{"title":"Books","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe major focus of our book selection is works in translation from around the world, chosen for their book design and quality, often from small press publishers.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"building-bookmark-by-lart-cognac-berliner","title":"Lart C. Berliner Building Bookmark by Little Otsu","description":"\u003cp\u003eNever ones to waste, we fit this awesome building bookmark in the margin of our latest card set. Lart drew and watercolored this fantasy building with a little nod to the LO on top. This certainly makes for a unique and colorful way to keep your place, or just put it on the wall as a mini piece of art. The bookmark is full-color and printed in Hayward, CA with vegetable-based inks on 100% recycled paper. Measures 8.75\" tall x 1.75\" wide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little Otsu","offers":[{"title":"available","offer_id":2169762,"sku":"LO18","price":0.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/3622\/products\/LO18_1.jpg?v=1256501248"},{"product_id":"plane-bookmark-by-simon-evans","title":"Simon Evans Plane Bookmark by Little Otsu","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLO \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eSTORE EXCLUSIVE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe’re excited to bring you a little piece of work from British artist Simon Evans. This amalgamation of red grid paper, an Olympic plane, and the text “DESTINATION: \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eTERMINAL EXCESSIVE SENSIBILITIES\u003c\/span\u003e” can serve as a bookmark or a display of mini artwork. Printed on margin space in Hayward, CA on 100% post-consumer recycled paper using vegetable-base ink. Measures 1.75” wide x 5.75” tall.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Otsu","offers":[{"title":"available","offer_id":2171042,"sku":"LO48","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/3622\/products\/lo48_1.jpg?v=1230596499"},{"product_id":"quietly-sure-like-the-keeper-of-a-great-secret-by-jo-dery","title":"Quietly Sure - Like the Keeper of a Great Secret by Jo Dery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***NOW 50% OFF***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2008 Boston Art Awards \u003cem\u003ePeople’s Choice Award for Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.jodery.com\"\u003eJo Dery\u003c\/a\u003e makes her impressive book debut with this collection of new stories, \u003ci\u003eQuietly Sure – Like the Keeper of a Great Secret\u003c\/i\u003e. Set in a personal world of seekers and guides with parallel and intertwining tales, she has created an engaging work of strange beauty. Her four main characters search for an understanding of themselves and their purpose through their peculiar encounters with each other and the forces of nature (including a hungry spider, spectacled bears, a stinging snake, a lost lizard, and a reflective moon).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a modern folk style of drawing and boundless imagination, Jo is able to bring forth a stunningly detailed mythic world. Her background as a screenprinter lends images a depth of field that brings visual richness to each page. Things start off with the dispersal of some vicious seeds and wind their way through six stories of new discoveries, things gained and lost, new partnerships, and lessons learned. But like the keeper of a great secret, we wouldn’t want to give away much more—the splendor is in the journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e-88 pages, 6.75” wide x 5” tall, softcover\u003cbr\u003e -full-color cover, blue ink on white interior pages\u003cbr\u003e -printed by a family-owned press in Oakland, CA on 100% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based inks\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “…Jo Dery’s \u003cem\u003eQuietly Sure — Like the Keeper of a Great Secret\u003c\/em\u003e is filled with brief, mystical, poetic, earthy fairy tales.”-Greg Cook\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/thephoenix.com\/Boston\/Arts\/84324-Their-back-pages\/?rel=inf\"\u003ehttp:\/\/thephoenix.com\/Boston\/Arts\/84324-Their-back-pages\/?rel=inf\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“…she has a handle on a hushed world where her characters brim with thoughts of beauty, comfort, discovery, and pain. …‘Quietly Sure’ makes an expedition in to this world, portraying nature in a way that feels ceremonial, as though in its repeated patterns and shapes it is reenacting something age-old. Characters scurry toward understanding, with the knowledge that they’ll never quite attain enough of it. There’s humor too, in the way the characters are drawn and in their gestures.” -Vikki Warner, Providence Monthly, May 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This is another beautiful book from Little Otsu: well-crafted, well-designed and lovely to look at. Dery’s art has a slightly immersive quality (not unlike Theo Ellsworth’s approach) but also makes the reader look at the page perhaps more than read it.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/highlowcomics.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/short-reviews-jo-dery-sleazy-slice.html\"\u003ehttp:\/\/highlowcomics.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/short-reviews-jo-dery-sleazy-slice.html\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“If I could clap for a book, I would without a doubt for Jo Dery’s newest release, Quietly Sure – Like the Keeper of a Great Secret.” -Yujean Park, Feminist Review\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/feministreview.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/quietly-sure-like-keeper-of-great.html\"\u003ehttp:\/\/feministreview.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/quietly-sure-like-keeper-of-great.html\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJo Dery is an artist, screen printer, and animator living in Chicago. Her artwork has appeared in Lumpen Magazine and the \u003cspan class=\"caps\"\u003eSPX\u003c\/span\u003e Anthology and has been exhibited in New York, San Francisco, Portland, and Los Angeles. She completed a residency at the renowned MacDowell Colony in New Hampshire.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of Jo’s other Little Otsu projects: \u003cbr\u003e \u0026gt; \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.littleotsu.mom\/products\/living-things-series-vol-2-by-jo-dery\"\u003eLiving Things Series Vol 2\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u0026gt; \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.littleotsu.mom\/products\/owl-book-gift-tag-set-by-jo-dery\"\u003eOwl Book Gift Tag Set\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u0026gt; \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.littleotsu.mom\/products\/penguin-gift-tag-set-by-jo-dery\"\u003ePenguin Gift Tag Set\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u0026gt; \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.littleotsu.mom\/products\/yak-to-do-notepad-by-jo-dery\"\u003eYak To Do Notepad\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Otsu","offers":[{"title":"on sale","offer_id":10895322,"sku":"LO80","price":5.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/3622\/products\/LO80_cover_band_1.jpg?v=1268106256"},{"product_id":"water-and-fall-by-martine-workman","title":"Water and Fall by Martine Workman","description":"\u003cp\u003eInspired by fountains and gardens and silly people, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.martinealicia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eMartine Workman\u003c\/a\u003e created this little book of drawings for us that will please and amuse. Martine has an affinity for patterns and movement and combines them charmingly here with little moments and absurdity. Her water comes in many forms—endless seas, sprinkling spurts, unexpected downpours, and jet sprays. It interacts with abstract people of funny forms and faces, producing a work of unforeseen delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted with blue soy-based ink on 100% post-consumer recycled paper by 1984 Printing in Oakland. Measures 4.25\" wide x 4.75\" tall, 44 pages, saddle stitched. Recommended for mature readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “This is a charming series of drawings that loosely work together to form a narrative of sorts about water. Mostly, it’s about water spraying people in weird and unexpected ways. At times, it acts as comics-as-poetry, creating a certain rhythm of images on the page to get across the visceral sensation of floating and\/or being splashed. I particularly liked the way that Workman diligently stippled drops of water while crafting figures that were small blobs in the face of nature. This comic is a beautiful trifle; it doesn’t aspire to deliver a powerful emotional statement but rather simply creates an atmosphere and details a singular and similar set of experiences. It fits quite nice into the overall aesthetic of comics \u0026amp; zines published by Little Otsu.”-Rob Clough, High-Low Comics\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Otsu","offers":[{"title":"on sale","offer_id":11838412,"sku":"LO79","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/3622\/products\/LO79_cover.jpg?v=1493257310"},{"product_id":"living-things-series-vol-2-by-jo-dery","title":"The Little Otsu Living Things Series Vol 2 by Jo Dery","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Little Otsu Living Things Series is a new collection of mini art books in which different artists each explore one idea based around the theme of living things. The second volume in the series by Providence, RI artist \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/jodery.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eJo Dery\u003c\/a\u003e is called \"Pheromones: a chemical conversation\" and is an exploration of how animals use pheromones differently to do things like mark territory, attract mates and even attack enemies. Jo's beautiful watercolor drawings of sea urchins and amazing line drawings of beetles meet dogs, cats, gulls and even people in this factoid-filled and often humorous book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Limited edition of 1000. Saddle-stitched booklet, 16 pages (half full-color, half single color), white 80 lb text, 5.875\" wide x 9\" tall. Full-color cover, 80 lb cover stock. Printed in Oakland, CA on 100% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based inks. Series design assistance by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/landland.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDan Black\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of Jo’s other Little Otsu projects: \u003cbr\u003e \u0026gt; \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.littleotsu.mom\/products\/quietly-sure-like-the-keeper-of-a-great-secret-by-jo-dery\"\u003eQuietly Sure - Like the Keeper of a Great Secret\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u0026gt; \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.littleotsu.mom\/products\/owl-book-gift-tag-set-by-jo-dery\"\u003eOwl Book Gift Tag Set\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u0026gt; \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.littleotsu.mom\/products\/penguin-gift-tag-set-by-jo-dery\"\u003ePenguin Gift Tag Set\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u0026gt; \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.littleotsu.mom\/products\/yak-to-do-notepad-by-jo-dery\"\u003eYak To Do Notepad\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Otsu","offers":[{"title":"available","offer_id":65648722,"sku":"LO115","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/3622\/products\/LO115_7.jpg?v=1296208689"},{"product_id":"living-things-series-vol-3-by-hannah-waldron","title":"The Little Otsu Living Things Series Vol 3 by Hannah Waldron","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Little Otsu Living Things Series is a new collection of mini art books in which different artists each explore one idea based around the theme of living things. The third installment in this series is by London artist \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.hannahwaldron.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eHannah Waldron\u003c\/a\u003e and is called \"The City.\" A loose narrative connects these images of urban life and can be wildly detailed or entirely impressionistic, but grounded in her creative use of patterns. Mixing the mediums of watercolor and collage, Hannah captures both the imagined minutiae of city living and the teeming life of the city itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about Hannah's inspiration, ideas and approach to the book \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/hannahwaldron.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/around-christmas-time-i-was-approached.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Limited edition of 1000. Saddle-stitched booklet, 16 pages, blue ink on white 80 lb text, 5.875\" wide x 9\" tall. Full-color cover, 80 lb cover stock. Printed in Oakland, CA on 100% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based inks. Series design assistance by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/landland.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDan Black\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Little Otsu","offers":[{"title":"available","offer_id":85430542,"sku":"LO116","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/3622\/products\/LO116_1.jpg?v=1304319137"},{"product_id":"living-things-series-vol-4-by-lilli-carre","title":"The Little Otsu Living Things Series Vol 4 by Lilli Carré","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Little Otsu Living Things Series is a new collection of mini art books in which different artists each explore one idea based around the theme of living things. The fourth installment in this series is by Chicago artist \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.lillicarre.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eLilli Carré\u003c\/a\u003e and is called \"Shifting Shadows.\" Skillful drawing meets absurdist situations in these amusing shadowy depictions that will often take multiple viewings to capture all of their nuance. Lilli plays with light, shadow cast, kissing shadows, shadows with a life of their own, surprising shapes and sizes all to wonderful effect.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Limited edition of 1000. Saddle-stitched booklet, 16 pages (half full-color, half single color), white 80 lb text, 5.875\" wide x 9\" tall. Full-color cover, 80 lb cover stock. Printed in Oakland, CA on 100% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based inks. Series design assistance by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/landland.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDan Black\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Otsu","offers":[{"title":"available","offer_id":85439402,"sku":"LO117","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/3622\/products\/LO117_1.jpg?v=1304322980"},{"product_id":"living-things-series-vol-7-by-liam-stevens","title":"The Little Otsu Living Things Series Vol 7 by Liam Stevens","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Little Otsu Living Things Series is a collection of mini art books in which different artists each explore one idea based around the theme of living things. The seventh installment in this series is by London artist \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/liamstevens.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eLiam Stevens\u003c\/a\u003e and is called \"Amazon.\" Liam takes an ambitious approach to the form with amazing dioramas of layered papercut Amazonian plants and animals drawn in his playful style. These rich full-color scenes are countered with more spare line drawings where you get to appreciate the nuances of his stroke which bring such character to his comical rainforest denizens and impressions of the habitat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited edition of 1000. Saddle-stitched booklet, 16 pages (half full-color, half single color), white 80 lb text, 5.875\" wide x 9\" tall. Full-color cover, 80 lb cover stock. Printed in Oakland, CA on 100% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based inks. Series design assistance by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/landland.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDan Black\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Otsu","offers":[{"title":"available","offer_id":174391882,"sku":"LO126","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/3622\/products\/lo126_1.jpg?v=1324074514"},{"product_id":"living-things-series-vol-9-by-martine-workman","title":"The Little Otsu Living Things Series Vol 9 by Martine Workman","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Little Otsu Living Things Series is a collection of mini art books in which different artists each explore one idea based around the theme of living things. The ninth installment is called \"Dance\" by Washington D.C. artist \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/martinealicia.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eMartine Workman\u003c\/a\u003e. Lines and textures swirl and sway to fashion lively figures all transformed by the act of dance. Martine brings her sense of absurd humor along with impressionistic beauty to classical forms resulting in images that capture the spirit of joy and movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited edition of 1000. Saddle-stitched booklet, 16 full-color pages, white 80 lb text, 5.875\" wide x 9\" tall. Full-color cover, 80 lb cover stock. Printed in Oakland, CA on 100% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based inks. Series design assistance by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/landland.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDan Black\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eYou might also like Martine's \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.littleotsu.mom\/collections\/books\/products\/water-and-fall-by-martine-workman\"\u003eWater and Fall\u003c\/a\u003e mini art book, \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.littleotsu.mom\/collections\/cards\/products\/congrats-card-by-martine-workman\"\u003eCongrats! card\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/shop.littleotsu.mom\/collections\/papergoods\/products\/reading-bookmark-pack-by-martine-workman\"\u003eReading Bookmark Pack\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Otsu","offers":[{"title":"available","offer_id":331393763,"sku":"LO139","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/3622\/products\/lo139_1.jpg?v=1372473049"},{"product_id":"living-things-series-vol-10-by-joohee-yoon","title":"The Little Otsu Living Things Series Vol 10 by JooHee Yoon","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Little Otsu Living Things Series is a collection of mini art books in which different artists each explore one idea based around the theme of living things. The tenth and final installment is the glorious \"House Plant\" by East Coast artist \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/jooheeyoon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eJooHee Yoon\u003c\/a\u003e. Incorporating her love of printmaking and drawing, the overflowing life of the book is rendered in juxtaposing colors that add vivacity to the loose narrative of plants run amok. The technique creates a raw yet sophisticated set of images that are striking and memorable. We couldn't have asked for a better ending to the series!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLimited edition of 1000. Saddle-stitched booklet, 16 full-color pages, white 80 lb text, 5.875\" wide x 9\" tall. Full-color cover, 80 lb cover stock. Printed in Oakland, CA on 100% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based inks. Series design assistance by \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/landland.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDan Black\u003c\/a\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Otsu","offers":[{"title":"available","offer_id":331911009,"sku":"LO140","price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/3622\/products\/lo140_1.jpg?v=1372565618"},{"product_id":"traffic-bookmark-by-daniel-frost","title":"Daniel Frost Traffic Bookmark by Little Otsu","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen you need to put the brakes on your reading, make it fun with this painted scene from London artist \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.danielfrost.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eDaniel Frost\u003c\/a\u003e's Little Otsu children's book \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.littleotsu.mom\/products\/atop-a-hill-in-frostville-by-daniel-frost\" title=\"Atop a Hill in Frostville\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtop A Hill in Frostville\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e! This colorful and amusing street view is full of denizens of Daniel's imaginary town Frostville in their various modes of transport. Makes for a nice little decorative piece as well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasures 6.5” wide x 2.5” tall. The bookmark is printed in full-color on one side using soy-based inks on white 100% post-consumer recycled cardstock. Printed in Oakland, CA by a family-run shop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Otsu","offers":[{"title":"available","offer_id":337105018,"sku":"LO155","price":0.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0006\/3622\/products\/lo155_1.jpg?v=1374093221"},{"product_id":"atop-a-hill-in-frostville-by-daniel-frost","title":"Atop a Hill in Frostville by Daniel Frost (Kid's Book)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e***NOW 50% OFF***\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur first children's book is by London-based artist \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.danielfrost.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Daniel Frost\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDaniel Frost\u003c\/a\u003e and will delight folks of all ages with its visual vividness and ingenious humor. The wordless story starts with a boy and his dog waking up to a sunny morning in the imaginary town of Frostville. 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