Coming back from the dead to let you all know that this book is being reprinted in the spring from NYR Children's Collection. Need a House? Call Ms. Mouse! by George Mendoza, illustrated by Dor...
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Thought it was time for an update seeing as we are in the midst of a civil rights revolution and a definite shift in thinking. The short of it is that—surprise—I am white. I grew up in a ver...
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Still mourning the loss of Tomi Ungerer. If you haven't checked it out, read my interview with Tomi from a few years back. :( And the fabulous New York Times obit. Great, great talent...
http://www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com/2019/02/rip-tomi.html
THE LAND WHERE THE ICE CREAM GROWS TOLD BY ANTHONY BURGESS ; ILLUSTRATIONS AND STORY BY FULVIO TESTA DOUBLEDAY, 1979 Anthony Burgess is most famous for having written the novel A Clockwork...
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Over the next few days I am going to be culling the herd to make way for new Christmas books, so I am reviving my Etsy shop for a small window of time. Available hits include these and mo...
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Happy Halloween all! Just poking my head in to say Jim Flora's Grandpa's Ghost Stories is back in print from Feral House Press . Happy happy day! Still THE spookiest of all the children's book...
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Rising from the grave here because I am just past spring break and shelves were cleaned off, and I was reminded of just how many books there are still to share. Every time I turn around, a belove...
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Rising from the dead here to post this little tidbit from Tomi Ungerer's social media feed. Phaidon is releasing a single slipcased volume of eight of Tomi's newish and classic books, The ...
http://www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com/2016/09/more-tomi-ungerer.html
Personal fave The Dead Bird by Margaret Wise Brown has been released by HarperCollins with new illustrations by Caldecott-winner Christian Robinson . Remy Chalip's original illustrations fo...
http://www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com/2016/03/the-dead-bird-rereleased.html
IT'S RAINING SAID JOHN TWAINING ~ N. M. BODECKER ~ ATHENEUM, 1973 Danish nursery rhymes translated and illustrated by the author of the forgotten favorite Miss Jaster's Garden . So happy I s...
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In this week's edition of who talks faster than a librarian, here I am talking about the new Dr. Seuss, What Pet Should I Get?
http://www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com/2015/08/dr-seuss-has-new-book-out-yall.html
THE MEANEST SQUIRREL I EVER MET GENE ZION ~ MARGARET BLOY GRAHAM ~ CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, 1962 I keep coming back to Margaret Bloy Graham's death earlier this year. Seems every time I tur...
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IT'S ME, HILARY premieres on HBO tonight!
http://www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com/2015/03/its-me-hilary-tonight.html
TAMMY AND PEPPER KATHRYN HITTE ~ MEL CRAWFORD ~ GOLDEN PRESS, 1964 I don't know about you kids, but we are in full-on spring mode here, just minutes away from the Texas summer. I know lots ...
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A few days ago I received a very thoughtful e-mail from Roy McKie's son about this father's passing. In 2011, I was lucky enough to interview Roy about his life and work.. As I said then...
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"Children’s book illustrator Margaret Bloy Graham, widely known for her depictions of Harry the Dirty Dog in a series of books by her former husband Harry Zion, died January 22 in Cambridge, ...
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FATHER FOX'S PENNYRHYMES CLYDE WATSON ~ WENDY WATSON ~ SCHOLASTIC, 1971 The beloved nursery rhyme classic written and illustrated by two sisters from Vermont about the stories a father fo...
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Finally.... the winners are here, picked at random! Gus was a Friendly Ghost goes out to Liana . Arial will be receiving The Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature . Loretta Mason...
http://www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com/2015/01/winners-of-great-holiday-give.html
Yes! Day four of the Great (Post) Holiday Give is a new reprint from Purple House Press of the classic Gus Was a Friendly Ghost . There was once a friendly ghost, by the name of Gus, who l...
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Hey all. Welcome to day three of the Great (Post) Holiday Give! The give today is The Berenstain Bears' Big Book of Science and Nature . Dover has reprinted my three favorite Berenstain books i...
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BRIAN WILDSMITH'S TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BRIAN WILDSMITH ~ OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1972 And for slagging off the last few weeks... a little post-Christmas treat. This, plus Father Ch...
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Unlike what some unsuspecting well wishers thought, I did not pass away over the holidays! Just merely got jammed up in the last minute minutia of it all. That said, the great holiday give will f...
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The New York Review Children's Collection is the amazing publisher that brings long forgotten books back to life. They also have a children's book club where books arrive in mail all the yea...
http://www.vintagechildrensbooksmykidloves.com/2014/12/great-holiday-give-day-2-loretta-mason.html
My all time favorite Tomi Ungerer book was reissued by Phaidon this past summer. The Beast of Monsieur Racine . SUCH A BRILLIANT BOOK! So it's only fitting that this would be my first ...
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My! Have I been asleep at the wheel. I just realized we are a week out from Christmas and I haven't posted the Great Holiday Give yet. Whew. Forgive me. If there is still anyone out there l...
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