This week's dinner party was a pretty informal, impromptu affair.…
Inspired: Richard Scarry
Note: I’m thrilled that my April Fools day prank worked. I didn’t think you’d fall quite so well for that terrible outfit! Gotcha!
Isn’t it amazing how well you remember the books you read as a child? I could probably draw from memory all my favorites. One was the clever drawings of Richard Scarry.
I gave this compilation book of 82 of his stories at the baby shower last weekend. I especially like the drawings of busy Paris streets. (I consider it my serious duty to ensure that this country-kid grows up with at least a small dose of city life!)
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The Richard Scarry books were some of my favorite when I was little. How fun!
My signature baby gift is always a book…Goodnight Moon is a favorite, but also “Where the Wild Things Are” and “Where the Sidewalk Ends”.
I love new-vintage children’s books (I have something of a running account at Amazon).
They are re-releasing a bunch of Gyo Fujikawa’s stuff, which makes for darling (and affordable) baby gifts. She was one of the first chidren’s books authors who incorporated multi-cultural images of children in her work. (FYI her Night Before Christmas is only available at B&N)
Eloise Wilkin, Scarry, Tibor Gergely, Tenggren, Garth Williams, and the D’Aulair’s are wonderful to collect (since vintage is so in right now, there are several good re-issues available).