the marlowe bookshelf
For my friends who kept asking me for a children's book list...
Thursday, November 30, 2023
Time of Wonder
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Some children's books are just beautiful, like this one. Robert McCloskey's muted illustrations take us to a northern island in th...
Sunday, November 26, 2023
Come to the Window
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Just a lovely illustration by Sharon Kane (from the Little Golden Book Counting Rhymes 1972).
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Cranberry Thanksgiving
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Cranberry Thanksgiving Wende and Harry Devlin 1971 The Cranberry series was written and illustrated by the husband and wife team Wende and ...
Wednesday, November 22, 2023
The Poppy Seed Cakes
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The Poppy Seed Cakes Margery Clark illustrated by Maud and Miska Petersham 1924 Maud and Miska Petersham are fun illustrators to collect. T...
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Miss Hickory
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Miss Hickory Caroline Sherwin Bailey lithographs by Ruth Chrisman Gannett 1946 Definitely an odd book, originally published in 1946, but may...
Friday, November 10, 2023
Flower Fairies of the Autumn
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Autumn will always be my very favorite season. It seems to be coming a little later this year, the trees hit their peaks at the end of Oct...
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Hickory
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The change of seasons always makes me melancholy. I've always felt this, even as a child. That might we why I love children's boo...
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