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North Carolina State University: How Parents and Kids Really Feel About AI-Generated Images in Children’s Books. “A new study finds that while some parents are opposed to the use of AI-generated images in children’s stories, most are willing to accept these images if the text is human-authored and the images have been reviewed by educators, librarians or other experts. However, depending on […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/15/north-carolina-state-university-how-parents-and-kids-really-feel-about-ai-generated-images-in-childrens-books/

🎨 Art lovers! The Ember Archive features exclusive concept art, character illustrations, and world maps from your favorite Wild Flint Books series! 🖌️ https://wildflintbooks.com/ember-archive

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Okehampton Times: Long-lost botanical illustrations rediscovered by North Cornwall bookseller. “A REMARKABLE discovery by a North Cornwall bookseller has led to the return of a long-lost collection of botanical illustrations by Lilian Snelling, one of Britain’s most important botanical artists. The rediscovered artworks, originally created at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) in the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/24/okehampton-times-long-lost-botanical-illustrations-rediscovered-by-north-cornwall-bookseller/

Hey fiction author peeps. What's your take on illustrations in your books? I'm considering including charcoal/pencil drawn portraits of key characters & a campus map. (It's an academic mystery.)

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Tove Jansson Found Refuge in Play

Finnish artist Tove Jansson’s childlike worlds are not pure escapism, but rather an expression of a state in which joy and fear are allowed to coexist.

By Anna Souter

https://hyperallergic.com/968411/tove-jansson-found-refuge-in-play/

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Harry Clarke’s Illustrations for Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1919)

https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/harry-clarke-s-illustrations-for-poe-s-tales-of-mystery-and-imagination-1919/?utm_source=newsletter

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