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Update: The Book to Art Club http://ift.tt/1HLqB9v

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Ye Olde Fireworks!

From the section charmingly called “Feux de Joye,” this is a somewhat modified scan of 17th century fireworks from Practique de la guerre.

Happy Fourth of July!

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Happy Summer Solstice!

This work from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology,  Celestial scenery, or, The Wonders of the planetary system displayed (1845) was written by Thomas Dick, a Scottish minister and science educator. 

Northern hemispherians, enjoy the longest day of the year!

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A couple of the postcards made during the Rocky River, OH public library's "Books Inspire the Artist Within" May meeting. This month's title: Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen. Attendees created pre-paid postcards to mail from a summer vacation destination.

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I am a part of all that I have met.

— Alfred Tennyson

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Protip: Do not try this in your office copier. Not even if you work at a garden. ~LM

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The city is calling...make your own skyline out of newspapers, magazines, and other recycled papers. 

For the Book to Art Club title The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer.

http://www.studio-kids.com/2012/04/kids-art-auction-projects.html

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Make a Flip-Book Cartoon | Crafts | Spoonful

Animate your drawings with this simple flip-book craft.

Channel your inner Ethan from Meg Wolitzer's The Interestings with this cartoon flip-book project, via spoonful.

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There's a new featured title in the virtual book club! Lots of interesting art-making ideas in The Interestings by Meg Wolitzer, from retro summer camps to cartooning and animation. Enjoy!

http://booktoartclub.org/2014/05/01/the-interestings-by-meg-wolitzer/

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The Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers has selected its 2014 Fellows! Check out the full list here.

Illustration above by former Fellow Gary Panter.

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Fossil drawings lead to so many book to art project possibilities, especially given this month's featured book, The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly. Via the Biodiversity Heritage Library on Flickr.

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Malus Halliana (Hall’s Apple). Plate from ‘Addisonia’ Published 1916 by New York Botanical Garden      

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Gorgeous inspiration for a Book to Art project...getting ready for my upcoming club about The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

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Today we celebrate the legacy of a remarkable author - Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Although he left us too soon, his words remain. So visit your local library today and check out your favorite book - whether it’s 100 Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera or The Autumn of the Patriarch - and love the words of the exceptional Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

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The art projects one could make based on his writings...

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VINTAGE WAR

To mark the centenary of the First World War, Vintage is launching a unique collection of war fiction. April 2014 will see the publication of twelve works by the greatest writers of the last century, each tackling this most powerful and universal of subjects.

The series was a collaborative effort by the Vintage Design team. Each cover was designed and hand-painted in-house, with the aim of giving a bold, contemporary look to these war-themed classics.

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Book to art piece inspired by "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly. Piece created by Book to Art club member Rebecca Rubenstein.

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Flowers! Lots of beautiful flowers!

A group of carnations from New illustration of the sexual system of Carolus von Linnaeus :and the temple of Flora, or garden of nature, 1807. Missouri Botanical Garden, Peter H. Raven Library via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

Frontispiece from Flowers of coast and sierra, with thirty-two plates in color by Edith S. Clements (Edith Schwartz). From the University of Michigan via HathiTrust.

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Inspiration for my upcoming Book to Art Club meeting for The Secret Garden...

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April's featured Book to Art Club title is The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly. 

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These are pretty sweet. fer1972:

Handmade Brooches made from the original Book Pages by House of Iismay