Archive for Books
Golden Book of Animal Stamps
Golden Book of Animal Stamps. Ninth printing, 1973. Not sure when I got this. Some pages have been colored on, but by a young child, not me. I was not one to deface a book unless I could do it perfectly. You can see the label tape I used with my old Crazy Guy Label Maker. I’ve always loved animals, still do. I love shows like Mutual Of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom and now Jack Hanna.
1950s Tom Sawyer Book
Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Rewritten for young readers by Felix Sutton, Illustrated by Jon Nielson. Wonder Books, New York. A tie-in with David O. Selznick’s 1938 movie. The book however, is 1955. This is at my grandparent’s house.
Arrow in the Dust – Western Book with Helpless Dame
Arrow in the Dust, by L. L. Foreman. Dell First Edition publishers #11. 1954. Also made into a movie with Sterling Hayden.
Where the Sidewalk Ends Shouted by Shel Silverstein
, Where the Sidewalk Ends, recited, sung and shouted by Shel Silverstein, Columbia 39412, 1984. He also wrote The Giving Tree
which is way to melancholy for a kid’s book. No wonder my generation is screwed up. But then, which generation isn’t?
which is way to melancholy for a kid’s book. No wonder my generation is screwed up. But then, which generation isn’t?
Sound of Music Booklet that came in the Album
This Sound of Music “Original soundtrack album and storybook” booklet LOCD/LSOD-2005 was a garage sale this summer. No album. I have no idea why I got it. I guess, just to keep it from being thrown away if no one bought it. Anyone want this thing?
I once saw an example of how fast things went to pot (no pun intended) in the 1960s: in 1965 The Sound of Music (beautiful, uplifting) won the Best Picture Oscar, in 1969 Midnight Cowboy (depressing, homosexuals) won. Take from that what you will.
I’ve been in Austria, and I’d love to live there. Man that is one beautiful place.
Read and Hear Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer – Little Golden Book
Read and Hear Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. A Little Golden Book and a special Golden Record. 00178. 1958. Richard Scarry illustrations.
