This book is my favourite of all my vintage children's books. I came across some images of it one day as I was looking through some pictures on Flickr. I saw the picture of the kids in the treehouse and had a weird sense of deja vu - I knew that I had loved that picture and that book as a child. Isn't it interesting how some images or objects from childhood just sink themselves into our memories? I was so excited to find this book again that I ordered it for myself from Ebay. This book is sooo sweet - I just love its gorgeous illustrations and cute little stories and poems. Don't you just want to live inside this book? It was published in 1976. Gyo Fujikawa was well-known for being one of the first to depict children of many races all playing together - isn't that one of all the kids and animals amazing? She wrote and illustrated many books - some of which I already own and will blog about in the future, and the rest I hope to collect over the years. I love that my 5-year-old can now read this book to herself too.
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I haven't seen this book before. What beautiful illustrations! No wonder it was one of your favorites!
ReplyDeleteI love Gyo Fujikawa and just bought this one for Avery to keep her occupied on our long trip back to BC! Love her adorable illustrations. (And I love that photo of vintage you!)
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