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Never. Enough. Books.
Aug. 20th, 2005 03:28 pmWent to the used bookstore here today, and found two more of the Parents Magazine Press books I've been collecting, haphazardly, for a few years. Anyone else remember these? They were hardcover, but without a jacket -- the picture was printed right on the front. Titles included:
Miss Twiggly's Tree
The Blah
Giants Are Very Brave People
Miss Suzy
Mog the Forgetful Cat
Maxie
I still have my own childhood copies of Miss Twiggly, The Blah, and Giants, but I've been looking for the others, and any of that particular line of books, because they were so good most of the time. Discovered that Jellybeans For Breakfast (which I know, damn it, that we had when I was kid) is extremely rare, since it's listed used on Amazon and Abebooks for nearly $300. WTF?! I'd love to have it, but come on. Actually, I'd love to ask my mother what the hell she did with it. There are a bunch of the Miss Suzy (a charming squirrel) books around, though, for a couple of dollars. The ones I picked up today weren't familiar, but looked good -- one called Everyone Knows That! All about female empowerment. Very 1970s, but still way useful.
Amazing but true: if I won the lottery, one of the first things I would do is buy books. Hundreds of them, and then the bookcases to hold them all.
Oh! I forgot to mention the other books I've been looking for -- little hardback orange books about the lives of famous people, i.e. Dolley Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Louisa May Alcott, Martha Washington. They're small-sized hardbacks, and they're from the 1930s(ish) to the 1950s, I think, and they all focus on the subject's childhood. Love these.
Miss Twiggly's Tree
The Blah
Giants Are Very Brave People
Miss Suzy
Mog the Forgetful Cat
Maxie
I still have my own childhood copies of Miss Twiggly, The Blah, and Giants, but I've been looking for the others, and any of that particular line of books, because they were so good most of the time. Discovered that Jellybeans For Breakfast (which I know, damn it, that we had when I was kid) is extremely rare, since it's listed used on Amazon and Abebooks for nearly $300. WTF?! I'd love to have it, but come on. Actually, I'd love to ask my mother what the hell she did with it. There are a bunch of the Miss Suzy (a charming squirrel) books around, though, for a couple of dollars. The ones I picked up today weren't familiar, but looked good -- one called Everyone Knows That! All about female empowerment. Very 1970s, but still way useful.
Amazing but true: if I won the lottery, one of the first things I would do is buy books. Hundreds of them, and then the bookcases to hold them all.
Oh! I forgot to mention the other books I've been looking for -- little hardback orange books about the lives of famous people, i.e. Dolley Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Louisa May Alcott, Martha Washington. They're small-sized hardbacks, and they're from the 1930s(ish) to the 1950s, I think, and they all focus on the subject's childhood. Love these.
