2009

My translation of the early episodes of Peter Newell’s Naps of Polly Sleepyhead will be in Italian libraries next week, and the publisher, orecchio acerbo, has a book trailer on YouTube:

This is going to be in the Little Big Books format, which I found suits Polly’s adventures very well.