So Do I by Barbara Bel Geddes (1 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Barbara Bel Geddes (illustrator). So Do I by Barbara Bel Geddes was published by Young Readers Press, Inc., New York, in 1975. Not an ex-library copy, this approximately 8 1/4" X 11", 28-page, 38-year-old, softcover offering is in G condition. Not having been printed on the highest quality stock, there was the need to clear tape in 8-10 random spots to shore up/repair smallish tears, mostly at top or bottom edges of some pages. As the text is printed on light brown paper to start with, any yellowing/browning due to aging process is not an issue. There is a 2"-long, diagonal crease near the top-right corner of front cover section, and some very light, spotty staining is observed on same, and more noticeably so on the back cover. A 3/4" X 3/4", light brown area/spot, brought about by the removal of a previous price label/sticker, is seen near the top-outer corner of front cover. A previous young owner's first name initial/last name are written, in blue ink, near the top-right corner of the Main Title Page. As I'm not all that familiar with Barbara Bel Geddes, the actress from the late 1940's/1950's/ 1960's who(at least I think that's her) so obviously pines for Jimmy Stewart throughout the Alfred Hitchcock thriller, "Vertigo", and as I was just too lazy to "Google" it, I do not know for certain that she is, in fact, the author/illustrator of this charming, somewhat offbeat little tale about two little boys(who seem, really, to resemble more two baby hippos). They're both named John, and in their childish, and, therefore, characteristically unadorned and straightforward dialog throughout the story, they discover right away, for example, that they both like to sit up and lie down and hop on one foot and play with blocks and string beads and paint pictures. . It's a simple premise, yes, and a highly effective one for illustrating to the very young the age-old maxim that people, regardless of where they're from, how much money they have or lack, or what color their skin happens to be, are alike/similar in so many, many more ways than they are different/at odds. And, as illustrated so simply in this offering, the best, and perhaps the only, way in which to actively discover this commonality is to actually talk to one another--people speaking to other people. Amazing, huh? The Drawings throughout, in simple lines and using muted, soft colors(so as not to deflect too much attention from the all-important dialog between our white John and our brown John?). This is, in its own way, a pretty neat book--originally published by Grosset & Dunlap in, I believe, 1972. Thank you!!.