where have you been?

this little pamphlet style book is one of my favorite finds of late. it's incredibly endearing from the short rhymes by goodnight moon's margaret wise brown to the illustrations by barbara cooney.

i love the illustrations so much i could get them tattooed all over my body. seriously, i can go ga-ga for some of these books. from time to time i think of the tattooed disney man and come back to my senses. anyways, if you can find a copy...snap it up!

where have you been? by margaret wise brown
first scholastic edition, 1965, scholastic book services
illustrated by barbara cooney

the little island

this is another vintage children's book that i own which is illustrated by leonard weisgard. this is an earlier book from 1946, and this book is a collaboration with margaret wise brown. golden macdonald was a pseudonym she used. the illustrations of this book are a lot darker in nature that weisgard's later works. i'm not sure why, besides the illustration style being influenced by the time and the aftermath of a world war probably holds some influence as well. it's beautifully illustrated, quite unique and the story is really wonderful too. it won the caldecott award in 1947.

the little island by golden macdonald
1st edition, 1946, doubleday & co., new york
illustrated by leonard weisgard
lithographed