New Releases by Bob Artley

The late Minnesota author Paul Gruchow was often described as beautifully intense, bard-like and prophetic. While plying his talents as seer and naturalist, Gruchow was also a master of trenchant insight into the right ways of living, as well as the foibles and hypocrisies of modern society. This collection honors the memory of Paul Gruchow through the words of the many he touched as mentor, teacher, colleague, friend. The Grace of Grass and Water brings together new writings by award winning authors Mary Pipher, Bill Holm, Carol Bly, Jim Heynen, Mark Vinz, Gary Deason, Louis Martintelli, Bob Artley and Thomas Dean as well as one of Paul Gruchow''s last essays.

With fond reminiscences and nostalgic cartoons, Bob Artley takes readers back to his little country schoolhouse, Marion No. 7, in Iowa''s Franklin County. Readers will share farm boy Artley''s first-day agonies, the long walks to and from school, the school yard games, the Christmas program, and the annual picnic all recalled with his characteristic humor and insight. Everything that Artley experienced from the smell of scorched mittens left too long on the stove to dry to the excitement of performing in the school program is recalled here with delightful details, providing life lessons and delightful, warm memories. Artley is considered one of the country''s foremost recorders of farm history. His wonderful artwork and stories reflect his sense of country nostalgia and farm heritage and speak to anyone with a farming background and to those who yearn for simpler times.

Bob Artley''s Cowtoons is a delightful look at the author''s own relationship with cows. His genuine affection for cows comes throughon every page, in every illustration and caption. AS with his previous books, Artley presents farm life with just the right amount of whimsy, nostalgia, and wisdom.Bob Artley''s Cowtoons is a collection of drawings from his popular series "Memories of a Former Kid" that has been syndicated in daily and weekly newspapers across the United States since the 1970s. It was originally published as Living with Cows.

From chores to cows and pigs, from machinery to school days, popular artist Bob Artley captures the universal pains of adolescence on the farm in this classic collection of reminiscences and drawings. 81 illustrations.

A longtime artist, Artley is considered one of the country''s foremost recorders of farm history. This title is a delightful look at the farm chores facing a kid--many of them Artley''s own remembrances. From milking cows to baling hay, Artley presents farm life with just the right amount of whimsy, nostalgia, and wisdom. 41 illustrations.

An illustrated memoir and cookery by an award-winning artist captures country life in America''s Midwest in the early twentieth century. In the farm home of America''s past, the hearth of the home—the kitchen—represented the warmth and well-being of the family that met daily to enjoy hearty, homemade food. Award-winning artist Bob Artley evokes this ideal in this beautiful homage to the traditional Midwestern farm kitchen. Filled with heirloom family recipes and cozy memories and accompanied by Artley''s signature pen-and-ink drawings and full-color illustrations, this memoir provides a nostalgic and affectionate look at rural life, family, and food from a simpler time. Peppered with twenty-eight traditional family recipes Dorothy Harchanko gathered from farm wives of the era—including entries for Apple Pie, Carrot Jam, and Ice Box Cookies—the chapters provide a description of the farm kitchen; discuss the family larder, cellar, and attic; and examine the many ways in which the kitchen served as the center of the farm family''s universe. Used as a medical dispensary, nursery, laundry room, scriptorium, and, of course, gathering place to eat, the kitchen of Artley''s past now gives him the space to tell his unique story in words, with food, and through his unforgettable artwork. Praise for Once Upon a Farm: "Artley''s illustrations have a homespun feel reminiscent of Norman Rockwell. His writing is conversational and informative, like one neighbor talking to another, or a grandfather sharing history and lost practical skills with his grandchildren." — Foreword Reviews "This is a beautiful book, that progresses through the seasons, bringing life to an almost forgotten time." — School Library Journal

This work describes what it is like living and working with cows throughout the different seasons of the year.

A tribute to the author''s wife, Ginny, recounts the joys and sorrows of a loving marriage and the pain and confusion of Ginny''s mental decline and eventual death from Alzheimer''s disease

The author shares his memories of attending a one-room rural school during the twenties.

Artley''s cartoons portray his growing-up years on an Iowa farm in the 1920s and 1930s. This album preserves the humorous and touching memories of an era gone by, while the author''s wit and insight speak to the child in each of us.

This author takes a humorous look at the chores he encountered as afarm boy growing up in Hampton, Iowa. He began drawing as a boy and was encouraged by other cartoonist from newspapers. He later worked for an advertising agency. Now retired, he returned to the farm that had been his boyhood home. That farm, in the Artley family for more than a century, is the place of this book.