After writ­ing about Ben Javens, I can’t get Alice and Mar­tin Provensen off my brain. Their work is really superb and exactly what I’ve been in the mood to look at for the past few days.

Mar­tin and Alice were a husband/wife illus­tra­tion and writ­ing team. Both orig­i­nally started as cartoonist/animators for Dis­ney and the Wal­ter Lanz Stu­dio (who pro­duced the Woody Wood­pecker car­toon). Even­tu­ally they both left their respec­tive posi­tions and worked on numer­ous chil­drens’ books together.

All images via Car­toon Brew and Golden Gems.