New York Festivals 4 (New York Festivals Annual of Advertising)

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Created by a celebrated late-Victorian era illustrator and painter. Features 40 full-color depictions of ethereal figures clad in flowery garments, each of which appears with a whimsical verse. A treasure for admirers of fine book illustration, this charming volume will also delight flower lovers of all ages and anyone enchanted by fairies and make-believe.

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A Year Long Parade of Flowers.......2003-01-10

This beautiful book, so affordable in its paperback edition is the unabridged republication of Flora's Feast: A Masque of Flowers, first published in 1889. It contains 40 color illustrations by the English illustrator and painter Walter Crane (1845-1915). Crane was a leading designer of Art Nouveau textiles and wallpaper and his Art Nouveau stylings are seen in these whimsical and romantic illustrations. Children as well as adults will enjoy this beautiful book which opens with Flora, the Goddess of Flowers waking the flowers from their slumber. "The sullen winter nearly spent, Queen Flora to her garden went, To call the flowers from their long sleep, The year's glad festivals to keep." Attired in Greek-styled drapes, sandals, tunics, and gowns the various flowers, beginning with the earliest crocuses and snowdrops, begin a parade across the pages of this book that proceeds through the seasons from summer through autumn and finally back to winter. Each season's favorite flowers are accompanied by quaint poetic descriptions written by Crane and bear the look of familiar blossoms incorporated into their costumes. We are fortunate indeed to have this rare treat available to us once again. Don't miss it.

Wonder Woman: The Rain Forest (Festival Reader)

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Wonder Woman: The Rain Forest (Festival Reader)
Nina Jaffe
Manufacturer: HarperFestival
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ASIN: 0060565209
Release Date: 2004-08-03

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When danger threatens the rain forest, only one person is strong enough, fast enough, and smart enough to protect it and the people who live there. Armed with her magic Lasso of Truth and silver bracelets, will Wonder Woman arrive in time to save the day?

Wonder Woman: The Contest (Festival Reader)

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Great for young girls!

Wonder Woman: The Contest (Festival Reader)
Nina Jaffe
Manufacturer: HarperFestival
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ASIN: 0060565187
Release Date: 2004-03-16

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The Amazons must choose a champion.

Who is the smartest?
Who is the strongest?
Who is the fastest?
Who will be Wonder Woman?

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Great for young girls!.......2004-09-04

This book was perfect for my young girls. Wonder Woman is a terrific role model (she doesn't look like a Barbie doll in this book) and my girls LOVE the story. It is simple and just the right speed for this reading level. The pictures are well done and engaging. We love reading this book and my girls ask for it every night!

Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age

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Over two hundred invitations, dance cards and admit cards
Window on a Golden Age

Mardi Gras Treasures: Invitations of the Golden Age
Henri Schindler
Manufacturer: Pelican Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1565547225

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Over two hundred invitations, dance cards and admit cards.......2001-02-27

Over two hundred invitations, dance cards and admit cards are assembled here in a coverage of the art work associated with the Mardi Gras which began in the 1870s and was marked by pageants and private balls. While Mardi Gras Treasures is a specialty collection of interest to those researching New Orleans collectibles and Mardi Gras collectibles in particular, many a reader will delight in these full-page illustrations.

Window on a Golden Age.......2000-11-09

Whether your interest is socio-cultural, historical or purely aesthetic, you will treasure Henri Schindler's latest passport to the "Golden Age" of the New Orleans Carnival celebration. Schindler, who is himself a treasure-trove of information on this subject, has put together a most interesting documentary providing an in-depth discussion of the historical roots of the pre-Lenten festival against a background of the artists, illustrators and patrons who gave the "Golden Age" its particular look and ambience. The quality of the color reproductions of the invitations that make up a major part of the book is most impressive. The color and clarity of these (mostly) art nouveau works comes across on each page, leaving the reader with the feeling that he or she has truly been a part of this romantic era.

New York Festivals 11 (New York Festivals Annual of Advertising)

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New York Festivals 11 (New York Festivals Annual of Advertising)
New York Festival
Manufacturer: Collins Design
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0965540375
Release Date: 2003-08-14

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An annual compilation of award-winning advertising from around the world. The volume contains the finalists and World Medalists recipients from the 2002 New York Festivals International Print Advertising & Design Awards, The Global Awards for healthcare communications, and The International Midas Awards for financial communications; featuring a cornucopia of print and collateral from magazine, newspaper & outdoor to package design, promotions marketing and specialty advertising.

New York Festivals 14: International Advertising Awards (New York Festivals)

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New York Festivals 14: International Advertising Awards (New York Festivals)
New York Festivals
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0977493008
Release Date: 2006-10-17

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More than just a stack of beautifully bound 115 gsm Lumi glossy art paper run through a four-color press, Annual 14 represents The World's Best WorkTM in advertising from the past year—everything from print and design work to company literature, annual reports, and websites. The work presented here comprises the winners in three of the seven annual competitions organized by New York Festivals: Design, Print & Outdoor Advertising Awards; The Global Awards for Healthcare Communications; and Midas Awards for Financial Communications. Creatives from over 60 countries submitted their work to these three competitions, making the results truly representative of the industry worldwide.

Groups of judges representing the best in the industry gathered together in a dozen different cities across the globe or sat down at their computers to use our online judging system and determined the contents herein. New York Festivals is indebted to these individuals who offered us their wealth of experience, choosing the work that deserved a place here in this book. Some people worthy of our extra-special thanks include:

Enrique Alda, Ogilvy Healthworld Madrid
Paul Anderson, Citigate
Phil Brown, Curtis Jones & Brown, Sydney
Kal Dreisziger, McCann Healthworld Montréal
Albert Frank, London
Brendan Gately, Euro RSCG Life Chicago
Lars Grunberger, Grunberger Marketing KB, Sweden
Carl Jones, BBDO Mexico
Michael Norton, Euro RSCG Life Worldwide, New York
Stephan Rebbe, Kolle Rebbe, Hamburg
Gord Schwab, Ogilvy Healthworld Canada, Toronto
Pedro Solana, Clouseau Spain

A competition is only as good as its judges, so decide for yourself as you peruse the list above, and those that precede each section.

If you are among the precious few creatives whose ideas struck some resonance with this year's judging panels, please consider this book a tribute to your ingenuity. New York Festivals is honored to present your work in the following pages.

A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition

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Christmas time is here... happiness and cheer...
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A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition
Lee Mendelson , and Bill Melendez
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ASIN: 0060198516

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Since its top-rated debut on CBS in December 1965, A Charlie Brown Christmas has been one of America's most beloved television shows. Year after year, fans of all ages tune in to the Emmy-winning Christmas special that has earned a permanent place in the nation's popular culture.

This collector's treasury contains the entire script of A Charlie Brown Christmas, illustrated with full-color stills from the animated film. Producer Lee Mendelson and animator Bill Melendez pay tribute to the program with personal memories and reflections about the show, including charming anecdotes about their long friendship and working career with Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz. Offering rare, behind-the-scenes insights, they also share memories of the late, great jazz pianist/composer Vince Guaraldi and provide never-before-published background sketches, storyboards, production sheets, and other materials that bring the making of the show to life.

A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition also brings the sound of the show home with the piano/vocal musical scores for Guaraldi's "Christmas Time Is Here" and "Linus and Lucy," two songs that have become standards of American popular music.

As the very first Peanuts special, A Charlie Brown Christmas brought Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Snoopy, and the rest of the gang to television. In addition to breaking the mold by using jazz music (which exposed millions of people to jazz for the first time and inspired a generation of jazz pianists), A Charlie Brown Christmas broke new ground by using real children for the voices instead of adult actors. Schulz, Mendelson, and Melendez created these and other innovations that made A Charlie Brown Christmas a unique and timeless work of animation art.

A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition celebrates this award-winning and history-making show with warmhearted memories, fascinating trivia, and colorful animation art that will delight fans of all ages.

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Christmas time is here... happiness and cheer..........2006-12-11

"Charlie Brown Christmas" is the crown jewel of Christmas specials. Heavy on holiday introspection, but with the dry wit and humor you'd come to expect from Charles Schulz's creations.

"A Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition" just expands that experience, by outlining how the famed special came to be -- the music, the animation, the voice acting, even the advertisement to get people to watch it. It's a charming, nostalgic little book, and a good accompaniment.

"A Charlie Brown Christmas" was spun up quickly, when Coca Cola wanted a Christmas special in less than a week -- and Charles Schulz's lovable loser Charlie Brown seemed to be the ticket. But the special was made very differently from other cartoons -- 2-D animation, no laugh track, uncutesy kids, and (horrors!) a jazz soundtrack. It was doomed to fail, they said.

Well, instead it became a booming hit, and has been running every December ever since. Lee Mendelson and Bill Melendez reminisce in here about the much-loved Charles Schulz, and about Vince Guaraldi, who made the distinctive piano soundtrack, and why it's so beloved -- it dares to approach holiday ennui and commercialization, then dashes it away with Linus' description of Christmas' meaning.

As for the "making of" portion, there are storyboards, musical scores, test photos, clips of television reviews, and rare photos like Melendez and Schulz doing the football gag. Finally, there is the entire script of the special, framed by colourful stills from the cartoon.

You couldn't wring this much information from most half-hour animated specials, no matter how much fun they were. But it's a bit different with "Charlie Brown Christmas." It was so completely unusual -- and has proved to be so timeless -- that a book on the making of it, and its effect, seems completely right.

It's a very conversational, reminiscent book. It feels like sitting in a room with Melendez and Mendelson, listening to them reminisce about "Sparky." And we also get input from other people involved in the project, such as Christopher Shea (Linus), who talks about his famous "Second Chapter of Luke" speech, as well as odd bits of trivia (the little girl playing Sally had to be fed her lines).

The Christmas special is more than able to stand on its own, but "Charlie Brown Christmas: The Making of a Tradition" is a wonderful accompaniment. Full of interesting tidbits and history.

What's not to love ?.......2006-12-04

This is the ultimate companion to the tv show. The art work is from the original show and the dialogue is a great bonus! The book is also packed with great trivia and information about the decisions "behind stage" that led to the creation of the ultimate Christmas Special.

Here comes Charlie Brown, that round-headed prophet.......2004-10-05

The world's most recognized cartoon character, ever in in our national consciousness, comes alive periodically on TV specials, movies, ads, but never more so during the season of Christmas. He stands before us as the plucky everyman to remind us of the most important message in Chrismas, that a babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger invites us to visit and worship Him.

The background story of how it all came about is as entertaining and instructive as the show itself. The man who turned Charlie Brown and his friends into moving figures, Bill Melendez, says, "This little story and the way it's told is almost as simple and direct as Sparky's cartoon strip. The message is so gentle, there's nothing pompous about the story."

He recalls, "When I first looked at that part of the story, I told Sparky, 'We can't do this. It's too religious.' And he said to Bill , 'if we don't do it, who else can? We're the only ones who can do it.'"

A grateful nation watches it again and again. May the message sink in.

One of TVýs worthwhile traditions-Revisited.......2004-06-09

Lee Mendelson , one of the men behind all of the Peanuts cartoons, has created a tribute book for one of the most watched and appreciated Christmas specials. Inside you'll find the history of the cartoon, from its humble beginnings as an idea put forth by Coca-Cola looking for a Christmas special, to the inspired use of Vince Guaraldi's wonderful jazz, and the casting of "real" children as the voices, A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS proved to be a series of fortuitous events. This is an enjoyable keepsake for fans of the show, but there is some obvious padding, I mean, 90 pages of illustrated script? The book is only 192 pages long. There are other extras, like the production sheets and Melendez's original backgrounds. They are welcome sights and it would have been nice to see more effort put into details like these. That being said I enjoyed the book, but would only recommend it if you get a break on the retail price.

Invaluable to the Peanuts fan.......2002-10-23

I have wondered, sometimes, what it would be like to go through a Christmas without knowing the wonderful, brilliant cartoon "A Charlie Brown Christmas" was going to be on the air. I've never lived in such a world, nor do I think I would want to.

This book is a look into the process of making what is inarguably one of the most-loved Holiday specials ever. Everything about the cartoon is in here -- from the journey to get it on the air to the dangerously abbreviated production time to the perils of casting real children to play the Peanuts gang -- the first time children played children in American animation, by the way, and some of them were too young to even read their lines.

And of course, the piece de resistance, the book includes the complete screenplay, written by the brilliant Charles M. Schulz himself. A sweet, humble man, I doubt he really knew at the time how wonderful his creation was or how important it would become to so many.

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