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.

The Sleepytime Storybook - Illustrated by J.P. Miller

 

 

 

 

 

Today's book is 'Sleepytime Stories', illustrated by J.P. Miller.  I always feel sorry for King Midas when I read about The Golden Touch, don't you?  The Husband Who Tried to Keep House makes me laugh - I guess that husband will appreciate his wife more next time!  What kinds of stories have you been reading to your kids at night lately?  My daughter and I have started reading Babe:  The Gallant Pig by Dick King-Smith (love that movie!!)  and we're going to start on the next Pippi Longstocking book - Pippi Goes on Board.

Linking to Cozy Book Hop

Jingle Bells - Illustrated by J.P. Miller

 

 

 

 

 

This Little Golden Book is so fun, and I love J.P. Miller's illustrations.  He was an animator for Disney and illustrated so many adorable books such as The Little Red Hen and I Am a Mouse.  His style reminds me of Richard Scarry.

Why is it that no one goes door-to-door to do Christmas caroling any more?  I think that would be so fun!  What are some of your favourite Christmas songs?  Some of mine are Oh Holy Night, Mary's Boy Child, Baby It's Cold Outside, Christmas- Baby Please Come Home, Do They Know it's Christmas (I have to like that one, it's got Bono in it!), and so on.  Growing up in a church with a lot of Dutch immigrants in it, including my grandparents, we always sang 'Ere Zij God' ("Glory to God") every Christmas.

Linking to The Children's Bookshelf