![]() ![]() It showed a scene even more crowded with detail than those in the Friendly Book, but with many similar themes - boats on a bay, planes (and a balloon!) in the sky, people doing a hundred different things. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the latter book, but two of its pages are fixed in my mind forever. When I was a child my sister and I had both the Friendly Book, and another book that had similar illustrations. I suspect that this is a forlorn hope, but if anyone might know the answer it might be folk who are familiar with the Friendly Book. My son still is the snuggle king, but this book just reinforces the importance of enjoying your kiddos while you can before they get all grownup and cynical, darn it. Such a happy book for a happy time, my friends. there is room to love everything here on these pages. ![]() Trains, cars, snow, dogs, boats, whistles, people. Since I am spreading the love here, it is only right that this book is all about spreading the love, anywhere and everywhere.Ī star that is shooting across the dark skyĪ star that is shining right straight in your eye Her with her slightly eccentric rhyming, and him with his fussy lines and wistful rabbits. ![]() These two authors alone give me such great hope every time I walk into a used book shop or lean over to root through a wire rack full of Golden Books. ![]() I seriously doubt I will ever meet the day when I've read all the titles by this dynamic duo. Margaret Wise Brown, Garth Williams ~ Golden Books, 1954 ![]()
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