
Kathryn and Byron Jackson ~ J.P. Miller
Simon and Schuster, 1949
One of the most beloved titled in the early 'A Little Golden Book' catalog, like many of the first ones, I find elements of the story a wee bit quirky. I think many of these were written when the children's books formats we know today were just starting to form and people were experimenting with what they thought a children's book was supposed to be. Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather has passages that baffle me still. But regardless, the colors and cultural references can be pretty timeless, so it's easy to see why people get addicted to collecting these. Children go mad for them, and they are almost the only series of books that have been so branded that children know them on sight. My son has a shelf expressly for his Little Goldens which he brings me by the stack to read to him at dinner time. Anywho, there's this boy who lives on a farm...


Beautifully illustrated by the great J.P. Miller, I can only imagine the little minds that were influenced by this tale of mistaken identity. The always fabulous blog Golden Gems has scanned the entire book here for your viewing pleasure, so head over and check it out.

Lucky Mrs. Ticklefeather
Little Peewee
The Around the Year Storybook
The Little Red Hen
9 comments:
This looks great! The pictures kind of remind me of those Rankin Bass stop-motion animated productions (Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer). haha. My kids have a lot of Little Goldens too.
Oh I love this! Wonderful colors! I this era:)
The illustrations alone are beckoning me; your brief review clinches the deal. I'm on the lookout for this book.
antmusic... true now that I think about it... have a great long weekend.
this is so cute!!! Such sweet illustrations!
Oh wow loving this one also! Great finds and love that you share them :). I so need to go look now ;)
Fondest memories of early childhood were reading the Little Golden Books and this was among my favorite. So innocent and charming.
Red galoshes was my mom's fav book when she was little. does anyone know where i could buy one?
When I am asked what my favorite book was as a child, I always say "Little Galoshes". I'm sure I still have the book.
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