Meatastic Children's Book Illustration
Illustration for a child's book, "Peter and the Moon" Story and Pictures (32 in color) by Jan Balet—not yet published. November 1946
Paul Lukas, of Uni Watch fame forwarded this awesome illustration to me. (Best children's book illustration ever? Quite possibly," he says.) He in turn got it from a friend.
It appears to be from some sort of 1946 promo of a book yet to be published at the time. I can't find any mention on the web of Peter and the Moon in connection to Jan Balet, so who's to say if it ever appeared on shelves—or is so far out of print that it doesn't appear online. Balet appears to have hit his stride in the late 1940s.
Related: "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs," The Movie
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2 Comments:
This was so cute- I had this as my desktop- but then a co-worker walked by and was like "hey what's that in the butcher guys hand.?" and I said "ummm..sausage?
oh. ahem.
bisbee at 3:17PM on 08/26/08
I've had a lifelong affection for food illustrations. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Stone Soup, and even Golden Books' Mr. Dog.
Even though they are simple, the warmth and joy of cooking and eating together comes through in those illustrations.
jayevee at 12:37PM on 08/27/08