{"id":3924,"date":"2015-11-19T08:24:14","date_gmt":"2015-11-19T14:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3924"},"modified":"2015-11-19T08:24:14","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T14:24:14","slug":"more-from-lisbeth-zwerger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=3924","title":{"rendered":"More from Lisbeth Zwerger . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/alice2zwerger.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;&#8216;It <\/em>is<em> the same thing with you,&#8217; said the Hatter, and here the conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute, while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing-desks, which wasn&#8217;t much.&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/alicecheshire.jpg\">Today, I&#8217;m following up <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kirkusreviews.com\/features\/lisbeth-zwerger-being-drawn-stories\/\">my Q&#038;A last week with Lisbeth Zwerger<\/a><\/strong>&#8212;be sure to check out the piece <em>Witch Has Turned Child Into an Apple<\/em>, created when she was five, because I love it!&#8212; with some art from the three following Zwerger books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>L. Frank Baum&#8217;s <em>The Wizard Oz<\/em>, for which Lisbeth originally created the illustrations in 1996 but NorthSouth Books is releasing in a new edition this month;<\/li>\n<li>Hans Christian Andersen&#8217;s <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em>, for which Lisbeth originally created the illustrations in 2004 but Minedition released in a (mini) new edition last month;<\/li>\n<li>and Lewis Carroll&#8217;s <em>Alice in Wonderland<\/em>, for which Lisbeth originally created the illustrations in 1999 but Minedition is also releasing in a mini edition next year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enjoy! <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><strong><font size=4>From <em>The Wizard of Oz<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/ill_978-3-314-10318-6_13large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/ill_978-3-314-10318-6_13small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;A strange thing then happened. The house whirled around two more three times and rose slowly through the air. Dorothy felt as if she were going up in a balloon.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/ill_978-3-314-10318-6_023large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/ill_978-3-314-10318-6_023small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;There was a great cornfield beyond the fence, and not far away she saw a Scarecrow, placed high on a pole to keep the birds from the ripe corn.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/3.Hr.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/3.Hrsmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;So they picked up Toto and put the dog in Dorothy&#8217;s lap, and then they made a chair with their hands for the seat and their arms for the arms and<br \/>carried the sleeping girl between them through the flowers.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/ill_978-3-314-10318-6_77large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/ill_978-3-314-10318-6_77small.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;Now the Wicked Witch of the West had but one eye,<br \/>yet that was as powerful as a telescope and could see everywhere.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/picture2-zwergerlarge.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/picture2-zwergersmall.jpg\" border=1><\/a><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;Instantly she was whirling through the air, so swiftly that all she could see or feel<br \/>was the wind whistling past her ears.&#8221;<\/em><br \/>(Click to enlarge)<\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/wizardofozzwergercover.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><strong><font size=4>From <em>The Little Mermaid<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/mermaid1zwerger.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;The little mermaid loved to hear tales of the human world above,<br \/>and made her old grandmother tell her all she knew about it.&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/mermaid2zwerger.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;At night she stood at her window looking up through the dark blue water<br \/>where the fish swam.&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/mermaid3zwerger.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;It grew late, but the little mermaid couldn&#8217;t take her eyes off the ship<br \/>and the handsome prince.&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/mermaid4zwerger.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;&#8216;Is there no way I can win an immortal soul?&#8217; asked the little mermaid sadly.&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/mermaid5zwerger.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;But now the prince was to sail away in a fine ship<br \/>and be married to a king&#8217;s daughter.&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/littlemermaidcoveruse.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center><strong><font size=4>From <em>Alice in Wonderland<\/em>:<\/font><\/strong><\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/alice1zwerger.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;Still she went on growing, and, as a last resource, she put one arm out of the window, and one foot up the chimney, and said to herself, &#8216;Now I can do no more,<br \/>whatever happens. What <\/em>will<em> become of me?'&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/alice3zwerger.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;They very soon came upon a Gryphon, lying fast asleep in the sun.&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/alice4zwerger.jpg\"><br \/>\n<center><em>&#8220;Alice could see, as well as if she were looking over their shoulders,<br \/>that all the jurors were writing down &#8216;stupid things!&#8217; on their slates &#8230;.&#8221;<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blaine.org\/7pics\/2015\/11\/alicezwergercover.jpg\" border=1><br \/>\n<BR>&nbsp;<BR><br \/>\n<center>* * * * * * *<\/center><\/p>\n<p><em>Illustrations from THE WIZARD OF OZ are used by permission of NorthSouth Books. <\/p>\n<p>Illustrations from ALICE IN WONDERLAND and THE LITTLE MERMAID are used by permission of Minedition. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;&#8216;It is the same thing with you,&#8217; said the Hatter, and here the conversation dropped, and the party sat silent for a minute, while Alice thought over all she could remember about ravens and writing-desks, which wasn&#8217;t much.&#8221; &nbsp; Today, I&#8217;m following up my Q&#038;A last week with Lisbeth Zwerger&#8212;be sure to check out the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-interviews","category-picture-books"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}