Maira Kalman is one of my favorite illustrators and author/illustrator of some of the best kid’s books ever. I think the first Kalman book I bought, not for my kids, but for me was Stay Up Late (an illustrated version of David Bryne’s song, from Talking Heads’ album Little Creatures.
Kalman’s own kids books are hilarious, absurd stories of relationships among people (and animals)—Ooh La La (Max In Love); Hey Willie, See the Pyramids; Sayonara Mrs. Kackleman and others.
And she recently illustrated Strunk and Whites’ Elements of Style.
She also wrote and illustrated a column for The New York Times last year, which inspired a book (Principles of Uncertainty) and a short opera. Here’s a NYT video story where Kalman discusses The Principles of Uncertainty, her illustrated column turned book turned opera, at the New York Public Library.
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