Flying a kite is liberating. It can also be a great way to introduce your kids to the idea of wind power and what it means to our future as an alternative energy source.

The handbound book, FLY ME, by Yoko Ono is designed to unfold to become a 30x36" kite. The pages bear individual messages of inspiration, such as "Imagine Peace" and "Fly", designed to attached to a hand-carved frame fashioned of oak from a sustainable forest in New York State. Thurston Moore's Ecstatic Peace Library is the publisher of the 2,500 books available for purchase.

On the DIY tip, FLY ME sparked reference of a great project I was recently introduced too, KiteBot. Their mission is to develop low cost, low complexity kite-based wind energy and the site offers (in their words) a fairly in-depth description of a (fairly) concrete implementation designed to be as simple as possible, but extensible, using mostly bicycle parts.

Oh the possibilities!

So many different types to choose from. If someone is learning letters in your house, this is the book to tote in tow wherever you go. Released late last year from Werner Design Werks, with alphabeasties: and other Amazing Types you can start em' young and share the love for the well-crafted typefaces that make the alphabet so fun to use!

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The Little Red Hen by Andy Warhol, Doubleday Book Club edition. Photograph: Courtesy Bloomsbury Auction

In the late 1950's Andy Warhol's illustrations colored the pages of a popular series Best in Children's Books from the Doubleday Book Club. The whimsical images depicting the story of The Little Red Hen are part of a fantastic offering by Bloomsbury Auctions Dec. 9 of children's literature from notable authors and artists.

source: NY Times, Arts blog: Arts Beat 

Finnish illustrator Klaus Haapaniemi and author Rosa Liksom have united their extrodinary talents to produce a children's book titled "Neko". By the looks of it, audiences big and small are in for a radical adventure. In a recent interview with It's Nice That, Klaus shares some images and insight relating to the highly anticipated publication.