I have recently come across this unusual website: The Visual Telling of Stories Ladybird:http://www.fulltable.com/VTS/m/mcov/lbb.htmNavigation around the site is unconventional – I wouldn’t be surprised if there weren’t more things Ladybird than I’ve uncovered. My favourite part so far is the…
Read moreIt was my birthday recently and this was my favourite card. It’s from the great set of Ladybird captioned cards that Simon Spicer sells, but I don’t recall seeing this one before. Perfect.
Read moreOne of the best loved and nostalgic series for Ladybird lovers is series 563 – ‘Learning to Read’. A sort of early precurser to the Key Word Reader series of the 1960s, the artwork of Wingfield, Driscoll, Robinson and Tunnicliffe…
Read moreThe BBC are making a series of 4 programmes, hosted by Kirsty Young I think, exploring aspects of social change through children’s books – or something like that. Anyway, I was contacted by one of the programme team who had…
Read moreIf the slideshow below isn’t quite enough for you, you’ll be relieved to here that I have just about completed the Gallery pages for the original Key Word Readers Books. You’ll find it here I’ve also finished the Gallery pages…
Read moreDo the words ‘Peter and Jane’ take you back to a warm, fuzzy, nostalgic place in your memories? The rosy-tinted hues of distant childhood? Or do they remind you of the horrors of primary school, of being tortured into reading…
Read moreA few weeks ago I delighted to be given a couple of letters which were written by L du Garde Peach to John Kenny. Now if you love the History series of Ladybird Books, (Series 561) those names will be…
Read moreNot everyone likes the internet. There’s something about actually browsing through books, especially old ones, which can’t be reproduced online. I vividly remember a trip to a little bookshop called ‘Peakirk Books’ shortly after I started collecting Ladybird Books. I…
Read moreThis is a bit different – give it a go: click on the link below: Ladybird Research Drag one of the ‘spots’ and drop on the ‘i’ for a larger snippet of information. To search for info on a term,…
Read more… acquiring the wrong edition of a Well-Loved Tale on the internet. Yes, that nightmare of purchasing ‘The Princess and the Pea’ on eBay or Amazon, only to find that it isn’t the wonderful version with the fantastic pictures that…
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