Stay gold

Little Golden Books
Blasts from the past that take me
Back to my childhood

I love you

HOW DO LIONS SAY I LOVE YOU? by Diane Muldrow with illustrations by David Walker. Little Golden Books, 2013.

How do animals
Let their young know they love them?
The answer is here.

Golden Advice

EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK by Diane Muldrow. Golden Books, 2013.

Double page spreads and illustrations from many of the beloved Golden Books accompany simple advice for leading a good life. Kids who have never seen the Golden Books might not quite get all the references, but the advice is still good. This would make a lovely gift for a special adult.

Golden Books

THE CAT IN THE HAT KNOWS A LOT ABOUT CHRISTMAS by Tish Rabe with illustrations by Jon Matheu. Golden Books, 2013.

Twas the day before
Christmas and Cat in the Hat
Helps rescue Christmas.

ROBOTS, ROBOTS EVERYWHERE by Sue Fleiss with illustrations by Bob Staake. Golden Books, 2013.

Robots everywhere
Here and here and over there
Robots everywhere.

ADVICE FROM AN OLD FRIEND

EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK by Diane Muldrow. Golden Books, 2013.

Illustrations from some of my childhood books are captioned with some important advice (always believe in Santa Claus). I suspect the book will mean more for adults than for know and again.ids, but it is certainly lovely to revisit my youth

Parody at its best

BATTLE BUNNY by Jon Scieszka, Mac Barnett with illustrations by Matthew Myers. Simon and Schuster, 2013.

Pushing the envelop is nothing new to Scieszka and Barnett, but they have upped the ante considerably with this collaboration. Imagine the most vapid children's book ever published. Now, imagine what would happen if two wisecrackers attacked text and illustrations to pump up the volume so to speak. Voila! Here is BATTLE BUNNY, formerly known as BIRTHDAY BUNNY. Take a look inside to see what Scieszka and Barnett and Myers created and then deconstructed. Funny, profane, and perfect, BATTLE BUNNY demonstrates that there is still more territory to explore in children's books.

It is golden! Stay golden!

THE MARY BLAIR TREASURY OF GOLDEN BOOKS. Golden Books/Random House, 2012.

How lovely it is to take a trip down Memory Lane in this collection of some of the Golden Books designed by Mary Blair. Concepts such as up and down, songs, carols, hymns, stories: they are all here lovingly reproduced for parents to share with a new generation of children. <450>