Prayers for Children

  A Little Golden Book Prayers for Children Pictures by Eloise Wilkin Western Publishing Company 1974, 1952 Little Golden Book Classic published by Random House, Inc. It's been a tough week for me and my family. One that certainly had us in our own time of prayer. It seemed fitting to share one of my favorite vintage children's books this Thursday. It turns out I [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Little Friends

  Little Friends Storytime Pals Series 1971/1982 Illustrations by Tadasu Izawa and Shigemi Hijikata Another fun book featuring some of my favorite things  –A board book and with photo illustrations. Although Little Friends is quite different from the cute photo board book The Farm. Little Friends is illustrated with puppet figures on a set, not photographs of real animals. I love the little created [...]

Jingle Bells

Today's Throwback Thursday Picture Book fits quite a few of my favorite things categories: It's a Christmas Picture Book (I love collecting these, new or old!) It's based on a classic Christmas carol (Do you love singing Christmas songs all year too?) I found this throwback at a thrift store Jingle Bells Story by Kathleen N. Daly Pictures by J.P. Miller "A New Story by Kathleen [...]

Cooking Should Be Simple

Pancakes For Breakfast by Tomie De Paola More wordless and wonderful picture books I found this great school copy at a Salvation Army. It was issued as a textbook, but it looks like it was never read. Copyright 1978 –The summary reads, "A little old lady's attempts to have pancakes for breakfast are hindered by a scarcity of supplies and participation of her pets." I love [...]