tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post3670672219017962490..comments2024-03-10T16:42:34.106-04:00Comments on Collecting Children's Books: Pocket to the MoonPeter D. Sierutahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301507180150710089noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-60423888582702720922010-12-12T14:52:16.743-05:002010-12-12T14:52:16.743-05:00I always loved those Golden books on Nature too, a...I always loved those Golden books on Nature too, and my interest was rekindled when I ran across a copy of A Golden Guide Hallucinogenic Plants. Quite unexpected that they would publish a book like that!Luke Janesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-25794373418706936772010-10-09T14:23:05.268-04:002010-10-09T14:23:05.268-04:00I've just discovered your blog and think it is...I've just discovered your blog and think it is fabulous. What great information. Too bad you're getting so much spam in your comments.stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00049366189016424113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-15530755148833741932010-10-09T07:08:39.859-04:002010-10-09T07:08:39.859-04:00The visit was useful. Content was really very info...The visit was useful. Content was really very informative. From www.giftflowersmunich.com.Gargi Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506960005598915108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-4464693989728108012010-10-09T01:32:27.520-04:002010-10-09T01:32:27.520-04:00Website is very comprehensive and informative. I h...Website is very comprehensive and informative. I have enjoyed the visit. From www.giftsflowersfrankfurt.com.RITAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689096772807219394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-10124915430925031772010-10-08T07:20:31.312-04:002010-10-08T07:20:31.312-04:00The visit was useful. Content was really very info...The visit was useful. Content was really very informative. From www.buybooksonline24x7.com.Gargi Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506960005598915108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-52198289828708972962010-10-08T06:18:13.553-04:002010-10-08T06:18:13.553-04:00The visit was useful. Content was really very info...The visit was useful. Content was really very informative. From www.gifts2hongkong.com.Alokita Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17784462810745927501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-83520104030579864752010-10-08T04:08:01.442-04:002010-10-08T04:08:01.442-04:00Website is very comprehensive and informative. I h...Website is very comprehensive and informative. I have enjoyed the visit. From www.giftstomalaysia.com.RITAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689096772807219394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-26721600329190578102010-10-07T08:25:52.697-04:002010-10-07T08:25:52.697-04:00The visit was useful. Content was really very info...The visit was useful. Content was really very informative. From www.expressflowerssaopaulo.com.Gargi Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506960005598915108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-1551150702757353282010-10-04T09:34:54.625-04:002010-10-04T09:34:54.625-04:00I always wanted the Golden Guides as a kid. I have...I always wanted the Golden Guides as a kid. I have several of them now, including the guide to trees. Nothing else was quite as good.<br /><br />As for the wolves, yes, I've seen references to it for years. Funny one can't even find a picture of it online. I'm thinking it once appeared in a St. Nicholas, but in which issue I have no idea.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00684124498981972463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-32683288186669458512010-10-03T21:34:42.850-04:002010-10-03T21:34:42.850-04:00Then There Were Five
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Th...Then There Were Five<br />-------------------------<br /><br />The dogs were loving it. They bounded and snapped and barked their great hollow, brutal barks. Through Randy's panic-stricken mind flashed the image of a picture on the Office wall: an old steel engraving entitled "Pursued by Siberian Wolves."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-11900922204746450302010-10-03T21:22:28.359-04:002010-10-03T21:22:28.359-04:00I've run across a few references to a painting...I've run across a few references to a painting in several kids books but I can't find the actual painting anywhere.<br /><br />Can anyone figure out which painting they're talking about?<br /><br /><br />Henry Reed's Journey<br />--------------------<br />"Have you two children ever seen that painting of the Russians in a sleigh being chased across the snow-covered steppes by wolves?"<br /><br />"I have," I told him.<br /><br />"Do you remember what the woman in the back of the sleigh was doing?"<br /><br />"She was about to toss a baby to the wolves," I said.<br /><br />"What a horrible idea," Midge said. "Why would she do a thing like that?"<br /><br />"I always assumed she was sacrificing her baby to the wolves to allow those in the sleigh time to escape."<br /><br /><br />The Four-Story Mistake<br />----------------------<br />"Look, here's a whole story pasted up; illustrations and everything. Pretty nifty, too," said Rush. "It's called 'Pursued by Siberian Wolves!'"<br /><br /><br />Great Northern?<br />---------------<br />"They won't kill him even if they catch him," said Peggy.<br /><br />"We've got to count him as a baby thrown to the wolves," said Dorothea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-36228810666963820822010-10-03T10:07:44.738-04:002010-10-03T10:07:44.738-04:00Herbert Zim was a very fine science writer. Some y...Herbert Zim was a very fine science writer. Some years ago, I decided that I wanted to understand the barometer--it didn't make sense to me that a low pressure system meant there was a lot of water in the air--surely that ought to make the air heavier? I looked through our up-to-date weather books, but though many of them had beautiful color photographs of barometers, they didn't explain how they worked in simple English--they merely said that barometers measured atmospheric pressure. But Zim explained the barometer in very simple terms, using metaphors and examples to dramatize the scientific principles involved. Few of our beautiful new science books are as clear and plain-spoken as Herbert Zim's books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-87569875045576160452010-10-01T20:24:02.927-04:002010-10-01T20:24:02.927-04:00Wan Hu turns up in some German sources a bit earli...Wan Hu turns up in some German sources a bit earlier. Willy Ley was German, no? It's puzzling there doesn't seem to be a much earlier reference. You'd think someone would say what source the story was taken from (Marco Polo's travels, or a Chinese manuscript history, or something). It's all "legend has it," "a Chinese legend states," "the possibly apocryphal story" (sorry, that doesn't get you off the hook for citing sources) ... this kind of thing drives me nuts.<br /><br />Wan-hu appears to be a title, so it may not actually be the man's name.<br /><br />Helen Schinskehschinskehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10316478950862562594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-38699329130739192762010-10-01T19:34:36.190-04:002010-10-01T19:34:36.190-04:00I still love these books, and they don't last ...I still love these books, and they don't last long when I have old copies for sale in my bookstore. But did he really measure pockets to determine the book size? That's a wonderful little tidbit.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-14708332755477578192010-09-30T14:05:19.089-04:002010-09-30T14:05:19.089-04:00Not only did I catch you ELO reference, I was list...Not only did I catch you ELO reference, I was listening to that song last night!<br /><br />I just had to head to Google Books and look up Wan Hu.<br /><br />Another 1945 book, the Coming Age of Rocket Power also mentions him. It says it's an oft repeated tale.<br /><br />There may be some earlier references, but the snippet view makes it too hard to figure out.<br />It looks like a 1944 book by William Ley may have mentioned "Wan Hoo."Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492841891625994218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-63992548240085937672010-09-30T08:47:22.397-04:002010-09-30T08:47:22.397-04:00http://cricket.zeenews.comhttp://cricket.zeenews.comAlokita Bosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17784462810745927501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-36856303221903576092010-09-29T18:19:55.376-04:002010-09-29T18:19:55.376-04:00Yep, I have a whole pile of THOSE too.Yep, I have a whole pile of THOSE too.Carol Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166705366415665993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7046320545497573335.post-14542474703737915642010-09-29T15:51:55.527-04:002010-09-29T15:51:55.527-04:00Wow, seeing those covers again brought my childhoo...Wow, seeing those covers again brought my childhood back. Sadly, I don't think the Audubon guides we have now will stick in my kids' minds the same way.Sandy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08650640470141210550noreply@blogger.com