May gibbs

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"Gum-Blossom Babies are much harder to find than Gumnut Babies. They are more timid and are generally clustered together in their home on the tops of the...

acquaint yourself to australias beloved childhood author from the early 1900's... a self portrait her first notion of gumnuts was a bookmark that she hand painted front and back... as adorable as all her drawings were, they were based on real events surrounding WWI. war packages included postcards of her images, from sisters sewing, to gumnets in slings with a kookaburra being the redcross. as time went on she crossed over into 5 very successful childrens book. i just wanted to share some of…

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Gumnut Baby Knitting A Sock. Straight from the fibre source! So sweet. The Gumnut Babies and other related tiny people are from Australian books.:

May Gibbs, Illustration for Gum-Nut Babies, 1916 via. Aren't they adorable? She is a new illustrator to me and her official website is wonderful. Get ready for the sounds of Australian Birds if you click. Go there with a child, if possible and explore the stories and games. Have fun. xo

May Gibbs was born in 1877 in England, but migrated to Australia with her family in 1881. While she grew up in Perth, it was to Sydney that she was eventually drawn, choosing to live out her days i…