Tag: 1949

  • Blueberries for Sal

    [amazon_link asins=’0670175919′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’cf4d7487-6be2-11e7-97be-997a78b25df3′] Some books don’t age well. The customs and styles of a certain era aren’t necessarily appealing decades later. Blueberries for Sal, however, has aged well and is just as delightful as it was when I read it in the 70s, when it had already been in print for thirty […]

  • The Color Kittens by Margaret Wise Brown

    [amazon_link asins=’0307021416′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’matchstickkidboo’ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’14267f1c-3fe4-11e7-a719-333ac525808e’] This was my dad’s favorite book when he was a kid, but I didn’t know it until I happened to see it among a set of Little Golden Books at the grocery store. Little Golden Books were a big part of my childhood but lately the brand has been […]