From Me to You - 500th post giveaway

Thank You Flora!

Time for a giveaway to celebrate my 500th post! Before I show you the goodies, I'd like to say Thank You to each and everyone of you for dropping in to see me at Kickcan & Conkers. Your comments and encouragement make this whole blogging experience worthwhile and give me the impetus to carry on searching and sharing on a daily basis. Mille fois merci, mes amis!

I've decided to offer two giveaways, now that I have over 200 followers, both hopefully representative of my-almost-finished-and-yes-I'm-sure-you're-sick-of-me-saying-that shop. Kickcan & Conkers will be offering vintage and modern finds for kids and the young at heart!

So, the first lucky person will receive this fun Polish cardboard city toy and Polish folk picture book (short English translation provided), which I will be selling in my shop.

The second winner will receive this beautiful book by one of my favourite illustrators BlexBolex.
L'Imagier des Gens was awarded the Best Worldwide Book Design in 2009. My copy is in French, but the illustrations speak for themselves.

Watch this book trailer for the Italian version*, Immaginario.



If you'd like to enter my giveaway, please leave me a comment telling me which present you'd like to win and perhaps a word or two about what you'd like to see on the Kickcan & Conkers blog in the future. The usual drill applies, so if you spread the word via twitter, facebook, etc let me know and I will enter you twice.
The winners will be announced next Friday 19th March. at 2pm CET.

Thank You!


* Found via Monsieur Bandit

Simply beautiful

I found two lovely sets of children's books recently. Both are unusual and delightfully illustrated.

The first little collection comes from a small Polish company called Pan Tu Nie Stal (You were not standing here), created by sociologist Justyna Burzyńska and graphic designer Maciej Lebiedowicz. I found their interesting blog and shop via Grainedit a while ago.

Pan Tu Nie Stal have started selling a series of folk books illustrated by Kasia Bogucka. Two books are available at present:

"Grandpa and Grandma lived in harmony" and a poem called "An old lady was sowing poppy seeds".




Both are in Polish, but who cares if you can't read them when they're this beautiful?
The books cost 2 EUR each but the shipping given on their website is expensive (negotiable?). Pan Tu Nie Stal also sell cards, prints, clothes, accessories (great badges) and home ware.

The second small collection of children's books is written and illustrated by Ed Boxall. The four Storm Tree Stories are visual story books 'for anyone, of any age who daydreams'. In each story a seemingly ordinary hobby leads the heroes to extraordinary experiences in the heart of enchanted rural Britain.

The Shell Collector climbs into a shell and climbs to a ’sky full of places to go’.

The Gardener transforms a derelict churchyard into a place of spiritual renewal.


The Birdwatchers fall in love and glide away on the back of a swan.
The Railway Enthusiast travels back to a time ‘when many gods had still not awoken’

Books cost £5 each + PP and are available here.

I love Ed Boxall's illustrations, please take a peek at his website to see more of his wonderful work.