Teeth

This is one of those educational books, and an ex primary school copy as well. Illustrated very sweetly by Michael Ricketts this is a 1971 edition. I don't usually collect educational books but this one is special because i love teeth and the little tooth boy is funny and so scruffy and the pictures are so cheerful.

The Moon Seems To Change

"The Moon is far away, you cannot drive to the moon. There is no road. But if you could drive to the moon it would take almost a year. you would have to drive a car all day for ten months. The moon is very far away"



Thats how is funny little "let's read and find out" book goes, printed first in 1960 and reissued several times "The Moon Seems to Change" is written by Franklyn M. Branley and illustrated by Helen Borten. It follows facts and the transitions of the moon.through some very well set out printed illustrations. In only orange, green, black and white the book has queer little instructions and experiments throughout.

Deans Gold Star Book of Fairy Tales

The stories in this 1973 Deans Fairytale book are Hans Christian Andersen with illustrations by the iconic illustrator twins; Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone. The cover and liner pages of this book are amazing but the inside illustrations are a bit sparse, I have other better versions of the Grahame Johnstone twins work in boxes which I shall fish out and show to you! But isn't that musky pink cover wonderful?

Little Ballerina

Along with Kiki Dances, Little Ballerina, was another favourite childhood book. A little girl called Cindy who has "weak legs" must take up ballet to strengthen them, thank goodness she does because she makes a wonderful ballerina. Published by Rand McNally books in 1972.

Kiki Dances

This book was one of my favourites growing up, i always wondered why Kiki had pink hair, and wanted it myself. The liner pages have beautiful illustrations of ballet positions and the story is written and illustrated by Charlotte Steiner. This copy is an ex kindergarden edition, and the book was first printed in 1949, this is a 1959 version. The font on the cover reminds me of the title text of the film "The Red Shoes"

Calling All Kittens

Written and illustrated by Winifred Martin, and printed by Blackie & Son Limited i'm not sure when but it looks like a late 50's early 60's. The kittens are called Bengy, Snow, Juno, Dusky and Sambo. It feels like one of those books where the story is written around the drawings because the story makes no sense, the kittens are just running around a country club. Calling all kittens!

I See The Sky

This is a 1972 edition of the 1960 Wonder Book by Ann Peters and illustrated by Sunny B Cook. i couldn't find much out about either of these people but i love this book because the text and drawings are so well put together and there are very sweet observations about the weather. I especially like the changing moon illustration at the end!