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Have you met Caroline the little girl with the blond bunches and red dungarees?
First published in France, Caroline is the creation of the cartoonist Pierre Probst.
Pierre Probst began his artistic career drawing posters, catalogue illustrations and calendars but is best remembered for his cartoon-like pictures and stories of a little girl named Caroline and her anthropomorphic animal friends Pip, Toffy, Snowy, Binkie, Shebo, Toga, Smokey and Broggie Bear.
Caroline sends her little dog Toffy down to the station to meet the guests.
In all the excitement, nobody sees the farmer's wife running for her life at the sight of a spotted cat and a lion with a sun helmet over one eye. The farmer's wife is sure that Caroline will be eaten alive!
A quick wash and brush up …
and it's time to get the party started.
The fun goes on late into the night ...
and ends with a bang.
Thanks for your visit I hope you enjoyed the party!
Goodnight Mister Tom has been at the top of my TBR pile for ages and having found a beautiful vintage copy it seemed only sensible to read and blog about it before offering it for sale.
A report in The Guardian newspaper on the 25th March 1982 described it thus:
For the first time since Watership Down, a first novel has won the Guardian Award for Children's Fiction. Goodnight Mister Tom, by Michelle Magorian, is everyone's idea of a smash- hit first novel: nostalgic but skirting sentimentality, full-blown characters to love and hate, moments of grief and joy, horror and serenity, compassionate, sensitive and a marvellous story that knows just how to grab the emotions. They were not wrong!
London during the Blitz.
In September 1939 as Britain stands on the brink of World War II, an eight-year-old boy beaten and starved into stunned apathy by his mother is billeted as an evacuee with Tom Oakley in the village of Little Weirwold. Tom is a sad, reclusive widower whose wife and baby died 40 years previously. William "Willy" Beech is thinly clad, underfed and covered with bruises. Tom takes him under his wing, and William soon begins to thrive.
Evacuee children grouped together to be taken away from the danger zones.
As I read about the growing bond between William and Tom, I just knew something would happen to spoil things and lo and behold six months into the relationship William's mother calls him back to London.
When he arrives, William is surprised to learn his mother has given birth to a baby girl. He is happy to help his mother, but she is angry when she hears about his time with Tom. In a fit of temper, she hits him around the head and renders him unconscious. When he regains consciousness, he has been stripped down to his underwear, his ankle is broken, and he is chained to a pipe in the understairs cupboard. The baby is on his lap.
Blitz on Westminster.
Back in Little Weirwold, Tom grows increasingly worried and after several sleepless nights, he becomes convinced William is in trouble. He travels to London and eventually locates the house where William and his mother are living, but it appears to be abandoned. A policeman is called and after some persuasion agrees to break down the door. Together they discover William, beaten, sick and clinging to his dead infant sister. His mother is nowhere to be seen.
This may sound like a depressing read, and indeed parts of it are upsetting but in spite of that I found it totally absorbing. I'm sure the story will live with me for a very long time, so I'm pleased to say it does have a happy ending.
Goodnight Mister Tom is a novel by the English author Michelle Magorian. The copy I have in stock was published by Kestrel in 1982 a few months after the first edition. Further details
here
Winner of the Guardian Award for Children's Fiction, 1982. Highly commended, the Carnegie Medal 1982. International Reading Association Award 1982. Runner-up for The Young Observer Prize 1982 and Western Australian Young Readers Book Award 1982. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 49 on the BBC's The Big Read. At the 2010 Hay festival Goodnight Mister Tom was voted Favourite Puffin Title Of All Time.
The novel has been twice adapted as a musical, once as a play and once as a film, Goodnight Mister Tom (1998). The most recent theatrical adaptation won the Laurence Oliver Award for Best Entertainment.
Have you read Goodnight Mr. Tom? Did you enjoy it?
Thanks for your visit...
Manville Fenn Wild animal stories a panorama picture book circa 1898
Pop up worlds in the form of mechanical books have been around since the 13th century but most were scholarly works intended for adults. Towards the end of the 18th century pop-up books for children began to appear. The very early pop-up books are now mostly beyond the reach of all but the deepest pockets, but you can still build a wonderful collection by concentrating on newer examples.
These are a few of my favourites;
First of this edition published in 1975. Five double page pop up pages that can be tied to make a star shape mobile to hang by a ribbon loop.
A Pocketful of Posies by Roy Gerrard A selection of traditional nursery rhymes with one pop-up posy at the very end. Award winning artists Roy Gerrard provided the nostalgic Edwardian style illustrations. Published by Victor Gollancz in 1991.
Janet and Anne Graham Johnstone illustrated this little treasure of a book. Published by Dean in 1976, it does have some wear and tear but full details and condition report can be found by clicking the link above.
The Rabbit Problem by Emily GravettFollow the lives of two rabbits and their fast expanding brood as they handle a different seasonal challenge each month. A cold February turns into a wet April followed by a warm July and so on until the family of two gradually grows to be a family of two hundred and eighty eight! This extraordinary picture book is packed with gorgeous details and novelty elements, including a baby record book, a carrot recipe book and a surprise pop-up at the end.
Charles Perrault first published his collection of classic French folk tales more than 300 years ago, included among them was the story of Puss In Boots. In this adaptation, the story has been retold by Christopher Logue with illustrations by Nicola Bayley. 1st edition pop-up book Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd in 1976.
In
Puss and Boots, a poor miller dies and leaves his youngest son nothing but a cat. The son is none too happy about it, either; Once I've eaten my cat and made a muff out of the fur, I'm sure to starve, he says. But what a legacy the bequeathed cat turns out to be! The cat in tall boots creates a new identity for the youngest son complete with fine clothes, fields of wheat, a castle stolen from an ogre, and in the end, the respect of the king and the hand of the king's daughter.
- 65 million years ago the last of the dinosaurs died out, and small mice like animals came creeping out of the forests. These were early mammals - and without the dinosaurs to fear, they soon began to grow and evolve into a great variety of creatures. This book shows some of the largest mammals of the past, all of them now extinct. Eight pop-ups, paper engineering by Keith Moseley.
Little Boy Blue published in 1982. This one is not so much a pop-up more a press-out concertina style.
Will you wake him? No, not I. For if I do he's sure to cry. Press out the figures, stand them up and watch the nursery rhyme come to life. 6 figures to press-out including little boy blue, the sheep in the meadow and the cow in the corn.
It’s interesting to think these inexpensive little books could well be the antiques of the future. Thanks for looking, have a great week.
Just before I go, I thought you would like to know the PBFA (Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association) is offering free tickets to their children’s, illustrated and modern 1st editions book fair to be held at the Hilton London Olympia Hotel. Further details here or Download your complimentary ticket here
I'm spoilt for choice! Much like the fairy in the following picture I spend my days flitting from book to book without alighting on any of them. But it has to stop! So without further ado – here are some newly listed books, please enjoy.
Standing at just seven inches tall these diminutive little books have the ability to transport us back to the cosy days of childhood. Wills and Hepworth who publish Ladybird books are celebrating their centenary this year. One hundred years ago, they were busy printing stationery, catalogues, maps and all manner of commercial ephemera. They also provided book-binding services and from that came the printing of the first Ladybird books.
Who stole the valuable cat? Mr. Goon the policeman has been on a refresher course and learnt many new things - including the art of disguising himself. Robberies come along, with plenty of clues, but the clues lead nowhere. Is the thief invisible?
Douglas and Jerry are fond of practical jokes and enjoy playing them on the masters at school. When things begin disappearing, a detective is engaged to find the culprit. After the mystery is solved, Douglas, Jerry and their friends form themselves into a society of Junior Detectives and unmask an illicit gang.
Kit Pugh is a dreamer. He has only to see a ship, or leaf through a travel folder, and he is lost in a dream of faraway places which he longs to visit. Perhaps that is why Joe fascinates him so much, for the mysterious Joe can tell stories of exotic lands which make Kit's heart beat with excitement. Another favourite pastime of Kit's is gazing through the dusty glass of Quoram's the antique shop in Langley. It is there he first sees the painting which is to stir up so much trouble...
Pop Larkin and his handsome family of seven step outside their rural paradise for an excursion into another world. Armed with plenty of tax-free cash, their Rolls-Royce and little French, they take their first holiday abroad...
This beautifully illustrated edition of
Snow Whitewas published by Gallery Five, London in 1977. A miniature Book measuring just 3.5 x 4.5" with 42 pages. Very pretty colour and black/white silhouettes by Jan Pienkowski.
The picture in the background is by Agnes Richardson. I have lots of old illustrations that I can't bring myself to throw away even when the books have long fallen apart. I've hung on to some of them for more than twenty years with no idea what I might do with them, how nice then to share some of them on my blog.
Just two more before I flutter away.
Bumble-ardy by Maurice Sendak. Bumble-ardy the mischievous pig decides to throw a birthday party. He invites along all his friends for a wild masquerade that quickly gets out of hand.
Racketty-Packetty House by Frances Hodgson Burnett with illustrations by Holly Johnson. Published by Evans Brothers of London in 1976. Cynthia much preferred Tidy Castle, and no longer wanted to play with the old doll's house, indeed she was quite ashamed of it. She thought the corner behind the door quite good enough for such a shabby old thing. This is the story of how Queen Crosspatch, and her band of fairies rescued the house and its occupants from a terrible unjust end.
Now where did I put the fairy dust?
Hope everyone is having a lovely Easter!
'Easter Surprise' illustration by Rae Owings on the cover of vintage 60s Jack and Jill childrens magazine. Easter edition 1968.
I found this totally adorable vintage children's book not too long ago.
It's a Wonder book by Priscilla Pointer from 1954. "Ten Little Fingers, A book of finger plays."
One of my best friends has a little girl who is almost entirely deaf, so we communicate with her through sign language. Of course, when i saw this enchanting book, immediately i thought of her. This was supposed to be for her!
So i have sent it to my friend, to hold for the girl until she is a bit older. Yes, she can look at it now, but old books like these are delicate, so for now only under supervision!
Later, when she is grown she can have it in her own bookcase. From her 'auntie' in New York!
What makes it even more special is that my friend told me there are hardly any children's books out there with sign language. Especially such old books. (and cute at that!) She said back in the day there was this shame thing going on with deafness and signing.
See? Delicate! It already has a small tear on one of the pages.
I have 'fixed' this before i sent it, with some special paper tape. I will do a post on using this for old books on another day!
I can only hope she will cherish it, just like we cherish her!
Adorable little Valentine Gift books from the early seventies.
From the Sunbeam Library by American Greetings.
These recently were put up in the shop, only the last two are still available.
I Love You A to Z.
1972, written by D.A. Marcum, illustrated by Joan Allen.
A Valentine From My Heart To Your Heart.
1972, written by Jean Kyler McManus, illustrated by Maria Paoletti Gamiere and Elena.
Valentine, Know What Love Is?
1971, written by Jean Kyler McManus, illustrated by Barbi Sargent.
Everybody needs somebody... i'm glad i have you!
1972, written by Gail Golladay, illustrated by Karl Odenweller.
A Valentine To Say I Love You.
1973, written by D.A. Marcum, illustrated by Joan Allen.
I need this!
;) I'm keeping this book in my own collection, but if i ever come across another copy, i'll keep you in mind!