lost & found vintage toys

raggedy ann scratch & sniff book

i particularly like raggedy ann ~

so i pick up raggedy ann & andy books when i find them ~

& have posted them here at the lost & found ~

as well as the dolls ~

including my own lost & found vintage doll ~

this book is from 1976 ~

& it has special scratch & sniff items like cookies inside ~

ug! black licorice ~

mince pie & chocolate soup ~

from golden press ~

a feast ~

annie's saturday house ~

you can click on raggedys in the category list in the sidebar for more like this anytime ~

also recently i found this vintage puzzle from 1955 ~

unfortunately it's missing a piece :( ~

bren

fall library sale

besides being halloween comicfest, saturday was the friends of the library book sale downtown ~

i was in line bright & early to check out the vintage kids' books like these readers & little golden books ~

alice pop-up books & more beatrix potter ~

favorites i found include this golden book of human biology & kids' version of the ha rey book i posted here before ~

more art for children & raggedy ann ~

oz & mr rogers ~

of note: this lost & now found book is the very book toxic's mom used to explain the facts of life to her back in the day :D ~

costumes, Stickers & dover coloring books ~

favorite vintage stories & illustrators like arnold lobel ~

wonderful, fun & sometimes terrifying victorian reproductions ~

mad & madlibs, & of course pride & prejudice & kitties :) ~

this is my xmas! my toxic library is burgeoning.. i'll be sharing these & more through the winter, but for now just click on the categories in the sidebar for much more ~

thanks for the help, mr dad ~

bren

dolls through the ages

a doll coloring book today ~

dolls through the ages from 1979 troubador press ~

from the elizabethan era ~

through queen anne dolls ~

china dolls ~

rag dolls ~

if you like dolls like me, you may enjoy the dolly freakshow i am preparing for halloween :D (watch this space) ~

french & german dolls ~

character dolls ~

i spy a kewpie doll ~

& there's raggedy ann :) ~

bren