Sunday Safari - Just the Two of Us

Fiep Westendorp

Pablo Picasso, Child Holding a Dove, 1901

Janet Laura Scott, Happy All Day Through, 1917

Garth Williams, Charlotte's Web, 1952, thanks to BibliOdyssey

Don Madden, 1969, thanks to Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

Mary Blair

Werner Klemke

Gerda Muller, 1974, thanks to maptitefabrique

Freya Blackwood

Irina Andreeva

Rilla Alexander

Ying Fan Chen

Shel Silverstein

Sunday Safari - Cat & Mouse

Ulisse Aldovrandi, c. 1580, thanks to Arthur Van Kruining

Carlos Marchiori, illustration from Sally Go Round the Sun, 
thanks to Michael DeForge

Tomek Bogacki

Romain Simon, illustration from Le Cheval à Bascule, 1949

Bruno Munari

Illustration from Fledgling magazine, thanks to 50 Watts

Daty Healy, Cat Tales from Many Lands, 1932, and
Adrienne Adams, Mary's Marvelous Mouse, 1962, thanks to Curio Books

Felttess, Philosopher Cat

Garth Williams, illustrations from The Cricket in Times Square and 
The Kitten Who Thought He Was A Mouse, thanks to my friend Carlotta

Iliane Roels, illustration from The Mouse, 1969, thanks to art.crazed

Janusz Grabianski

Iwona Chmielewska

Ruth Hurlimann, illustration from The Cat and Mouse Who Shared a House 
thanks to The Art of Children's Picture Books

swig - filz felt feutre, Chat et Rat 

Sunday Safari - Let's Dance

Toti Scialoja

Everyone's invited to the Great Italian Liberation Ball! 

Danse Fantastique from La Caricature, 1830, Via Vintage Printable

Elise Bake, Der Ball der Tiere, 1891, 

and Eugen Osswald, Der Ball der Tiere, 1917

via the International Children's Digital Library

W. W. Denslow's Mother Goose

The Grasshopper Ball, 1927, via SurrenderDorothy

 WIlly Schermele, Ondjes (1930s?), via Jan Willemsen

Garth Williams, Wait Till the Moon is Full, 1948, thanks to try-whistling-this

Anthony Gilbert from Lilliput, March 1947

Cornelius van Velsen, Het Draaiorgeltje,1965, thanks to Arthur van Kruining

Cristina Berardi

Kitty Crowther

Gianluca Folì, Kuma Dansu

Vladimir Radunsky, Hip Hop Dog

Oscar Baillif

Calef Brown

Jon Klassen, Cat's Night Out

Sunday Safari - Better Homes & Gardens

Else Wenz-Viëtor, illustration from Hochzeit Im Walde, 1921, thanks to Arthur van Kruining


It's September again, a year since I posted Animalarium's first collection of animal houses,
and I am in the mood for more dream homes! I hope you are too...

Felix Lorioux, illustration from Fables De La Fontaine via the Hollywood Animation Archive

Miss Prickles from Bobby Bear's Annual, 1949, thanks to moonflygirl

Maginel Wright, thanks to Japonisme

 Romain Simon, illustration from Bravo tortue, 1950, thanks to micky the pixel 

Margaret Bloy Graham, illustration from The meanest squirrel I ever met, 1962,

via Curio Books

 Garth Williams, illustration from Three little animals, 1956, thanks to Sweet Juniper!

Russell and Lillian Hoban, illustration from The Mole Family's Christmas, 1969,

thanks to Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

Adelchi Galloni, illustration from La caccia alla tigre, 1975

Jean de Brunhoff, illustration from Babar and Zephir, 1937

George Mendoza, two illustrations from House by Mouse, thanks to raincloud and bijou kaleidoscope

Jill Barklem, illustration from Spring Story - A Birthday Surprise for Wilfred

Agata Dudek, illustration from The Crows of Pearblossom

Daria Tessler at Animal Sleep Stories