"Christmas in the Bell Shop"

Since we were looking at Children's book illustrations this week, I wanted to share a favorite from my childhood. This was put out by Ambassador Cards and doesn't even have any names attributed to it - written by or illustrated by. It was printed in the 1960's (I received my copy for Christmas in 1968). It is full color and even has gold on the cover. It is also embossed on the cover. Very cute & very cool!

This book only has 14 pages, plus a front & back cover (back is blank except for "Ambassador Cards" logo typical # info).

On every inside page, the first word always has this enormous initial cap. They are different on every single page - colors, styles, etc. never being the same. I like the way that every time the word "bell" appears, there is an actual bell design shadowed behind it.

The story is really good, too. You should look it up some time. It's kind of about not judging things by their cover/ price/place in life/etc. You get my meaning.

I wish I knew who the Illustrator was, but, there doesn't seem to be much information about it out there. I'll keep looking though.