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December 1, 2009 5:18 AM

Eskimo Grasshoppers - French Children's books of the 1930's and 1940's.
Also, Cornebuse et Cie (1945). Also, Animaux domestiques articulés (1941). Also, Histoire de Perlette (1936) Also, gymnastique scolaire (1933).
And finally Baba Yaga (1932)
posted by vacapinta (13 comments total)

I did not know Cocteau did a children's book. I need this!

Nor did I, and so do I.

Thanks for the post!
posted by Wolof at 5:34 AM on December 1, 2009

Gymnastique scolaire looks like so much fun.
posted by jouke at 5:55 AM on December 1, 2009 [1 favorite]

Great Site - I like: les animaux tels qu'ils sont (more, more)
posted by motdiem2 at 6:21 AM on December 1, 2009

The illustrations in Cornebuse et Cie are fantastic! Thanks so much.
posted by Daddy-O at 6:37 AM on December 1, 2009

These are great. Glo-Glo le poisson rouge is definitely my favorite.
posted by chihiro at 6:42 AM on December 1, 2009

The illustrations in Cornebuse et Cie are fantastic! Thanks so much.
posted by Daddy-O

There's another Sabran on the Agence Eureka blog.
posted by vacapinta at 6:48 AM on December 1, 2009

I would love some of these pages as posters or prints...sigh.
posted by jeanmari at 7:06 AM on December 1, 2009

These are just wonderful, vacapinta.

My favorite is "Histoire de Perlette" which reminds me --slightly-- of contemporary cartoonist Roz Chast.
posted by applemeat at 7:10 AM on December 1, 2009

These are gorgeous! Thanks for posting, vacapinta. :)
posted by figment of my conation at 8:11 AM on December 1, 2009

I would love some of these pages as posters or prints...sigh.

What's stopping you?

Run them through Genuine Fractals or vectorise them in Illustrator. Easy peasy.
posted by the cuban at 8:17 AM on December 1, 2009

These are wonderful, thanks.
posted by everichon at 8:23 AM on December 1, 2009

I emailed this to my wife (she's French) and she enjoyed the links very much. Thank you, vacapinta.
posted by metagnathous at 2:43 PM on December 1, 2009

Thank you, this is WONDERFUL.
posted by Locative at 4:31 AM on December 2, 2009