typewriter town

this is a rare children's book all written and illustrated using a typewriter. it's an analog celebration!

typewriter town: the nonsense of nonsense by william jay smith
first edition, 1960, e.p. dutton & co.

love is a special way of feeling

i remember reading joan walsh anglund's books as a kid. i think she is the first illustrator that i really enjoyed, recognized and followed. she is also the origin of my love for hand drawn type. i loved (and still do) how everything is hand done and that there were tiny imperfections in each illustration. an overdrawn line here, shaky lines, uneven lines there...this is what makes her books special to me. also her dedications were hand written with a little drawing meant for just that person. on top of that, they are also super cute and warm and fuzzy and all that.

love is a special way of feeling by joan walsh anglund
1960, harcourt, brace and world, inc., new york

the happy hollisters and the mystery of the little mermaid

this is another grab bag book...if you want to see the rest just search 'grab bag' in the navigation bar at the top of the page.
i'm a scandophile...and i was given a lovely trip to copenhagen for my college graduation by my mother. the day we visited the little mermaid it was christmas and about 0 degrees. the wind coming off of the oeresund strait was even more frigid. but it was worth it, she really is as lovely as everyone says.
i've never read any of "the happy hollister" books, but i'm glad to have this one to start with.

the happy hollisters and the mystery of the little mermaid (book #18) by jerry west aka andrew e. svenson
1960, doubleday and co.
illustrated by helen s. hamilton

cherry-blossoms

i've mentioned before how much i love these little books published by peter pauper press...i have quite a few now, making it a small collection. i just picked this one up. the woodcut illustrations are really charming.

cherry-blossoms: japanese haiku series 3
translations of poems by basho, buson, issa, shiki and others.
1960, the peter pauper press, new york
illustrations and decorative lettering by jeff hill

little audrey and the moon lady

this is such a sassy book and it's in excellent condition too...little audrey is apparently an extension of the character little lulu...although i like audrey much better...this book is a cute and colorful depiction of her precocious nature!

little audrey and the moon lady
produced and created by harvey cartoon studios
wonder books, 1960, harvey famous cartoons, new york
illustrator not credited

tell-a-tale

i wanted to post the other two tell-a-tale books in my library.

slowpoke at the circus by kay richardson
a tell-a-tale book, 1973, western publishing, wisconsin
illustrations by ruth ruhman

two stories about wags by betty biesterveld
a tell-a-tale book, 1960(?), western publishing, wisconsin
illustrated by dan and norma garris

**edit: i actually just realized that i have one more tell-a-tale book (a big one), but i'm saving it for a special post next week!**