Glamourpuss Because cats in wigs So, 2018 is coming to a close. (Didn’t Summer Reading just finish up?) Holly and I have a few best of lists out for the coming days. We would love you to share your
Tag: cover art
Fighting Back!
Not At Their Mercy Green 2000 I am not really sure where to begin. Is it the white pumps? (I think my grandmother had a pair of those exact shoes in the early 1970s.) The ridiculous subtitle? (unconscionable? as opposed
What a Trip!
The Trip Beyond Ruud and Wagner 1972 Don’t you just love the cover? Its the 1970s summarized in a single cover: groovy font and probably the most awesome outfit and hair. I think this might be one of my favorite
Floating Baby Heads!
Baby Hand Knits Rembrandt Yarns 1946 Submitter: This publication from 1946 by the Wool Novelty Co., Inc. of New York, NY, came in with a very large donation of women’s handicraft magazines. Maybe because it’s Friday, I found the floating
The Backscratcher
The Berenstain Bear Scouts Save That Backscratcher Berenstain 1996 Submitter: I am a school librarian at a public K-4 school. I recently decided to clean up and relabel some Berenstain Bear chapter books in hopes to get them circulating. I
Hostel Directory
Hostelling International Guide to Americas, Africa, Asia and the Pacific 2002 International Youth Hostel Federation 2001 Submitter: This is basically just a hostel directory, but it’s horribly out of date. The website on the cover (which is also plastered on
A Classic Cover?
The Pirate City Ballantyne 2008 Submitter: For your consideration, a 2008 edition of The Pirate City by Robert Michael Ballantyne that we found lurking in the YA collection of a public library. Originally published in 1874, this book for “boys”
Home School Your Kids
Home Schooling Answers to Questions Parents Most Often Ask McIntire and Windham 1995 This is one of those books that caught my eye because of the family on the cover. The expressions are just a bit weird. I think the