Chlöe and Maude
Sandra Boynton ~ Little Brown, 1984
Happy day kids! I don't know if you all remember me waxing poetic about the little gift shop / bookstore at the Hammock Shops in Pawley's Island where I fell in love as a child with Mercer Mayer and the Bernstein Bears. Yes? No? Either way, another resident of those rooms was the always delightful Sandra Boynton. Her wonderfully cheery creatures covered that place from bookshelf to cash wrap in the form of cards, children's books and gift items.
Chlöe loved to draw.
She drew magical castles and angry dancing dragons.
She drew trains with lots and lots of cars.
She drew spaghetti, her friend Maude, families, forests and elephants.
Chlöe's friend Maude did not like to draw.
Two best friends finding their way in a world where one draws realistic and the other spreads color! The other two stories are filled with even more sweet adventures. Chlöe, Maude & Sophia sees one changing her name and persona, but then deciding she likes herself just the way she is. Overnight shows how scary stories lead to the nighttime shivers. Real in its feelings and themes, each little illustration carries with it all the wonder and heartache of what it means to be a child.
Love, love, love the Boynton.
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4 comments:
We spent all our free time trying to draw the perfect Boynton-esque animals at school:)
It's hard to think of Sandra Boynton as vintage, but I looked back at my childhood collection of children's books and realized that one of my favorites as a child was by Sandra Boynton. I did not know that Hippos Go Berserk was her first.
It's hard to think of Sandra Boynton as vintage, but I looked back at my childhood collection of children's books and realized that one of my favorites as a child was by Sandra Boynton. I did not know that Hippos Go Berserk was her first.
hippos go beserk is one of our favorites. Kids and parents. LOVE it! I hadn't heard of the one profiled, though; I'll look for it now.
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