Honey loves monsters ([info]primavera) wrote in [info]storybookland,
2010-03-13 01:14:00
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even more nightmare children

I recently found three more books illustrated by Eloise Wilkin.









"Then we ate it."

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[info]moonvoice

March 13 2010, 06:30:57 UTC 2 years ago

'We like kindergarten... now come here that I may KILL YOU.'

Seriously, was this illustrator's only encounter with children those normally found in movies like Children of the Corn?

[info]penny_fig

March 13 2010, 07:13:04 UTC 2 years ago

The "We Like Kindergarten" girl looks like a poorly disguised alien baby. Note the crashing UFO in the background of her Martian propaganda seemingly innocent painting.

[info]lacelocket

March 13 2010, 07:49:43 UTC 2 years ago

Their beady little eyes are staring into my soul.

[info]_twilight_

March 13 2010, 08:20:00 UTC 2 years ago

The New Baby could be retitled Dexter: The Early Years.

[info]elnigma

March 13 2010, 09:20:09 UTC 2 years ago

ooh! I like the Siamese twin wearing plaid in the last picture
good post

[info]bluiidmommy

March 13 2010, 14:12:42 UTC 2 years ago

Is that a vampire in the fifth picture?

[info]nebojitel_ya

March 13 2010, 18:51:17 UTC 2 years ago

Eagle-eyed. That's probably 6-7 y old vampire.

[info]greenberryblues

March 13 2010, 15:47:27 UTC 2 years ago

i had the We Love Kindergarten book as a kid. i had completely forgotten about it. thanks for the flashback.

[info]the_living_end

March 13 2010, 18:52:27 UTC 2 years ago

the cover of we like kindergarten is positively eerie.

[info]roses_rejoice

March 13 2010, 21:17:50 UTC 2 years ago

I guess I'm a weird kid. I had "We Like Kindergarten" when I was little, and I loved it, and thought all the kids looked very realistic. I still remember the part where they took naps and drank milk, and I was jealous because at my school we didn't have nap time or milk time. My only beef with the book is that Carol needed some drawing lessons and also needed to learn to print her "L" the right way. I felt so superior as a child because even in kindergarten I could draw and print better than that!

Sorry if this is not the response you were expecting but yeah...I did really like that book. Thanks for the memory.

[info]nynniefroufrou

March 14 2010, 16:14:44 UTC 2 years ago

I had We Like Kindergarten and the Mother Goose books and ADORED them.

[info]svaro

March 15 2010, 00:30:58 UTC 2 years ago

Holy crap I hate art like that. I've always been scared of dolls, too, so this style doesn't really help. "The New Baby" isn't as bad though.

[info]raven_blue

March 15 2010, 14:00:27 UTC 2 years ago

That art style also make me think of Kate Grenway, if Kate Grenway became a social rejected serial killer. Its all cute and warm and cuddly with just a hint of something best defined as, well, as off putting.

[info]elnigma

April 15 2010, 13:13:47 UTC 2 years ago

My mom used to read me that book - it gets scarier inside.

[info]nebojitel_ya

March 17 2010, 17:48:24 UTC 2 years ago

What if to ask the person who painted these pictures if he/she had a happy childhood?

[info]terukiyo

March 25 2010, 16:51:49 UTC 2 years ago

I actually like them. :P Reminds me of several of my old Golden Goose/Caboose(???)-published books...

[info]terukiyo

March 26 2010, 14:53:34 UTC 2 years ago

Okay, I definitely remember the name involves a train. :P
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