Who knew there was such a pretty version of Winnie the Pooh illustrated by Helen Page? The characters are not the Ernest Shepard or Disney versions most of us are familiar with, but have their own colorful kind of charm.
The story of Aladdin and the magic lamp originally took place in China and featured not just one, but two magic Genies. This 1980's version with John Patience's illustrations is full of color and flair.
A couple more estate sale finds. We have some other Marjorie Barrows poetry collections. What I really love is that in the Two Hundred Best Poems for Boys and Girls someone put little pieces of paper to mark (what I assume are) their favorite poems.
I have a friend who owns a lovely little shop in Glenside called "The Nest". She also does estate sales, one of which I went to last weekend. Since she's also a fellow book lover, she always steers me to the best books. Needless to say, I came home with some new (old) treasures!
Continuing to collect Maud and Miska Petersham, their blue illustrations are the highlight of this 1941 book of prayers for children.
