One thing I am eternally grateful to my mum for is her instilling a love of books and reading in me early on. She made it fun. Thanks, Mum! Here are a list of 9 children’s books I remember loving when I was a little kid.
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9 Books I Remember Loving As a Small Child
Friday, January 23rd, 2009More Unusual Bindings
Friday, January 16th, 2009We recently linked to our feature on 30 Books with Unusual Bindings. We were pleased and surprised to see how many books sold so quickly, so we found some more to add, in their stead. I thought one in particular was blogworthy. Check out this edition of Little Fur Family by Margaret Wise Brown (author of the popular and beloved children’s book Goodnight Moon) - it’s bound in rabbit fur!
We’ve had lots of cool stuff about bookinding lately, including the Interview with a Bookbinder discussing bookbinding’s place in the modern world, and of course the original bunch of books with unusual bindings. How great. I love the variety of books that exist.
Winnie-the-Pooh and the Auction Record
Thursday, December 18th, 2008
I love Winnie-the-Pooh. Who wouldn’t love the “tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff”? Apparently somebody loves him a whole lot!
An auction record was set at Sotheby’s yesterday when a collection of E.H. Shepard’s original drawings for A.A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh books sold for approximately £1.3 million ($2 million USD), well above the estimated sale amount. Shepard’s drawing “He went on tracking, and Piglet … ran after him,” also sold at more than double the estimated sales price at £115,250 - a record sales amount for a drawing by a British artist.
The popular image of Christopher Robin dragging Pooh by the leg up the stairs, bumped bidders up to the final sales price of £97,250. Again, the final sale price beat expectations.
These sales amounts are a bit surprising given the recent downturn in the fine art market.
Perhaps comfort can be found in cuddly teddy bears after all.