When I was a very young girl, my Aunt Virginia would take me grocery shopping with her. I was handy for reaching items that were placed on low shelves, I suppose! She always told me that if I were “good,” she would buy me a Little Golden Book and I could have my choice. As I always was an angel, in those days, I always came home with a new book. One of those books was The Poky Little Puppy. The book was first published in 1942 and the copyright was renewed in 1970.
While attending a quilt show, not too long ago, I was thoroughly intrigues with a display that features a new reprint of the book and two different coordinating pieces of fabric. The selvage states:
“Little Golden Books TM and (copyright) 2009 by Random House, Inc. Under license to Classic Media, Inc. an Entertainment Rights group company. All rights reserved for QUILTING TREASURES (TM) www.QuiltingTreasures.com or to be exact:
http://www.quiltingtreasures.com/content6157.html Well, all the copyright / trademark information etc. thwarts my initial plan of showing you this great fabric.
The vendor (The Fabric Garden – New Hampshire telephone: 603 868-2002) who sold me the fabric told me that Walmart sells the new books for $3.00 each. I love dogs and I love retro 1950s items. I am not sure what I will do with this fabric and (new) book yet. Maybe I will just make something for myself, to enjoy in my “second childhood.”
Patricia Cummings
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