It’s time for another edition of the vintage book shelf! Whoo hoo! This one I found at a terrific estate sale, where I also walked away with an awesome Fisher Price record player for Wolfie! These illustrations are so charming—I think you’ll fall in love with them!
OLLIE!!!!! I love his little outfit and how spindley the legs on the his music stand are.
I didn’t include every single page (I figured there were only so many images of Ollie and his big bad horn that you needed to see!) but how cute, huh! Vintage children’s books make me so deliriously happy…..I don’t think I can ever have enough of them!
“Little Boy with a Big Horn”, Little Golden Book, 1950
Story by Jack Bechdolt
Illustrations by Aurelius Battaglia
i love the illustration with all the people on the front of the boat and the fish jumping out of the water! So fun!!!
me too! so fun huh….i love that he’s driving his mama crazy too.
Me too- I came to specifically say how I love that picture and these vintage book posts. This book also reminds me of the record we have framed in the nursery… http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=360551
aw i’m so glad esther! i could do a blog on nothing but books!
Oh I love this one! I really needed Alix’s Vintage Bookshelf today. It cheered me right up! Thanks…. 🙂
Hurray! I knew you’d love this one. The spats on the mayor made me smile.
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i wish everyone could play a horn that flowers would come flying out of!
Love these! I got a couple of great ones this week, too.
The illustrations from vintage books always gets me. I was eating my crackers and getting so into Ollie’s story.. more more!
I love Victorian style fashion shown in the 60s. It’s so sweet and charming. And this book is priceless! Where did you pick it up?
I love this story. My mom has a boxed set of Little Golden Books from when we were little. This is one of the stories! Kid + Books = Rocks!
I agree!!! I actually have a loose rule with Wolfie that if he ever wants to get a book in the bookstore I mostly say YES.
(“mostly” haha)