Vintage Children’s Books.

I’ve been casually ‘grazing’ through the wonderful images in mid century kid’s books and getting very excited about the style of them, the feel of their graphics, the way in which the illustrations are assembled, their colourations and … well… just allowing myself to get caught up in the look of another era.

There are a few series that I really like, all from the USA and mostly from the 60’s and early 70’s. One is called ‘Let’s Read and Find Out’, another is ‘Let’s Find Out About’ and lastly the ‘All Around’ Series.

Illustrators from abroad like Karoly Reich.

After my recent post about the wonderful Helen Borten who illustrated some of the Let’s Read and Find Out Science series of books, I’m sure there will be many other illustrators like Ed Emberley, Don Madden and Bernice Myers to name but a few, that I’ll want to talk about in the coming months.

What a wealth of styles and textures.

More to come.