Showing posts with label children's books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children's books. Show all posts

Monday, February 11, 2013

Woodchopper's rope


The Tree Angel by Judith Martin and Remy Charlip, 1962 (Scholastic, 1969)

Saturday, December 29, 2012

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A Lollygag of Limericks by Myra Cohn Livingston, illustrated by Joseph Low, Athenium, 1978

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Parsley







Parsley by Ludwig Bemelmans, Harper & Row, 1955

also today at VKBMKL!

Bill Peet

dedication from The Gnats of Knotty Pine by Bill Peet, Houghton Mifflin Co., 1975

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Ingri & Edgar Parin D'Aulaire














Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire:
D'Aulaire's Trolls, 1972
Nils, 1948
Don't Count Your Chicks, 1943
The Terrible Troll Bird, 1976
D'Aulaire's Book of Greek Myths, 1962

Thursday, December 13, 2012

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back covers: 
Look and Learn, 1949 
My Favourite Big Book, 194?

Tuesday, November 20, 2012

one eyed ghost/hole in bottom of a shoe





The look again...and again, and again, and again book by Beau Gardner, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, NY, 1984

library sale




Monday, November 12, 2012

endpapers




Noah's Ark by Miche Wynants, 1965
Let's Find Out About Color by Ann Campbell, 1975
Tag-Along by Bernice Frankel, illustrated by Alex Kenne, 1962
God Bless Love by Nanette Newman, 1972

Friday, October 12, 2012

juliet kepes







The Seven Remarkable Bears by Emilie Warren McLeod, illustrated by Juliet Kepes, E.M.Hale/Houghton Mifflin Co., 1954 (1963)

Juliet Kepes working on a mural in the Kepes nursery, Cambridge, 1949---see more at LIFE magazine archives!
Components of the nursery, designed by Juliet and her husband György Kepes, are included in the incredible exhibition Century of the Child currently at the MoMA, NY.

more at Daddytypes

thanks kg!

Saturday, October 6, 2012

So this is what we do---






Manners Can Be Fun by Munro Leaf, J.B.Lippicott Co., 1958 (1936)
thanks k.g.