Book By Its Cover

3.31.09

Julie Morstad

Ok this isn’t a book at all. This is a set of beautiful alphabet cards illustrated by Julie Morstad. I am in love with her work and I know some of you out there must be too. They come in a nice magnetic closing box and are held together tied with a ribbon bow. I like these because they are not your typical boring old alphabet cards. The illustrations are a little quirky and a little strange. For example, in Y for yarn the drawing is not just a ball of yarn but two girls totally wrapped up in yarn. J for jig has a little girl dancing with a bear and B for banjo has a drawing of a sad monkey strumming. It’s like having another book of Julie’s work. Get yours here.
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16 Comments

03/31/09 12:18pm

Alea wrote

Oh my! Thanks for bringing this to our attention, I love her stuff, these look beautiful!

03/31/09 12:24pm

Jessica wrote

these are delightful and pretty amazing. Julie is very talented

03/31/09 12:41pm

samantha hahn wrote

lovely

03/31/09 3:25pm

rachel wrote

these are gorgeous. the “Mm” card especially caught my eye.

04/1/09 2:54am

Esti wrote

I want to buy this.

04/1/09 7:04am

Jeanne wrote

Love them! We’ll order some for thr shop! Thanks again, Julia!

04/1/09 12:43pm

Stel.la wrote

Fantastic to have one and share it with my students!
Good stuff!

04/1/09 1:28pm

Janet wrote

So cute.

04/1/09 4:28pm

Laura Di Francesco wrote

WOW!! WHAT A GREAT WORK!!

XXX

Laura

04/2/09 4:44am

Daniela Tordi wrote

Yes, BOOK_BY_ITS_COVER now is like my double coffee in the morning: I simply can’t face the day without it!
I’m a self-thaught italian illustrator and take a lot of inspiration from this site, that combines many different things in a very armonious way and so keeps the horizon widely open. Thanks a lot.

04/6/09 11:47am

Teri wrote

her drawing is so beautiful and delicate!

04/9/09 3:17am

Tracey wrote

What a great idea, I love the quirkyness of the drawings…..I keep coming back to this site because the standard of work shown is so high.

04/9/09 10:05am

Justo wrote

wow ! its very nice ! thanks for posting !

04/25/09 5:45pm

babelfish wrote

Oh my goodness, these are the most beautiful alphabet cards I’ve ever seen!

06/7/09 3:23am

stela wrote

I found one set at my lovely and favorite childrenÂ´s bookstore, in Barcelona!!

How nice!!

04/21/10 4:33am

zoe wrote

absolutely beautiful, love it!

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