Saturday, May 20, 2006
Recent acquisitions
All kinds of good things have been coming in the mail recently. First, through PaperBackSwap.com, I've recently received Slaughterhouse-Five, which, believe it or not, I've never read. I've also received a couple of middle-grade children's books that look promising, including From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, which I have always--and I do mean always--wanted to read, from the time I was actually in the target age group for it. It was on the reading list for the class called "Kiddie Lit" when I was in library school, but somehow I never took that class. My recent visit to the Met (more on that later) revived my interest, so I ordered it.
But the best thing that came in the mail this week is this: the poster from Children's Book Week 1992, by children's book illustrator Fred Marcellino. I have coveted it since 1997, when I first encountered it on the wall in the public library I was working in at the time. Of course, by that time it was impossible to find, but just last week chance (and a search for a good list of middle-grade books) took me to the Children's Book Council web site, where, for one week only, they were selling signed and numbered copies of this poster. Reader, I did not hesitate; I fearlessly brandished my credit card at the computer and demanded my own copy. Today's entire agenda: take it in for framing.
Of course, it will go on the nursery wall, but that doesn't make it any less MY poster. :-) Something neat that I noticed after it got here is that Mr. Vintage Reader and I went on our first date during Children's Book Week 1992. I don't recall the exact date anymore, but I know it was the week of my birthday, so hey.
Alas, it appears that this poster is no longer available from the CBC (I do apologize for not posting it while it was still available; I don't know where my head was), but if you're looking for some inexpensive and lovely artwork to liven up your home or office, there are a lot of other Children's Book Week posters available for incredibly low prices. I think I really have to buy this one by Garth Williams, as a matter of fact.
But the best thing that came in the mail this week is this: the poster from Children's Book Week 1992, by children's book illustrator Fred Marcellino. I have coveted it since 1997, when I first encountered it on the wall in the public library I was working in at the time. Of course, by that time it was impossible to find, but just last week chance (and a search for a good list of middle-grade books) took me to the Children's Book Council web site, where, for one week only, they were selling signed and numbered copies of this poster. Reader, I did not hesitate; I fearlessly brandished my credit card at the computer and demanded my own copy. Today's entire agenda: take it in for framing.Of course, it will go on the nursery wall, but that doesn't make it any less MY poster. :-) Something neat that I noticed after it got here is that Mr. Vintage Reader and I went on our first date during Children's Book Week 1992. I don't recall the exact date anymore, but I know it was the week of my birthday, so hey.
Alas, it appears that this poster is no longer available from the CBC (I do apologize for not posting it while it was still available; I don't know where my head was), but if you're looking for some inexpensive and lovely artwork to liven up your home or office, there are a lot of other Children's Book Week posters available for incredibly low prices. I think I really have to buy this one by Garth Williams, as a matter of fact.
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