Personal Typing
This Throwback Thursday book is dedicated to my mom. –Disclaimer: This one isn't a picture book, but it does have fantastic illustrations and I couldn't resist the fun of it when I found it at the thrift store. Personal and Professional Typing S. J. Wanous 1962 South-Western Publishing Company I think I grew up in a strange time of transition, sort of an in an [...]
Chicka Chicka abc
Chicka Chicka abc by Bill Martin Jr and John Archambault Illustrated by Lois Ehlert 1989 Today's Throwback Thursday Picture Book is one of my favorite little board books. This was the first book I received as a baby gift when my son was born. We read this little ABC rhyme book over and over and it seemed quite the perfect first book for [...]
A Cure For Complaining
The Tale of Meshka the Kvetch copyright 1980 by Carol Chapman illustrations by Arnold Lobel published by E.P. Dutton New York This little tale makes me quite happy. I love the soft color palate and texture in the illustrations and I love the language in this tale -words and phrases like, Meshka, Yiddish, Kvetch, kosher pickles, oy vey, and Wall of Jericho This is a picture [...]
To Think I Found It In Goodwill
My latest thrift store stop has to be one of my favorites. I spent the afternoon with a friend at Goodwill. We looked at pants and shirts and skirts and talked up and down the aisles. I found an amazing Christmas sweater vest with candy canes and sequins. I managed to leave it behind for a happy ugly-sweater-loving person. I [...]
Nursery Rhymes
Nursery Rhymes A Puppet Treasure Book This is the last book in my collection from children's book artists Tadasu Izawa and Shigemi Hijikata. This one is full of nursery rhymes including selections from Robert Louis Stevenson to Mother Goose, counting rhymes, and "Little Nursery Rhymes" –Little Tom Tucker, This Little Pig, Jumping Joan, Jack Horner, Little Boys and Little Girls, Little Bo-Peep, [...]
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumb Today's Throwback Thursday is the fourth in my puppet book collection from photo illustrators T. Izawa and S. Hijikata. This book features the strange fairytale world of Tom Thumb. Published by Grosset & Dunlap. There's no copyright date printed in the book, but there is an inscription from the original owners of the on the inside cover, " To Diane and [...]
ABC Book
A late night Throwback Thursday in Picture Books –My sweet girl was sick today. And even though I had more down time with her home than I usually do, I find it very hard to multitask when my sweethearts are sick. She's feeling better and I'm a happy mom. So, here's my third book from the puppet photo illustrated series [...]
Baby Animals
Baby AnimalsA Puppet Storybook1969 -illustrations by Tadasu Izawa and Shigemi HijikataI bought this book with two others by T. Izawa and S. Hijikata. The style of the others two books I bought were different from this one, so I didn't realize at first what was missing from the front cover. I could see glue lines on the cover of [...]