A few weeks ago ( on yet another second-hand shop jaunt) I picked up a pile of old 'Little Golden Books' and was very excited to see some of my favourites from when I was a child! It really was a trip down memory lane and it was lovely revisiting them after such a long time. I thought I'd profile a few of the books starting with 'Tootle'. Tootle is a small locomotive train and his story about his education at Lower Trainswitch School - where small trains learn how to become big trains, and all the distractions with the meadow next to his train tracks.
It's a very cute story and full of lovely old-school illustrations by Tibor Gergely. The books original copyright date is 1945.
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It's lovely to re-visit Little Golden Books! I recently picked up a few Mary Blair illustrated favourites at K-mart - only $2 but nowhere near the quality of vintage pre-loved titles. I would love to dig out some of my childhood Golden Books, but with 3 younger brothers.... probably not in the best condition.
ReplyDeleteEven though I'm reaching mid 30's....I still buy these titles when I see them in an op shop. I always turn the book around to see if it has no barcode....then I know it's a bit older. Like when I was a kid and a Little Golden Book was bought for me....no scanners at the register in the 70's!
ReplyDeleteHi there! Yes I'm (nearly...but not quite) in my mid-30's too so there's a definite nostalgia for these books we had as children - I didn't know about the barcodes though so I'm off to check mine out!
ReplyDeleteYour blog is lovely btw - just gorgeous images and photographs. It's a skill I wish I had to take lovely photographs.