Book of the Week: Nutshell Library
This was on our library shelf in the home I grew up in and luckily they're back in production. I loved them as a child and I love them now. The collection of 4 books by Maurice Sendak (author/illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are) is tiny, each book measures about 2.5" x 3.5". One is about the alphabet, one is about numbers, one is about the months of the year and one is a "cautionary tale" about caring.
The size of the books makes them extra intriguing to little hands — as if they are pretend books. My toddlers have not been able to resist them. They come as a boxed set and each one is hardbound and has it's own little dust jacket. The illustrations are as charming as the size.
The collection costs about the same as buying 1 larger picture book, which I think is reasonable, but if you're buying it as a gift it doesn't have a lot of "wow" impact because it's so small.
Find it here.
posted by Gabrielle of Design Mom at Thursday, October 19, 2006
7 Comments:
i loved those books when i was a kid!
These books have been so popular among little visitors that even as a grandma, I bought a new set.
I loved Where the Wild Things are as a kid. That and Drummer Hoff.
FYI- Maurice Sendak just wrote/illustrated a new book. It's a fantastic and intricate pop-up book called "Mommy?".
I didn't know he was still alive, but he's writing books and doing interviews on NPR.
Thanks for the head's up Kara. I'm excited to see his new book.
"I don't care"
Love the books... but the icing on the cake is the record I grew up with that sets this text to music! And by Carole King, no less. I was thrilled to find it recently re-released on CD.... "Really Rosie" is the title. My daughter loves it
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