Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS Click on the images to enlarge these two-page illustrations.
Category: Children’s Books
Countdown to Christmas – 3 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 4 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 5 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 6 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 7 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 8 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 9 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Countdown to Christmas – 10 Days
Merry Christmas Paint Book Whitman Publishing, 1941 Drawings by JLS
Christmas Stories, Lois Lenski
If you’re anything like me, you’re looking at these adorable Lenski illustrations and thinking they would make wonderful embroideries. I would love to stitch any of the horizontal patterns on the yoke of a little girl’s dress or maybe on the bottom of an apron — curve and enlarge the design and you could embroider or appliqué a tree skirt….
Happy Thanksgiving!
The Golden Almanac Pictures by Masha Simon and Schuster, Inc., 1944
ABC Coloring Book for Labor Day
Here’s a cute undated coloring book which includes four different alphabet sets (jobs, fruit/vegetables/flowers, simple objects, and animals). I thought the jobs one would be perfect for Labor Day, with its quaint worker illustrations featuring children. Some of these jobs would surely be unfamiliar to children today (ice man, organ grinder, valet, yeoman, zinc worker), and they wouldn’t…
Happy 67th Birthday to Me!
Happy Hours Coloring Book Saalfield Publishing Company, 1935 Uncredited Illustrator
Poster Picture Book to Color — Peter Mabie, 1934
I’m finally done restoring these images, and in the process I figured out an easier Photoshop method for cleaning up the pictures that have been colored with dark crayons. It feels good to be able to preserve these cute drawings for current and future Peter Mabie fans. To view the other illustrations, simply type “Mabie”…
Poster Picture Book to Color — Peter Mabie, 1934
There are 90 drawings in this old coloring book. To view the other illustrations, simply type “Mabie” in the search box, or click on the Children’s Books category above to browse my collection. Click any image for slideshow.