I remember very little about this book. I must have been 4 or 5 when i saw it so i couldn’t read! All i remember are the pictures…
I’m guessing it was from the 50’s, it wasn’t a big book, maybe the size of the golden books? It is about a little girl going through all the seasons. What stands out in my mind is the pictures of her on the various vacations so there is one of her next to the Christmas tree and her with the pumpkins at Halloween, the same at Easter. There is also a page about her birthday with a picture of her with cake. The pictures and really warm and soft and the little girl who is about 5 years old is always wearing really pretty dresses.
Not much to go by i know but i now have a little girl who i know would just love those illustrations and i would be so delighted to have a copy for her!
I believe that you’re looking for Over and Over, by Charlotte Zolotow, with illustrations by Garth Williams.
Wow! Thank you! Unbelievable!
Your book might be “Over and Over”, written by Charlotte Zolotow and illustrated by Garth Williams.
Thank you so much! I am thrilled to find that beautiful book! You have made my year!
This COULD be Over and Over by the late Charlotte Zolotow, illustrated in color by Garth Williams, 1957. (Lucky I own a copy or I’d never have guessed!) It was reprinted in 1999. You can find a few of the pictures in Google Images, including the cover. My copy is likely an original hardcover edition – but it’s bigger than a Golden Book, I think. Williams illustrated about six dozen books, including those few he wrote and those by Laura Ingalls Wilder and E.B. White.
Thank you so much! I am thrilled to find that beautiful book! You have made my year!
Could it have been Tasha Tudor’s Around the Year?
Thanks so much.. I can’t believe that after all these years that I finally know what that book is called. Wonderful!
I’m am totally delighted to look back on this post and realise that my book has finally been found! Thanks you thank you thank you…. I am just so happy to see it and can’t wait to get a copy for my little girl. Who ironically looks so much like the little red haired girl in this story. I am so sorry that I didn’t check back on this site sooner. I just thought that there was no way someone would know what I was talking about! How wrong I was……. Thanks so much!