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Let’s Be Enemies – a vintage Maurice Sendak treasure, using reverse psychology to celebrate the joys of friendship

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The Pious Infant – Edward Gorey’s rare, darkly delightful vintage illustrated allegory about the dangers of dogmatism and what happens when we sink too far into self-righteousness.

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A vintage illustrated Thanksgiving from the 1974 children’s book Feast of Thanksgiving: The First American Holiday: A Play by June Behrens, illustrated by the wonderful Anne Siberell.

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I Like to Be Little, a vintage gem by the late and very, very great Charlotte Zolotow, who died this week at 98.

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Besides being created by a duo of female artists, the best thing about this 1929 illustration for “The Snow Queen,” one of the finest illustrations from 150 years of Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales, is that it looks like Amanda Palmer.

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The loveliest ode to loneliness and childhood ever written, illustrated by iconic French graphic designer and cartoonist André François.

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Little Boy Brown

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Need a House, Call Ms. Mouse – wonderfully progressive and inspiring vintage children’s book about a female architect who is “an artist, a designer, a dreamer, a builder, a creator, all that and more, too” awakens kids to architecture and engineering.

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For beloved illustrator Alice Provensen’s 96th birthday today, Alice and Martin Provensen’s stunning vintage illustrations for 12 classic fairy tales.

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For the great Alice Provensen’s 96th birthday today, The Provensens’ vibrant vintage Illustrations for the Iliad and the Odyssey, from a lovely 1956 adaptation of Homer for young readers.