The First Noel

 

 

I love the cool illustrations in this Golden Book illustrated by Alice and Martin Provensen.  They were a husband and wife team that illustrated around 40 books together.  The First Noel was published in 1959.     I'm mooooostly ready for Christmas, how about you?  We have SO much snow compared to last year.  I'm looking forward to the Christmas Eve service at our church.  They always have cool crafts and yummy snacks out for the kids, and I always love the music.  During the holidays I'm hoping to take my older 2 girls to a couple movies and to do lots of visiting with family and friends.  Happy holidays everyone!

Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book

Fiiinally taking a quick break from tending to my new baby and gazing out at too much snow with a new post for you. Enjoy this collection of some of the best illustrations from Little Golden Books over the years.  Little Goldens really are the best. The pictures are selected from stories such as Tootle, The Three Bears, The Saggy Baggy Elephant, The Musicians of Bremen, Baby's First Book, Nurse Nancy, Pantaloon, Open Up My Suitcase, A Day on the Farm, The Color Kittens, The Tawny Scrawny Lion, The Little Red Hen, and Little Boy With a Big Horn.

Childcraft - Poems and Rhymes

This  is amazing!  Childcraft is an anthology that was originally created in the 1930's by the publishers of the World Book Encyclopedia.  Some of the other volumes of Childcraft include Stories and Fables, Children Everywhere, World and Space, About Animals, How Things Work, What People Do, Holidays and Customs, Make and Do, etc.  My volume of Poems and Rhymes is a 1975 edition.  It is fantastic to have these beautiful poems, photos, and illustrations all in one place.  Gyo Fujikawa illustrated the 'Trees' poem, Ezra Jack Keats did the gorgeous second-last picture here, and Alice and Martin Provensen did the last one for 'The Owl and the Pussycat'.  So fun!

Linking to The Children's Bookshelf