Just about every time I go on
Pinterest I see something that I remember from my childhood or that my children had - after seeing many many Golden Books that were illustrated by
Eloise Wilkin - I wanted to get the containers out and see just what we did have - her illustrations are just beautiful - especially the babies and toddlers. I found five books that belonged to Carla and Darcy - back then I didn't take any stock of Eloise Wilkin - the books were just ones we liked. The bottom one is a book of poems and not a Golden Book, Mom and Dad gave it to
Carla for her first Christmas in 1982. The artwork is so unique - the inside pics are from "We Help Mommy", they just take you back to another time.... If you want to see more Golden Books and other great old children's books, I have a Pinterest board -
Beautiful Children's Books - I'm finding new ones every day.... And, because it's Rednesday, I'm linking up to
Rednesday at Sue Loves Cherries - drop on over and visit Sue. While you're browsing around - check out
Vintage Thingie Thursday too - always a few interesting things to read about over there...
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| Aren't they just so cute? Do you have any Eloise Wilkin books at your home?? |
Ryan and Heather had all those books!! Sure brings back memories!! Did I save any of them? Unfortunately I didn't!! :(
ReplyDeleteI do have a couple of these books and I LOVE them. Her illustrations are priceless to me!
ReplyDeleteThose books are priceless.
ReplyDeleteSuch precious illustrations! I love Pinterest too (too much, teehee!) and I'm following some of your boards now. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Rednesday!
I love all those little books. They do not make children's books like they use to way back in the day.
ReplyDeleteI still have the Hansel & Gretel book that someone gave to me when I was younger. It terrified me! I passed it down to my daughter and everytime we go through her books to donate, she tries to get rid of this one because it scares her too:-) Although scary, it does bring back some wonderful memories. Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteHer illistrations are lovely! I love children's books and pick them up when ever I find ones I like. I still have most of my children's books and am glad that I saved them! Will be having my first grandchild soon and can't wait to start sharing them!
Jill,
ReplyDeleteHer illistrations are lovely! I love children's books and pick them up when ever I find ones I like. I still have most of my children's books and am glad that I saved them! Will be having my first grandchild soon and can't wait to start sharing them!
I always loved her illustrations and have saved some of her books.
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Those Golden Books are so sweet.
ReplyDeleteWonderful books! We still had some of those when I taught kindergarten. They are so sweet! Thanks for sharing the collection!
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OH...You need Baby Dear also by Wilken. Have you ever seen Little Mommy. It's by Sharon Kane. They re-released it and it's available on Amazon. It's a must have if you like that style of art...
ReplyDeleteWhat sweet illustrations! I'll have to look through my books and see if I have any Eloise Wilkin ones. I wish I had all my childhood books -- I saved only a few special ones.
ReplyDeleteLovely for Rednesday!
Hi! Just wanted to say I love your blog! Ever since I found this post about the Eloise Wilkin Illustrated Golden Books, I just had to take a look through the stack I have. I Collect Little Golden Books, the older ones and I found one by her! Its called "A Childs Garden of Verses" and its the 1977 printing. Its in great condition. If you like I can send it to you? I don't mind helping out another thrifters collection!
ReplyDeleteMy children range in age from 8 to 13, and we all still love the Eloise Wilkin books. Since I shop at thrift stores they are all familiar with older books. We have many EW's, and among our favorites are My Goodnight Book and My Good Morning Book.
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