As he put it, if a gardener entered the Garden of Eden, "he would sniff excitedly and say: 'Good Lord, what humus!' " "The Gardener's Year" is warm, charming, adorably illustrated by the author's own brother, and, almost unique to its genre, funny.
Zimmerman's charming cartoons illustrate rather than dramatize psychic struggle.
A charming drawing illustrates a Christian funeral "with sacro-pagan rites" in 19th-century Vietnam, where Christians had been heavily persecuted.
With her charming book, fetchingly illustrated by Clare Owen, the British velophile Katie Dailey skirts the controversy by mildly pointing out that, however it came about, the lower bar is easier to clamber over than the higher one.
Accompanists are capable of epiphanies, too: Blier's incisive way with rhythm tied together his madly eclectic Spanish program, which he illustrated with charming, edifying patter from the stage.
Her new book, "PUT YOUR BEST FOOT FORWARD: A YOUNG DANCER'S GUIDE TO LIFE" (Workman Publishing, $9.95), takes the lessons learned in ballet class and applies to other contexts, illustrated by charming photographs of her students.
That it shrewdly does is what makes this such a charming story, and beautifully illustrated too, by Scheffler, a ' 52-year-old German artist who has resided in London for almost 30 years now, and who has collaborated on many of Donaldson's most successful picture books.
Though most of the recommendations in Brown's book are of techniques for sustainable agriculture, building design, and waste and water management (all illustrated with his charming ink drawings) that might appeal most to farmers, architects, and city-planners, many items apply to the individual.
Funny, boldly illustrated, and with a charming twist at the end, Nilson has universal appeal because everyone struggles to control their anger... even us so-called grown-ups.
