8th grade

Paper bag masks by eighth grade students. 
Creative Arts and Crafts for the Classroom by Elsie Dorsey, Supervisor of Art, Regina, Saskatchewan, School Aids and Text Book Publishing Co., Ltd., Regina/Toronto, 1955

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Half Hours with Popular Authors Volume Three: A series of interesting extracts printed in the advanced stage of Pitman's Shorthand, New Era Edition, London, 1927

I did not take my eyes off it, yet my fancy drew pictures of blooming life and happiness.

Nikolenka's Childhood: An edition for young readers, Leo Tolstoy, illus. by Maurice Sendak, 1963
I'll Be You and You Be Me, Ruth Krauss, illus. by Maurice Sendak, 1954
Zlateth the Goat, Isaac Bashevis Singer, illus. by Maurice Sendak, 1966
The Bat-Poet, Randall Jarrell, illus. by Maurice Sendak, 1964
Zlateth the Goat, Isaac Bashevis Singer, illus. by Maurice Sendak, 1966
Seven Little Monsters, Maurice Sendak, 1977
The Animal Family, Randall Jarrell, illus. by Maurice Sendak, 1965
Higglety Pigglety Pop!, Or: There Must Be More to Life, Maurice Sendak, 1967

da da da da dee

while some songs: the settling drifts by Tom Elliott, Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg, 1997, edition of 200

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I Am a Book by Roger Hargreaves, Hodder & Stoughton, 1984

The Dead Bird

from The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Remy Charlip, Young Scott Books, NY, 1958 (text 1938)

also here...and all previous Remy Charlip here.

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From God Bless Love: A Collection of Children's Sayings compiled by Nanette Newman, Collins, London, 1972

previously/related

when you're tired and fall

How Does it Feel to be a Tree? by Flo Morse, illustrated by Clyde Watson, Parents' Magazine Press, NY, 1976

How long it takes for the candle to burn away.

from Ourselves, Early Experiences, and Time, Macdonald Educational, London, 1972-73

sad sound

"Kay's painting of a sad sound"

from Early Experiences, Macdonald Educational, London, 1973

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from Edith and Little Bear Lend a Hand by Dare Wright, Random House, NY, 1972

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Children Under Stress by Sula Wolff, Penguin, 1969

(NF via MD)

table and stand

from How To Make Simple, Sturdy, Inexpensive Furniture from Cardboard by George deLucenay Leon, Stackpole Books, Mechanicsburg, PA, 1994 (previously)

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from Illusions Illustrated: Magic Tricks You Can Perform by James W. Baker, Lerner Publications, Minneapolis, 1984

Odoodem

from Totem Poles: An Illustrated Guide by Marjorie M. Halpin, University of British Columbia Press/UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, 1981

1000 cranes

back cover of Origami Folding Fun: Kangaroo Book by Isao Honda, Japan Publications Inc., Tokyo, 1968

truth forever bending/always hopeful never ending

Don't It Drag On by Chris Smither, Tomato Records, 1971 (art direction and design by Milton Glaser, photographs by Duane Michaels)
One song that I return to over and over again---I've Got Mine. Listen here. See also this cover by Kria Brekkan and Avey Tare. Troubles come by threes/doing what they wanna/instead of doing what they oughta/ I've got mine./Some are quickly passed/others seem to last/hold on.

Daniel Barrow

Daniel Barrow won the Sobey Award!

Please, if you ever get the chance, go see Daniel perform. I could never say enough.

this is after

from Dear World: The Canadian Children's Project, Methuen/Sogides, 1986

(Karen Sum, Age 12, Don Mills, Ontario)

Amos, In Search of the Miraculous

Amos & Boris by William Steig, 1971

Bas Jan Ader: In Search Of The Miraculous by Jan Verwoert, Afterall Books, 2006

Bas Jan Ader by Brad Spence, University of California Irvine, 2000