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The Vegetabull

January 30, 2019 HeatherLeave a comment

Jan Le Witt | c.1956
Harcourt, Brace & Co.

The story of Yorick who turns from a bull into a vegetabull.

Posted in endpapers, vintageTagged 1956, Jan Le Witt

Lavender’s Blue: A Book of Nursery Rhymes

January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 HeatherLeave a comment

compiled by Kathleen Lines | Harold Jones | c.1954
Franklin Watts

A collection of nursery rhymes and games. An index of first lines makes it easy to find your favorites, such as Old King Cole, The Three Little Kittens, Pat-a-Cake, and many more.

Posted in endpapers, vintageTagged Franklin Watts, Harold Jones, Kathleen Lines, nursery rhymes

The Fireside Book of Favorite American Songs

January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 HeatherLeave a comment

illus. Aurelius Battaglia | c.1952
Simon and Schuster

  • case cover
  • endpapers
  • title page

A songbook of favorite American tunes with a description of the musical period.

Posted in case cover, endpapers, title page, vintageTagged 1952, Aurelius Battaglia, Simon and Schuster, songbook

A Gopher in the Garden

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 HeatherLeave a comment

Jack Prelutsky | Robert Leydenfrost | c.1967
The Macmillan Company

Galloping rhymes inspired by both common and rare animals–from brindled gnu to garden gopher.

Posted in endpapers, vintageTagged 1967, poetry, Robert Leydenfrost, The Macmillan Company

Old Old Tales Retold

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 HeatherLeave a comment

illus. Frederick Richardson | c.1923
M.A. Donohue & Company

Eight best loved folk stories for children includes The Three Little Bears, The Little Red Hen, The House on the Hill, The Three Little Pigs, Chicken Licken, The Old Woman and Her Pig, Little Tupens, and The Gingerbread Boy.

Posted in endpapers, vintageTagged 1923, folk and fairy tales, Frederick Richardson, M.A. Donohue & Company

Ghost in a Four-Room Apartment

January 27, 2019January 30, 2019 HeatherLeave a comment

Ellen Raskin | c.1969
Atheneum

A mischievous poltergeist describes the havoc he creates in the life of a family occupying a four-room apartment as more and more relatives keep arriving and add to the confusion.

Posted in case cover, vintageTagged 1969, Atheneum, Ellen Raskin, ghost

Paul Revere and the Minute Men (Landmark Books)

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 HeatherLeave a comment

Dorothy Canfield Fisher | Norman Price | c.1950
Random House

Recounts the story of the American patriot who rode from Boston to Lexington to warn his fellow citizens that the British were coming.

Posted in endpapers, vintageTagged 1950, biography, Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Landmark Books, Random House

The Fox at the Manger

January 27, 2019January 29, 2019 HeatherLeave a comment

P.L. Travers | Thomas Bewick | c.1962
W.W. Norton & Company

Three young boys in postwar London at Christmas time hear a story of the fox who came to the manger to see the Christ Child, and defended to the other animals his right to be there and his gift for the child.

Posted in endpapers, vintageTagged 1962, holiday, P.L. Travers, Thomas Bewick, W.W. Norton & Company

Blueberries for Sal

January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 HeatherLeave a comment

Robert McCloskey | c.1980 (originally c.1948)
Puffin Books (originally The Viking Press)

Posted in endpapers, vintageTagged 1948, 1980, Puffin Books, Robert McCloskey, Viking Press

Fisherman’s Luck

August 24, 2018January 20, 2019 HeatherLeave a comment

Josephine Haskell Aldridge | Ruth Robbins | c.1966
Parnassus Press

Posted in case cover, endpapers, title page, vintageTagged 1966, Josephine Haskell Aldridge, Parnassus Press, Ruth Robbins

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