How Many More Sleeps Until Fall?!!

Yes, yes, yes -- there is a fancy-pants version of this trailer on Apple, and I've given you the low-brow version ripped from another site here (in meantime). But Boxcar was practically peeing himself with glee about this little snippet of what's in store for the full feature film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are that I figured I'd promptly post this to share with y'all (if you haven't seen yet).

All we can both say in reaction to this is: HO-LEE-SHEEEE-AT!!!

Coming Fall '09 (October)

ABC3D :: might be the single most beautiful book you will ever own

My friend Karen pointed me towards, what might be the only book you should ever own. I will let her describe her experience for you.

"I bought one of the most beautiful kid books I've ever seen while in NYC. It's called ABC3D and it's a pop up alphabet book - all in black, red and white like a constructivist manifesto or something. Each letter is 3D, constructed out of paper. And the cover is a lenticular that alternates between a, b, c and d. For about five minutes I pretended that I was actually going to give it to my goddaughter but then I admitted to myself there's no way I'm giving it up."

Go buy it. Now. ABC3D by Marion Bataille