One of my favourite books when i was a small gal!
It was written by Roger Duvoisin and is all about a lovely ramshackle house in the country.. and a family’s quest to paint it JUST the right colour. It has a really cute lesson in the middle of the story, telling the reader how colours can mix together… to make… MORE colours! Yipppee!
I loved it that the family went for a drive in the country and simply found the perfect house.. it seemed so easy and lovely.
A beautiful book – i had it in paperback as a child, but recently found a lovely ex-library hard-cover copy in a Warragul op-shop recently. So i am most pleased.
Roger also illustrated ‘Petunia’, ‘The Happy Lion’, ‘Veronica (the hippopotamus)’ and ‘White Snow, Bright Snow’. Do you have any of his gorgeous books?
xx mikes
I remember reading this book as a child because it was my mums and I still absolutely gush over this sort of illustration.
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Beautiful work, x
Ooh nice to meet you Holly! We can be the new-middle aged… a bit like the new-craft! xx
hey there,
monica at “quilt while youre ahead” came by and I in turn saw your link on her site.
love your sensibility, I too love kids books from my childhood…that’s dating me!
there’s something really special about that apron with the blue gingham trim…
best,
H2