
The bookstore is doing well and we have now gone through two busy Christmas seasons. We're still working on our website but the bones of it are up at coastsidebooks.com Our girls are growing into quite the readers and love going on book hunts with me out of town. My plan is to list some of those out of print picture book treasures on our site in the near future.
One of my latest, greatest finds is a 1965 copy of Someday by Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated by Arnold Lobel. CZ dedicated the book to her eleven year old daughter, " for Ellen right now " and we can really relate to this little girl's imaginings. She wishes for many things like, "Someday I'm going to go to dancing class and Miss Bird will say, 'Ellen is doing it just right. Everybody watch her.' " Or, "Someday, when I have nothing to read, the doorbell will ring and a big box of books will come for me." (Remember this is before Angry Birds.) Lobel's illustrations are feel-good- funny and full of whimsy just like the text. The inside jacket reads, "Everyone, young or old, girl or boy, has his own particular "somedays." They are the days when the impossible becomes possible, the unlikely turns into the likely, and dreams are no longer dreams but realities." Someday I will write here about picture books at least once a week.
I hope all your "Somedays" become realities this year too : )
Happy 2012!!!!
Someday I will return to Santa Cruz, where I spend 4 lovely years.
ReplyDeleteGlad I kept you in my reader, that books looks lovely.
I'm sure someday you will see Santa Cruz again! Thanks for keeping us in your reader.
DeleteHi Nancy, Now your birthday is long past but it was so nice to spend New Years with you and family.
ReplyDeleteSomeday,we will drive up the coast to visit you,someday Sid will be potty trained and in pre-school and someday i hope to publish another beesknees book with you!
Love Kim