Illustrated Children's Books

Vintage children's book art illustration inspiration Today I take a look and some of the smaller-sized old children's books from my collection. Fun At The Beach From 1966 First, the smallest of the bunch is from a Whitman series. It was written by Gloria Trachenberg and the pictures and illustrations are by Dagmar Wilson . The book is part of a series of tiny tot tail books small books for young readers with tiny hands. In this book mother tells her two boys they will pack a lunch and go to the beach today. The boys take a ride to the beach and do many things in the summer sun. Vintage Book Sesame Street The Invention Of Paper From 1975 This Sesame Street book features Ernie as the cave King and Sherlock Hemlock as the smart person.  The book was written and illustrated by Daniel Wilcox .  In this book, once upon a time, some cave people lived long before anything important had been invented. Their King was Ernie. He loved to get letters but they were written

 Here are a few of the vintage children's book illustrations from my collection I have a large library of vintage illustrated picture books from the 90s all the way back to the 40s. I actually have more than I care to admit 😄 I get them for inspiration of things to draw and ideas for making my own children's books. Here are some book covers to check out! First book of submarines from 1957 Pictures and Illustrations by Mildred Waltrip The Happy Birthday Present from 1962 Pictures and illustrations by Mary Chalmers ( Related: Check out more from my book collection here ) First book of Mexico from 1955 Pictures and illustrations by Bernice and Lou Myers Ann can fly Pictures and illustrations by Robert Lopshire The Big Honey Hunt Pictures and illustrations by Stan and Jan Berenstain Do you know what I'm going to do next Saturday? from 1963 Artwork and pictures by Lynn Fayman How to Make Flibbers, etc. Pictures and illustrations by Robert Lopshire Greg's Microscope Picture