Comments on: A Mary Blair Treasury of Golden Books http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/a-mary-blair-treasury-of-golde.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 01:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: plyx http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/a-mary-blair-treasury-of-golde.html#comment-1510421 plyx Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176319#comment-1510421 Sold! Thanks for the tip, my daughter and I are going to love reading this together! Sold! Thanks for the tip, my daughter and I are going to love reading this together!

]]> By: MicroSourcing http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/a-mary-blair-treasury-of-golde.html#comment-1509519 MicroSourcing Thu, 16 Aug 2012 09:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176319#comment-1509519 Golden Books were a children's rooms staple back in the day. The artwork is amazing, even for adult readers.  Golden Books were a children’s rooms staple back in the day. The artwork is amazing, even for adult readers. 

]]> By: Ladyfingers http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/a-mary-blair-treasury-of-golde.html#comment-1509132 Ladyfingers Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176319#comment-1509132 Funny, as a kid I didn't like these much. I preferred Richard Scarry and stuff with loads of detail. Funny, as a kid I didn’t like these much. I preferred Richard Scarry and stuff with loads of detail.

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/a-mary-blair-treasury-of-golde.html#comment-1508694 Robert Baruch Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176319#comment-1508694 BTW, these are from the book Little Curses, by Bleary Mare. Her other book is the somewhat morbid "I Can Die", which begins: A bird can die. So can I. BTW, these are from the book Little Curses, by Bleary Mare. Her other book is the somewhat morbid “I Can Die”, which begins:

A bird can die.
So can I.

]]> By: Chang Terhune http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/a-mary-blair-treasury-of-golde.html#comment-1508496 Chang Terhune Wed, 15 Aug 2012 16:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176319#comment-1508496 OH, MAN!  I used to read I can fly to my daughter all the time.  Loved these books.  So wonderfully fanciful! OH, MAN!  I used to read I can fly to my daughter all the time.  Loved these books.  So wonderfully fanciful!

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/a-mary-blair-treasury-of-golde.html#comment-1508342 Robert Baruch Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176319#comment-1508342 WTF? Peter and Bobby and Jeff and Ann-- the twins and I clicked on 4chan. We looked at /r/, and then at /hc/, and scratched our heads at what we did see. We clicked around /b/ and /y/, and understood little, about what we did spy. Bobby and Peter and Ann and Jeff-- the twins and I said as we left, What The F? WTF?

Peter and Bobby
and Jeff and Ann–
the twins and I
clicked on 4chan.

We looked at /r/,
and then at /hc/,
and scratched our heads
at what we did see.

We clicked around
/b/ and /y/,
and understood little,
about what we did spy.

Bobby and Peter
and Ann and Jeff–
the twins and I
said as we left,
What The F?

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/a-mary-blair-treasury-of-golde.html#comment-1508340 Robert Baruch Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:31:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176319#comment-1508340 GLANCE I took a little peek, and what did I see? Little Bobby Hearst peeing behind a tree. I took a pic, and Facebooked that kid. He didn't see me, though! I kept hid. GLANCE

I took a little peek,
and what did I see?
Little Bobby Hearst
peeing behind a tree.
I took a pic,
and Facebooked that kid.
He didn’t see me, though!
I kept hid.

]]> By: Robert Baruch http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/a-mary-blair-treasury-of-golde.html#comment-1508332 Robert Baruch Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176319#comment-1508332 BALLOONS Beautiful, beautiful big balloons. Tie them to cats, and dogs and baboons. Pop them near babies, and laugh as they cry. Here's one for you, I hope you die. I hope you die, and your friends do too, these balloons are too good for you. BALLOONS

Beautiful, beautiful
big balloons.
Tie them to cats,
and dogs and baboons.
Pop them near babies,
and laugh as they cry.
Here’s one for you,
I hope you die.
I hope you die,
and your friends do too,
these balloons are
too good for you.

]]> By: BonzoDog1 http://boingboing.net/2012/08/15/a-mary-blair-treasury-of-golde.html#comment-1508323 BonzoDog1 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 14:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=176319#comment-1508323 I had a shelf-full of Golden Books by the time I was 5, thanks to my schoolteacher mother. It was the greatest gift she ever gave me. I had a shelf-full of Golden Books by the time I was 5, thanks to my schoolteacher mother.
It was the greatest gift she ever gave me.

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