The Twelve Days of Christmas, Brian Wildsmith

Today's vintage children's Christmas book, The Twelve Days of Christmas, is

from 1972. This classic Christmas song is ramped up with Brian Wildsmith's colorful and exuberant illustrations.

The Twelve Days of Christmas

Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith

Originally published Oxford University Press, 1972

This edition published by The Millbrook Press, 1995

Christmas Is A Time of Giving, Joan Walsh Anglund

Today's vintage Christmas children's book is Christmas Is A Time of Giving,

written and illustrated by Joan Walsh Anglund. This small (4" x 6") and charming book from 1961 has Anglund's pen and ink drawings and trademark children. I like the vignette type illustrations in this book, very fitting for a book of this size.

Christmas Is A Time of Giving

By Joan Walsh Anglund

Harcourt, Brace & World, 1961

To view my previous postings and read about Joan Walsh Anglund, click here and here. To read a short bio on Anglund at Children's Literature Network, click here.

Martin and Alice Provensen Christmas Cards

I came across these great silk screened Christmas cards by Alice and Martin Provensen on ebay. A successful husband and wife team, Martin and Alice Provensen illustrated many children's books over a long career in their distinctive and popular style. To read about the Provensen's, click here. All images are via ebay seller bview26.