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Yard sales, auctions, flea markets, thrift stores, all the usual haunts of a "collector" were my home between 1979 and 1988. During those years my interests went from primitives to art glass, and as they say, everything in between. Thank goodness most all that stuff is now memories of having owned this or that, and when I go to those places that used to be a second home I look for what I can use, not what I want.
What I have now, that I am really proud of, is a very small collection of children's books. Mother Goose in Prose illustrated by Parrish (a reprint), Ozma of Oz, Pig Pen Pete, Fred and Jane with the Tiny Arcadians, to name a few. But more importantly are those that hardly any one remembers the names to, and have gone without being reprinted. Those books with their fabulous illustrations and kindhearted stories are the true treasures.
The worn covers and dog-eared pages from being shared time and time again demonstrate the pleasures gained and times remembered with that dear friend.
One of the children's books reviewers, said his test of a book is reading it to his daughter and then waiting for her reaction at the end. The highest praise is if she says "again," meaning that not some other book should be pulled off the shelf but that, that book should be read again. Or as another reviewer put it, a children's book is not a book until it is read aloud. The best artists should illustrate children's books because that is our introduction to that wonderful world, and the best writers so our children will want to read and enjoy reading.
To those praises for the need of the best for our children, I add one more, that those lost and forgotten stories from the past be brought back to life for future generations to enjoy. And that is where Eleanor's Books starts.
This web site is maintained by Eleanor's Books, which is currently promoting Old Friends & New Faces. The twenty some stories were taken from children's books of the mid to late 1800's. Printed with the ideal that it would be handed down from generation to generation. Colors are true to the originals and the black and white prints are crisp. Of course there is one major change, and that is the inclusion of a wider margin so, as the hardbound book is handled, the illustrations might not get quite so many fingerprints.
For your delight Eleanor's Books has teamed with eNovel to make Old Friends and New Faces available, just click this link: http://www.enovel.com/sample.html?p=886 or do a search for Dawson Carson at www.eNovel.com With these lost and forgotten children’s stories of the 1800s, Old Friends & New Faces brings back the simple tales and beautiful illustrations that brought pleasure to our grandparents and great-grandparents. The ageless wisdom that delighted those generations can now be shared with our children and our children’s children. Old Friends & New Faces is a gathering of select old tales that tell the story in one page. These treasures, lost for generations, are now available for our children to enjoy. Large-format hardcover; 52 pages, 22 illustrations, 6 in color. |
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