Mia November
3 - Imaginative Child
Illustration
2021
Oil, Collage, Gouache
In the 1920s education reformers like Lucy Sprague Mitchell believed that children were capable of finding creativity in their everyday surroundings. The Imaginative Child shows the shift in children’s literature away from fantasy, centering on a child’s real world. Hidden in this image are animals and playful surprises.
Work by
Mia November
Illustration
“Little Golden Books illustrates the storied evolution of children’s books through changing adult perceptions of childhood, demonstrating how these deceptively simple stories are never just about...” [More]