Fireside Stories

I don't know where this sudden camping obsession has come from, but I've learned that when these gusts of inspiration hit, it's best to just roll with it. Somewhere online I came across 'Fireside Stories' by Veronica S. Hutchinson and illustrated by the Great and Epically wonderful Lois Lenski, and guess who had a copy it. YES IT WAS MY FRIEND THE LIBRARY. (the library is your friend too. just fyi.)

This book is neato! It has titles like 'The Kettle That Would Not Walk' and 'The Straw Ox'. It's got fairy tales, folk tales, animal tales, tales for littles, tales for slightly bigger kids. If you're wanting an old fashioned collection to read with your kids and be cozy altogether, this one is your man. Or your book. HA HA HA HA. Yeah! We're having THAT sort of day! Don't you love those?

Fabulous, no?

"Hold your tongue, woman," said the hedgehog. "This is my affair."

LOVE IT.

Every few stories or so, there are these amazing glossy, color picture pages, and they look different to me than Lenski's work in her 'Small' books, more richly detailed. Not to GEEK OUT too terribly much, but I just go crazy for anything Lois did. She illustrated my beloved 'Betsy-Tacy' books. (We will be having a convo about those very soon, I promise. (and I promise never ever to use the term "convo" again.) And this is what it'll look like: Have you read 'Betsy-Tacy'??? AAAAAAAAAGH, I LOVE THOSE BOOKS SO MUCH. Yep. That's what that post will look like, prepare yourself.

In the meantime, go see if you can find 'Fireside Stories'. And read 'Mother Hulda'. Have you read that one? I love that fairy tale.

Do old fashioned books like this make you feel kind of light headed and woozy? Just me? Does it make you want to bake a pie? A pandowdy? No? COME ON, it totally does. Yes?


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