Heirlooms: Vintage Children's Books

Sam and I are both fortunate enough to have two lovely mothers who saved stacks of our favorite childhood books. His mostly Dr Seuss, mine mostly Angelina Ballerina. We also have several Little Golden Books, which I adore! I am really starting to read to Matilda (at least one book a day). She kicks and shrieks when I plop down with her and a book. It warms my soul. This week one of the books we read was Horton Hatches the Egg. I had never read it before. It's the sweetest book! It teaches kids to honor their word, that good deeds don't go unnoticed, and that flying elephants really do exist!





somebody needs a thigh master.


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Sunday Purchases

I just couldn't help myself. Sorry Sam, everyone knows my love of children's books! I spent some time on amazon and this is what I found:







There are still so many I want...Blueberries for Sal, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Alexander and the Terrible Awful No Good Very Bad Day just to name a few!

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Vintage Childrens Books

Yesterday Sam and I spent the day running to Ikea (eeek), Home Depot, and then setting up all of our finds. We went shopping for Matilda's room and it has been incredibly thrilling getting things ready for her. Mom and Dad came over to help us set up the bookshelf we got, while Sam was busy staining. More on that later!

I was so happy to have a place to put the things that I have gotten for her and Mom had a bag full of books to give me that we had read and loved when we were little. As I looked through the bag and carefully placed the books in their proper places, I was overcome with nostalgia!

Here are a list of the treasures I came across. Did you all read any of these? What were your favorites?



If Jesus Came to my House...I was obsessed with the illustrations



Angelina Ballerina. I had them all, loved them all!



Amelia Bedelia. Thought it was hilarious, still do.



Oh what a Busy Day.Again, I was all about the illustrations. These are so sweet and charming, and there were always lots of things to look at on each page.



A day on the Farm, probably instilled my desire to want to live on a farm one day.



Busy, busy world. So much to take in, such a classic!

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