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 [...]

On the Farm

  The Farm  A Golden Book Published 1980 Cover photograph by M. Salamon Back Cover by M. Barrows Found: Salvation Army I was so excited when I found this little book at Salvation Army. It combines two of my favorite things in children's books, it's a board book and the story is told through photographs. A little gem to teach little ones all about a day [...]

Washington D.C.

Throwback Thursday ~Picture BooksI love finding old children's books in thrift stores. It's great discovering out of print books I've never seen before from authors I know (like Maurice Sendak) or books with a bit of history attached. And the artwork, all the illustrations from a time gone by–I love those too! Just incase those who say, 'print is [...]