corner view ::: collections ::: (i'm late, but i'm in again!)

I collect childrens books.

It took me many many years to give in to the obsession, and sometimes I grieve all the books I didn't buy along the way. 

Oh, there were many.

Sometimes I buy books for their subtle or not so subtle messages, like the interconnectedness of all things, or books with a general holistic outlook.

Sometimes I buy books for their great stories.

Sometimes - or quite often - I buy books for their illustrations. 

And sometimes I buy books for their cover.

I am seldom disappointed. Except that one time, when I bought that blue book in the photo above.

That's right, you guessed it - Madonna's. It's horrible. 

But the cover is great.

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Books in this post:

Garmanns street - by Norwegian Stian Hole. Here's a review, and here's a review by someone who did not get it. Or maybe it's just a cultural thing.

The Big Question - philosophical picture book by Wolf Erlbruch

When The Wind Stops - great ecological lesson by Charlotte Zolotow and Stefano Vitale (ill.)

The Giving Tree - by Shel Silverstein. A classic My daughter won't let me read it, it's so sad and the tree lived a meaningless life. She thinks.

The Snow Queen - by Vladyslav Jerko (ill.) and H.C. Andersen 

Min Verden I En Nøddeskal/ My World In A Nutshell - anthropological picture book by Suzanne Brøgger, Danish

The Little House In The Big Woods - by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Garmanns Summer - my favourite. By Stian Hole, the same who made Garmanns Street. Here's a review that might explain (to me) the 'cultural thing', and here's some more pictures from the book.

What If? - by Rosso Collins (ill.) and Frances Thomas. Great illustrations.

Around The Year, by Elsa Beskow. A classic. And soooo beautiful illustrations. 

The Fir Tree, by H.C. Andersen

Syngende Stein/Singing Stone - Norwegian, by Stella East (ill.) and Eyvind Skeie. 

Verden Har Ingen Hjørner/The World Has No Corners - Norwegian, philosophical picture book by Svein Nyhus

The Complete Fairytales - by the Brothers Grimm

Mr Peabody's Apples - by Madonna

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