Mark and His Pictures

Mark and His Pictures, by Carol Odell, illustrated by Gerald Rose. Walker and Company New York, 1962. Hard to find. My thrifted copy has several pages missing, and I wouldn't mind knowing what the rest of the book looks like....

hot rod angels

Hot Rod Angels, by Robery Sidney Bowen, Chilton Company, 1965.

I'll be you, and you be me.

RIP Maurice Sendak... and lately spending some extra time enjoying the titles from our own library. This book is one of my very most favorites. Ruth Krauss's words and Sendak's drawings are so complimentary, so gorgeously authentic and spare.

I'll Be You and You Be Me, by Ruth Krauss, pictures by Maurice Sendak, HarperCollins, 1954.

See also:  The Fresh Air interviews, Brainpickings, and Collecting Children's Books for more on the life and work of Maurice Sendak.

does she remember or not

Umbrella, by Taro Yashima, The Viking Press NY, 1958. 

last week's library free pile

Title > 7 words = free pile.

All three were picked up on the same day, including math book. Same palette..!

Fundamentals of Mathematics

Fundamentals of Mathematics, by Edwin I. Stein. Leeds Junior High School Philadelphia. Allyn and Bacon Inc., 1959.

froebel fascination

Inventing Kindergarten by Norman Brosterman, Abrahms, 1997

My new book arrived: !!! This is Inventing Kindergarten by Norman Brosterman, about Friederich Froebel (1782-1852), the inventor of kindergarten. I'm reading it cover to cover and it is ridiculously fascinating. The program taught spiritual unity demonstrated through principles of art, mathematics, design, and natural science. You can see how the seeds of what was to become Modernism were planted in original kindergarten students like a wee Frank Lloyd Wright. Traces of the original kindergarten remain in public education today, but we all know how that ended up.For more information/ inspiration, see:

http://www.brosterman.com/kindergarten.shtml

http://www.flickr.com/photos/orihouse/859284808/in/photostream/

http://www.uppercasegallery.ca/uppercase-journal/2008/6/23/old-school-research.html

http://theiff.org/oexhibits/kindy01.html

If you live in the NY area, more is coming your way: http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1239

Wow, one more:

Vasily Kandinsky’s Composition 8 from 1923, recreated with kindergarten gifts number 7 (paper parquetry), 8 (sticks), 9 (rings), 14 (weaving), 15 (slats), and 16 (jointed slats).

From Cabinet: "Froebel and the Gifts of Kindergarten"