Anne of Green Gables 👒 ILLUSTRATOR EXPLORE!

[@MLLatUtube]

You have a lovely collection! I need to reread Anne.

[@WaterBearReads]

It is such a feel-good book!!!💞

[@zena-knittingbeans7973]

Thank you Heather wonderful books. You have definitely opened my eyes to the wonder of these stunning illustrated books. I now have such an appreciation. 😍

[@WaterBearReads]

I am so happy you feel that way!!! Thank you so much for watching my videos!! 💞

[@cassandra3399]

Oh my what beautiful versions of the Anne story! Don’t you just want them all?!! So so beautiful. I always enjoy your videos so much. I’m a retired elementary teacher and love my children’s books. Thank you so much.😊😊😊

[@WaterBearReads]

Thank you so much for saying that....I must admit I've been getting a bit of the "creator blues" which I think most everyone on KZbin feels from time to time - but nevertheless hearing kind words such as yours has a way of bringing me out of it! Thank you so much!!! Have a lovely weekend! 💞

[@hannahwhittaker3951]

What beautiful editions of Anne of Green Gables you have acquired! I admit to having only copy of the book but have read it several times so I’d adore having an illustrated edition!

[@WaterBearReads]

Thank you! I will enter you in the drawing!! Have a lovely weekend, and thank you so much for watching my video!!!!💞

[@amyofhearthridge]

Your shirt is beautiful! 😍

[@WaterBearReads]

Thank you! Its a dress - I love it so much I practically live in it! I think it is my third video in which I am wearing it!! 🤣

[@ReadingIDEAS.-uz9xk]

Some great illustrations there. Adds to the reading experience. Happy reading.

[@WaterBearReads]

Yeah, I have developed this intense love for reading the classics with illustrations included..I recently read The Great Gatsby and it was such an oddly enchanting experience to read it with illustrations.

[@eileennielsen5165]

I also think of Autumn when I think of Anne of G.G.!! Many, many yrs. ago, I started collecting children's books based on if I liked the illustrations. Did the same w/ Little Golden Books. My FAVORITE illustrator for those is Eloise Wilkins. Enjoyed this, thank you. P.S. I'm a New England girl, born and bred. Living in S.E. Mi. now for w long time, WAY TOO LONG. Will always miss my New England(Mass.+ N.H.). Had a best friend who lived in Maine. She was Anne and I was Diane, although my personality was more like Anne's. She said she had to be Anne. HA!

[@WaterBearReads]

What a funny story which made me laugh! (about your friend) I actually lived near Boston for about three years and loved it there too! Eloise Wilkins- I remember her "I like Kindergarten" book with great fondness. It has this overwhelming nostalgic feeling for me! I think it is because I would read it at my grandparents' house and I remember everything about my grandparents in that fond way! Thank you so much for watching!!! Have a lovely weekend!!💞

[@This.mama.loves.reading]

You have inspired me to really delve into beautiful books and to really treasure illustrators. I have been more intentional about the books I read and share with my boys. Thank you for all of these great recommendations!

[@WaterBearReads]

Hi Katie! Oh what a lovely thing to say....thank you so much!!!! I am so glad that you have been inspired that way! I just find it so much easier to read classics to my boy with the right illustrated version and I never thought about it until I was reading The Wind in the Willows one day with very few pictures! Thank you so much for commenting and have a lovely evening!

[@insearchofwonder]

How interesting that Evelyn Nesbitt was the inspiration for Anne. That actually really tickles my funny bone because they could not be more opposite. 😆😆😆😆 How sad that the Canterbury Classics one is not attributed to anyone! I feel like a lot of the illustrated classics that came after the movie were definitely drawing from the movie.

[@WaterBearReads]

Yes....was it you who was showing L.M. Montgomery's scrapbook? It really piqued my curiosity when I saw it on someone's channel...I wondered if there is anything about that picture in it. Yes I had not thought about that in regards to the movie...!!!

[@marajhindreams]

This was so helpful!!!! I thought I had to go to PEI to find an illustrated copy THANK YOU 🙏🏽

[@WaterBearReads]

Its a pleasure! I am so glad that you found my video of use! Thank you so much for watching and for leaving a comment! I appreciate it so much!!!🧡

[@carbonc6065]

Excellent!

[@WaterBearReads]

Thank you!!!

[@heidivanzee3242]

Definitely want to be entered in the giveaway for such a beautiful book!📚

[@WaterBearReads]

Entered! Thank you!!💞

[@sipzandstoriez9546]

Loved this video! You taught me so much about the history of Anne that I never knew. I am going to check out the book "Looking for Anne of Green Gables" now to learn more about Evelyn Nesbit. I found the Jody Lee version at a thrift store and it is one of my favorite versions too! 😊

[@WaterBearReads]

Oh that is such a cool version! Its one of my favorites as well!! Thank you for watching and commenting! It always makes me feel happy to hear your thoughts!!!

[@lisac1619]

How beautiful 😍 I'm currently reading Anne of Avonlea.

[@WaterBearReads]

How lovely! Is it an illustrated version?

[@novelideea]

I love your illustrator deep dives/ explorations

[@WaterBearReads]

I'm so glad! I wonder if they are of any interest to anyone or if I am just nerding out LOL!! Thankyou so much for watching!!💓

[@novelideea]

@@WaterBearReads it’s how I found you initially 🥰

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

I had my coffee with you in your video, this morning, Heather! Don't you just love it when an illustrator takes a slightly different take on a classic? I do! So lovely that Mick Ellison responded by email. That was really sweet! I also associate Anne more with Autumn than Spring. I think it's because nature is at such a maximum height of our senses, then . . . I've always found Autumn to be much more invigorating and sensory than Spring and Summer. And LM and Anne are so in tune with nature and the books are in part a love letter to the natural world. That's one reason I so adored Anne With An "E" because it honored that aspect of the books. Thank you for sharing your lovely editions!

[@WaterBearReads]

Ah that sounds amazing Celeste! I do love it - I think that is what makes it so interesting to look at the illustrated versions as a collective for me! I know right? Mick Ellison's response was just so great! That is such a great way to put it Celeste, and very much along the lines of what I was trying to articulate about autumn being more of a time for "Anne" for me. Well put! I also love Anne with an E! Speaking of shows, I watched The Lost King and it was sooo good! Thank you for mentioning that on your video!!

[@areadersalmanacwithceleste1366]

@@WaterBearReads I’m so glad you liked The Lost King! It turned me into a confirmed Ricardian. The people in the movie were so wonderfully nerdy! 🤓

[@amyjones866]

A beautiful edition of a most favorite book! Please enter me! 🥰♥️

[@WaterBearReads]

Entered! Thank you!💕

[@jessicaw1839]

I would love to be entered! 😊Thank you!

[@WaterBearReads]

Entered!!! Thank you!!💞

[@amyofhearthridge]

I was SO blessed to travel to PEI for my 15th wedding anniversary. Have you been? It was all I hoped it to be…the red roads, golden canola? fields, blue sky/water, and green! Sigh.

[@WaterBearReads]

Hi! That is wonderful! Yes! I went last autumn! I don't know if you are interested, but I have another video I did of my trip there.

[@shanne6625]

I do follow you on IG, too. I would love to win your giveaway to share with my daughter and granddaughter. The women in my family are all big fans ♥️

[@WaterBearReads]

HI! You are entered!! Also, feel free to enter on IG too if you haven't already! Thank you! Have a lovely weekend!💞

[@amyofhearthridge]

This is SO lovely, Maud Montgomery is my favorite author. My oldest is named Anne! 🥹♥️🌿😍I’d love to be included in your giveaway. Thank you for this video. ♥️☺️it makes my heart happy.

[@WaterBearReads]

I am so glad! What a lovely thing to say...thankyou! Your comment makes my heart happy! Entered!💞

[@maries2768]

Genevieve Godbout has illustrated some of Kallie George's books of Anne and I absolutely love those illustrations!

[@WaterBearReads]

Oh I know those too and I love her style...I encountered her work when I did an "illustrator explore" of Mary Poppins. I want to add her versions to my website too - thank you for that reminder!!💞 Thank you so much for watching as well!

[@eileennielsen5165]

P.S. Diana

[@binkylawrence]

I entered on Instagram but may I enter here also, please?🥰 Have a blessed weekend!♥️

[@WaterBearReads]

Of course! So now you have two entries🥰! Have a lovely weekend too!!!💞

[@binkylawrence]

@@WaterBearReads Aww thank you so much!

[@judykovach6912]

Did u ever find that illustrator for the one in middle of the video?

[@WaterBearReads]

I did! I came across a paperback version with the same illustrations. It seems to be by a group called CBS Learning. I looked them up but could not make heads or tails. I'm thinking it is a student group of digital illustrators or something along those lines. But no one illustrator that I can write about!

[@judykovach6912]

Is that the Canterbury classic one? That’s the one I’m referring to…😁

[@WaterBearReads]

@@judykovach6912 Yes exactly...The Canterbury Classic.💕

[@lisablock3562]

Enter me please!

[@WaterBearReads]

Entered!😃

[@amancillas7248]

Please enter me in your giveaway. Your collection of Anne of Green Gables books is lovely. 🤍

[@WaterBearReads]

Thank you! You are entered!💕 Have a lovely day!!