Picture Book Mega Thread
A place to share and connect over our favorite picture books.
Your favorite book can reveal a lot about you.
Let’s get to know each other by sharing the titles that sparked our love of reading, made us laugh, and brought us joy!
Here’s one of mine:
![Vintage copy of I Know an Old Lady](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_474,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F49cfcbb7-2ad8-4b74-a8db-73f8a24deed6_700x525.jpeg)
![Vintage copy of I Know an Old Lady](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_474,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbb310d72-f7fa-407c-880b-f5b436b6b4eb_540x372.jpeg)
![Vintage copy of I Know an Old Lady](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_474,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9c51ab7c-5c21-44ba-87e4-4508c71b0ca9_540x388.jpeg)
![Vintage copy of I Know an Old Lady](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_720,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9429663-e628-4660-82a5-65b5e899f131_540x366.jpeg)
![Vintage copy of I Know an Old Lady](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_720,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7f61bf61-e302-47ca-9c3c-5f9d0c7010f9_540x359.jpeg)
This belonged to my dad and has always been my favorite. I still giggle when I remember my grandmother’s voice as she read the words, “I guess she’ll die!”
Have you read this book? What a ride. That poor lady…
In the comments, share books that:
shaped your love of reading
made you laugh
told stories that you still think about today
your little people ask you to read over and over
I’ll start a thread in the chat to share cover art from our magical books!
One more thing…
Have you signed up for our Vintage Album Covers Reimagined… as Cats session with
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I love Richard Scarry’s Busytown! It was like traveling the world and doing every job!
I loved I Know an Old Lady as a kid. Your battered version (never seen that one before) reminds me of my favourite, The Little Boy and the Big Fish by Max Velthuijs. Like Adam, I also love Busytown.