What Do You Say?

I found a new favorite picture book on this Throwback Thursday. This might be something I say about all of our picture books. Maybe I'll just say this is my new favorite picture book about manners. What Do You Say, Dear?   1958 By Sesyle Joslin Illustrated by Maurice Sendak Published by Scholastic Book Services 3rd printing October 1965 "single copy price 35¢"   When I found the book, [...]

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, [...]

Three Bedtime Stories

Throwback Thursday Picture Books! Three Bedtime Stories The Three Little Kittens - The Three Bears - The Three Little Pigs Today's Throwback Thursday Picture Book is one of my own childhood picture books. I love finding old picture books in thrift stores, but I scored this favorite on a visit home a few years ago. This was a much-loved and read picture [...]