Back in June I mentioned having a couple of letters from L du Garde Peach, writer of the History series, written in the early 1970s to his illustrator, John Kenney. By popular demand – both of you 🙂 – here…
Read more… on a wet day in July? To identify a word/phrase, just click on the first and last letter. Free Word Search PuzzlesMake Your Own Word Search
Read more… another interesting site: exhibitone A fairly random and very nicely made image gallery of odd classic Ladybird Books – presumably from the creator’s own collection. Nice because it gives you a peek inside the books – and the pictures…
Read moreI 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…
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