i also loved roald dahl...who was the dude who did the illustrations on most of those books..the really sketchy cartoony ones? that dude was awesome. i wouldnt let my mom read me a roald dahl book till we found a copy with that dudes illustrations in it.
i'm 7 away from completing my harlin quist collection
none of those ring a bell, but they look amazing. those illustrations you posted just blew my mind.
how long has this collection taken? i just started my sweet pickles collection a couple months ago, and im probably halfway there (with a number of duplicates because i never remember which ones i have already)
the annoying thing is the books came in two sizes, and ive already dedicated myself to only collecting the small ones, but i already have 2 or 3 big ones, and have passed on big ones after i decided to only collect small ones, so i dont know if i should just get rid of the big ones and keep going or slowly try to collect all the big ones too?
plus theres merchandise up the wazzoo, i have the octopus toothbrush holder in the box and i gave my girlfriend the thing that sparked it all off to begin with, the upper half of a lion avon bottle...
oh, by no means is this a kids book, but i used to stare at every page of this book for HOURS when i was little, amazing, bizzare, incredibly detailed images filling every page. for some reason it seems like i remember the cover to our copy being different but im positive its the same book:
if you ever spot it in a bookstore, take a look at it... i dont even remember if there was a story to it or it was more along the lines of an incredibly difficult "i spy" type book (mostly because id pretty much just stare at the pictures)...
which of course brings me to yet another favorite series from my childhood:
i'm 7 away from completing my harlin quist collection
none of those ring a bell, but they look amazing. those illustrations you posted just blew my mind.
how long has this collection taken?
6 years. my sister brought 3 of these psychedelic kids books as souvenirs for me when she traveled abroad almost 20 years ago. i didn't wise up until a few years ago though when i was going through them again. they were really strange and not very pleasant. think willy wonka only 50 times more morbid. the most valuable one i copped was Mitkey Astromouse one because it was illustrated by the same guy who did Yellow Submarine. mine is tattered but i got a good deal. the publisher was an acid burnout. the rest are pretty common. i slowed down though.
i'm 7 away from completing my harlin quist collection
none of those ring a bell, but they look amazing. those illustrations you posted just blew my mind.
how long has this collection taken?
6 years. my sister brought 3 of these psychedelic kids books as souvenirs for me when she traveled abroad almost 20 years ago. i didn't wise up until a few years ago though when i was going through them again. they were really strange and not very pleasant. think willy wonka only 50 times more morbid. the most valuable one i copped was Mitkey Mouse one because it was illustrated by the same guy who did Yellow Submarine. mine is tattered but i got a good deal. the publisher was an acid burnout. the rest are pretty common. i slowed down though.
i'll keep an eye out for these in the future, they sound very interesting.
i'm 7 away from completing my harlin quist collection
none of those ring a bell, but they look amazing. those illustrations you posted just blew my mind.
how long has this collection taken?
6 years. my sister brought 3 of these psychedelic kids books as souvenirs for me when she traveled abroad almost 20 years ago. i didn't wise up until a few years ago though when i was going through them again. they were really strange and not very pleasant. think willy wonka only 50 times more morbid. the most valuable one i copped was Mitkey Mouse one because it was illustrated by the same guy who did Yellow Submarine. mine is tattered but i got a good deal. the publisher was an acid burnout. the rest are pretty common. i slowed down though.
i'll keep an eye out for these in the future, they sound very interesting.
yeah they're very dark. common themes were escapism, child abuse and alcoholism! they're not really for kids, but they're very intriguing and the illustrations are mind blowing.
if i remember correctly its kind of loosely a parody of goodnight moon, and im pretty sure one of the characters is shown reading goodnight moon in one of the illustrations. (also the same painting is on the wall on both covers)
opus isnt really a childrens comic is it? our newspaper didnt carry opus till recently, so i only knew the characters from this book... one day when i was young we wenr to minneapolis and opus was in the sunday comics and i really didnt get the strip at all.
HAHA! i have all the encyclopedia brown books. 1st edition!. donald sobel was a genius. bugs meaney was small time. i liked the mysteries that his pops couldn't figure out a lot more.
our second grade teacher was going to start reading this book one day and then postponed it because the copy she bought had half the pages randomly upside down.
a girl i worked with cracked a ramona quimby reference the other day...i loved it
HAHA! i have all the encyclopedia brown books. 1st edition!. donald sobel was a genius. bugs meaney was small time. i liked the mysteries that his pops couldn't figure out a lot more.
I'm just trying to figure out what crime features a milkshake, dentures, a dog, and scuba gear. I'ma give it some pretty heavy thought later tonight.
Saw this and thought of: "Out of the fire like Catholic saints Comes Scarlett and her deep complaint Mimicking tenderness she sees In sentimental movies A celluloid rider comes to town Cinematic lovers sway Plantations and sweeping ballroom gowns Take her breath away
Out in the wind in crinolines Chasing the ghosts of Gable and Flynn Through stand-in boys and extra players Magnolias hopeful in her auburn hair She comes from a school of southern charm She likes to have things her way Any man in the world holding out his arm Would soon be made to pay
Friends have told her not so proud Neighbors trying to sleep and yelling "not so loud" Lovers in anger "Block of Ice" Harder and harder just to be nice Given in the night to dark dreams From the dark things she feels She covers her eyes in the X-rated scenes Running from the reels
Beauty and madness to be praised 'Cause it is not easy to be brave To walk around in so much need To carry the weight of all that greed Dressed in stolen clothes she stands Cast iron and frail With her impossibly gentle hands And her blood-red fingernails
Out of the fire and still smoldering She says "A woman must have everything" Shades of Scarlett Conquering She says "A woman must have everything"
These are authors and books that made a big impression on me in my years before high school.
Judy Blume Paul Zindel - especially 'The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds' S.E. Hinton Lucille Clifton V.C. Andrews Ezra Jack Keats
Daddy Was a Number Runner Alan and Naomi Goodnight Moon Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Encyclopedia Brown series Sweet Valley High series
There is a book which I used to love so much when I was very little and it had the picture of a porcupine wearing a torn up sweater on the front. The premise was why animals shoud not wear clothes and the book had different animals wearing clothes least suited to them. I would like to own this book again.
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im in the process of collecting them all...
i had some favorites but i cant remember what they were called. my class read cloudy with a chance of meatballs in 2nd grade though.
chicka-chicka boom boom was a big hit around my elementary school.
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i also loved roald dahl...who was the dude who did the illustrations on most of those books..the really sketchy cartoony ones? that dude was awesome. i wouldnt let my mom read me a roald dahl book till we found a copy with that dudes illustrations in it.
i'm 7 away from completing my harlin quist collection
none of those ring a bell, but they look amazing. those illustrations you posted just blew my mind.
how long has this collection taken? i just started my sweet pickles collection a couple months ago, and im probably halfway there (with a number of duplicates because i never remember which ones i have already)
the annoying thing is the books came in two sizes, and ive already dedicated myself to only collecting the small ones, but i already have 2 or 3 big ones, and have passed on big ones after i decided to only collect small ones, so i dont know if i should just get rid of the big ones and keep going or slowly try to collect all the big ones too?
plus theres merchandise up the wazzoo, i have the octopus toothbrush holder in the box and i gave my girlfriend the thing that sparked it all off to begin with, the upper half of a lion avon bottle...
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if you ever spot it in a bookstore, take a look at it... i dont even remember if there was a story to it or it was more along the lines of an incredibly difficult "i spy" type book (mostly because id pretty much just stare at the pictures)...
which of course brings me to yet another favorite series from my childhood:
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i was and am a very visual kid.
6 years. my sister brought 3 of these psychedelic kids books as souvenirs for me when she traveled abroad almost 20 years ago. i didn't wise up until a few years ago though when i was going through them again. they were really strange and not very pleasant. think willy wonka only 50 times more morbid. the most valuable one i copped was Mitkey Astromouse one because it was illustrated by the same guy who did Yellow Submarine. mine is tattered but i got a good deal. the publisher was an acid burnout. the rest are pretty common. i slowed down though.
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i love this thread. expect like 2589 more posts from me as i remember more things.
i'll keep an eye out for these in the future, they sound very interesting.
He was having trouble at bedtime... temper tantrums, refusing to sleep, tossing everything out of his bed etc...
Then along came Goodnight Moon.
Parents take note: There be magic in that book.
yeah they're very dark. common themes were escapism, child abuse and alcoholism! they're not really for kids, but they're very intriguing and the illustrations are mind blowing.
the funny thing is i knew about, and read this book way before goodnight moon:
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if i remember correctly its kind of loosely a parody of goodnight moon, and im pretty sure one of the characters is shown reading goodnight moon in one of the illustrations. (also the same painting is on the wall on both covers)
opus isnt really a childrens comic is it? our newspaper didnt carry opus till recently, so i only knew the characters from this book... one day when i was young we wenr to minneapolis and opus was in the sunday comics and i really didnt get the strip at all.
And one I picked up for my goddaughter a couple years ago:
HAHA! i have all the encyclopedia brown books. 1st edition!. donald sobel was a genius. bugs meaney was small time. i liked the mysteries that his pops couldn't figure out a lot more.
our second grade teacher was going to start reading this book one day and then postponed it because the copy she bought had half the pages randomly upside down.
a girl i worked with cracked a ramona quimby reference the other day...i loved it
best thing ever!
I'm just trying to figure out what crime features a milkshake, dentures, a dog, and scuba gear. I'ma give it some pretty heavy thought later tonight.
and...
FINGERS-IN-HOLE ACTION 4 DAYZ.
GRUFFALO CRUMBLE 4 DAYZ.
Saw this and thought of:
"Out of the fire like Catholic saints
Comes Scarlett and her deep complaint
Mimicking tenderness she sees
In sentimental movies
A celluloid rider comes to town
Cinematic lovers sway
Plantations and sweeping ballroom gowns
Take her breath away
Out in the wind in crinolines
Chasing the ghosts of Gable and Flynn
Through stand-in boys and extra players
Magnolias hopeful in her auburn hair
She comes from a school of southern charm
She likes to have things her way
Any man in the world holding out his arm
Would soon be made to pay
Friends have told her not so proud
Neighbors trying to sleep and yelling "not so loud"
Lovers in anger "Block of Ice"
Harder and harder just to be nice
Given in the night to dark dreams
From the dark things she feels
She covers her eyes in the X-rated scenes
Running from the reels
Beauty and madness to be praised
'Cause it is not easy to be brave
To walk around in so much need
To carry the weight of all that greed
Dressed in stolen clothes she stands
Cast iron and frail
With her impossibly gentle hands
And her blood-red fingernails
Out of the fire and still smoldering
She says "A woman must have everything"
Shades of Scarlett Conquering
She says "A woman must have everything"
Judy Blume
Paul Zindel - especially 'The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds'
S.E. Hinton
Lucille Clifton
V.C. Andrews
Ezra Jack Keats
Daddy Was a Number Runner
Alan and Naomi
Goodnight Moon
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Encyclopedia Brown series
Sweet Valley High series
There is a book which I used to love so much when I was very little and it had the picture of a porcupine wearing a torn up sweater on the front. The premise was why animals shoud not wear clothes and the book had different animals wearing clothes least suited to them. I would like to own this book again.
but cannot forget
But seriously ...
This one was good too:
Oh yes! I have this somewhere on my shelves even now and would still like to be locked into a museum overnight!
thats pretty much the king. Maurice Sendak is that dude. amazing!!! made me want to become an illustrator this book.