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The Egg and I by Betty McDonald, J.B.Lippincott Co., 1945

a quiet noise

details from The Quiet Noisy Book by Magaret Wise Brown,illustrated by Leonard Weisgard. Harper and Collins, 1950.
previously and also

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from Banners for Beginners by Cory Atwood, Morehouse-Barlow, 1986

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from Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi, 1938, 1950, and 1984 editions, and an old collage-drawing of mine (from here), 2007

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from Childcraft: Look and Learn Volume 12, World Book, 1964 (1980)

The Dead Bird

from The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Remy Charlip, Young Scott Books, NY, 1958 (text 1938)

also here...and all previous Remy Charlip here.

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From God Bless Love: A Collection of Children's Sayings compiled by Nanette Newman, Collins, London, 1972

previously/related

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from JUNIOR (The Canadian Red Cross Society magazine for school children), Vol.L, No.5 , Toronto, May 1971 (detail of removeable poster)

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clipping, Popular Mechanics, 1950's

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back pages of Trash Can Toys and Games by Leonard Todd, Subsistence Press/Penguin, 1974

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The Child as Poet: Myth or Reality by Myra Cohn Livingston, The Horn Book Inc., Boston, 1984

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from Ten Copycats in a Boat and Other Riddles by Alvin Schwarz, illustrated by Marc Simont, Harper and Row, 1980

"There's still hope," said the soap.

details from "I can't" said the ant by Polly Cameron, 1961 (Scholastic reprint)

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from Illusions Illustrated: Magic Tricks You Can Perform by James W. Baker, Lerner Publications, Minneapolis, 1984

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What We Can Believe! by Trall Engle, Ohio, 1949 (distributed by The National Spiritualist, Chicago)

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from Let's Walk Up The Wall by Ryerson Johnson, illustrated by Eva Cellini, Scholastic, 1967

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from Will Happiness Find Me? by Peter Fischli & David Weiss, Koenig Books, London, 2003 (one of my favourite books. hard to choose just one question. more in the future.)

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(details from) How To Tell a Monster from a Friend by Alvin Granowsky, DC Heath & Co., 1973

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Teach Yourself to Build by Edward Allen and Gale Beth Goldberg, M.I.T. Press, 1979

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Read, Think, and Write by Florence A. Harris, M&S, Toronto, 1965