
Naida Dickson ~ Mel Crawford ~ Golden Press, 1972
My favorite thing about this hobby (other than having hundreds of cool books to share with my son) is getting introduced to all sorts of rad writers and illustrators that I otherwise might not have discovered. Case in point, Mel Crawford. Though I've been familiar with his work on sight for years and years, I never knew a thing about him. That was, at least, until yesterday when I walked into a thrift store, put my hands on this book and was prompted to begin sniffing around. So, for those of you new (like myself) to the charms of Mel, let me fill you in with a little info I lifted from the ASIFA Hollywood Cartoon Archive.
Canadian who came to the U.S. in the 1940s to work for Disney Studios. He worked in animation for a while but disliked the repetition. He began working on backgrounds and then books and album covers. He worked on "Alice in Wonderland," "Snow White", "Cinderella," "Jungle Book," and more. He later worked for the program Sesame Street.



After some loud noise making, the players get into a groove and discover when taken together, their medicine isn't half bad. Sometimes several wrongs do make a right and all we need is a little 'Turkey in the Straw' to make things OK.
The drawings here are just great and full of these wonderfully bright (but soft and almost frosty) colors. I particularly love the lines in Mel's people. (Check out the baby nurse. It's she lovely?) If you've been asleep at the wheel like myself and haven't tuned into Mel Crawford yet, do so now. It's music you definitely don't wanna miss hearing.

5 comments:
That made me think of Disney's Toot, Whistle, Plunk & Boom. Great memories!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjHrmmFIErY
This gives me the opportunity to ask you the question I have been curious about for ages. Just how many hundreds of books do you have, and how do you store them all? Do you have a digital catalogue, or a paper one, or nothing? How do you decide which book to review, and how do you lay your hand on it just at that time? I go crazy just with my small collection!
Lovely. How do you get the pics in your posts to look so great??? The resolution is always so good. Do you scan them?
Love your blog-- keep up the good work!
Nan, i gave you a shout out on twitter. I forgot about that short. So cool... Actually Swati, I'm hoping to do a post on that very subject. Stay tuned. and LOL thanks for the kind words.
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