More of Eloise Wilkin's wonderful work for you today - We Help Daddy - I have a tiny as well as regular size version, and We Like Kindergarten. I feel like We Help Daddy is a good reminder to me to try to let the kids 'help' when we can, even if it slows us down. My 8 year old has become a good helper with her younger 2 sisters. She does not like doing chores but she does like to do special jobs like helping to bake a cake. We Like Kindergarten brought back a few special memories of my own kindergarten class - I remember the classroom had an upstairs loft - how cool is that! I vaguely remember being Mary in the Christmas play and being cheerily competitive with a little boy in the class over who was the best reader - we were the only 2 in the class who could read already. I even have a sweet picture of me and a few friends at a sleepover and I am reading a bedtime story to everyone while we are cozied up in our pajamas.
Eloise Wilkin captured those fleeting moments of childhood so sweetly. The little faces she drew always make me smile.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by WendyLady! Yes it is hard not to feel happy when looking at her books.
DeleteLove, love, love Eloise Wilkin. But you already knew that. ;)
ReplyDeleteSure did Danzel! :)
DeleteWow, that is a well-loved copy of We Like Kindergarten! I had given up hope of finding a copy of that one and then an almost-perfect 1st edition turned up in our library bookstore. I'm looking forward to reading back through your posts. I've been out of the loop for a while!
ReplyDeleteIt sure is, Stephanie, kind of a wreck but I only paid 10 cents and I figured I could still blog about it. :). Nice to see you back!
DeleteLovely!!. Thanks a lot for your work ;)
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