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Today I’m excited to be kicking off the Farm Anatomy blog tour, with a review and giveaway of renowned illustrator Julia Rothman’s new book. Farm Anatomy is filled with pages upon pages of illustration and hand drawn text — complete with charts, diagrams, and even a few craft projects , recipes, and how-tos.

How to enter (enter up to 2 times!):
1. Leave a comment on this post
2. Tweet about this giveaway and leave an additional comment on this post with a link to your tweet

The giveaway will end Sunday, October 16th at midnight and the winner will be announced on Monday.

If you’re not the lucky winner this time, you can also purchase Farm Anatomy on Amazon.

Be sure to check out other reviews & giveaways on the Farm Anatomy blog tour:
10/12– Growing with Plants
10/14 – The Things We Make
10/15 – Print and Pattern
10/17 – Small Measure
10/19 – SF Girl by Bay
10/21 – Pikaland
10/23 – The Spunky Coconut
10/24 – Pitch Design Union
10/25 – Reading my Tea Leaves
10/27 – Book By Its Cover
10/28– Design for Mankind

A big thanks to Storey Publishing for providing a review copy of this book.

My design assistant Katelyn is expecting a new niece or nephew, so with that in mind she hit up Etsy for all things baby. Some of her finds:

hand knit baby socks in autumn yellow by Eljuks //  Snug Songbirds Wooden Mobile by Snug Studio // Fabric Number Book by Pi’lo //  San Francisco one-piece by Maptote // Modern Animal Clock by Decoy Lab // and Ashe Canvas Tiny Toms by Toms.

A pretty color combo to start the week! The silk tee is by Rachel Rose, who hand paints or hand dyes silk for tops and dresses. (More on her blog). The limited edition print is by Inaluxe, a talented Australian duo. The clutch is hand-sewn and hand-printed by Sveika, a Philadelphia-based textile design and screen-printing company. Lastly, that sweet paper fox puppet… that’s by Furze Chan, an artist and designer from Hong Kong.

Because yellow is the happiest color!

Top to Bottom: 1. Sunshine Rug by En Route Studio, 2. Gradient Ring by bstudio, 3. Paris Graffiti Heart Photo by little brown pen 4. Nautical Pattern Blocks by Monki Vintage 5. The Woodland Fox Pillow by Sleepy King 6. Outer Space Tea Towel by Leah Duncan 7. Kingfisher Necklace by Handy Maiden

Where’s Walrus is a wordless picture book written and illustrated by Stephen Savage, an acclaimed illustrator who lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter. (You may know Stephen’s work from the bestseller Polar Bear Night).

Where’s Walrus follows an adventurous walrus who becomes bored with life at the zoo. With the zookeeper in hot pursuit, Walrus cleverly tries on all sorts of hats to disguise himself.

Scholastic has generously offered to give two Mint readers a copy of Where’s Walrus in addition to a framed lithograph poster of one of the book’s illustrations! All you have to do is leave a comment (up to 4, see rules below!) on this post by Wednesday, February 23rd at midnight (EST) and I’ll randomly pick two winners on Thursday.

The 4 ways to enter:
1. Leave a comment on this post
2. Tweet about the giveaway with a link to this post, and leave a comment with a link to your tweet
3. Put a message on Facebook and leave a comment telling me you did so
4. Link to this post on your blog and leave a comment with a link to your post

Yes, that means you can enter four times!

Good luck!