My Gramma used to read my dad a childrens book when he was young (he was born in 1951) and she can’t remember the book but knows the phrase “(from the top top top) of his head head head” – the part in () I think is what she said but not sure. I think it might have been a golden book, and not sure of the rest from there. His name when he was little was Jimmy, not sure if that’s the character or not. Good luck, it’s not much to go off of. I could probably probe for more if needed from my Gramma. (i was hoping to surprise her). Thanks!

As a child I was gifted a hard cover picture book, written in the late 40’s or 50’s. It contained wonderful pencil-drawn illustrations of sleek and aerodynamic autos of that era. They were drawn from the perspective of a child viewing from a sidewalk in a busy city. I do not recall the name of the book, or even the story, but I have vivid memories of the drawings.

This was a book for young children, maybe no text, all photos, not drawings. 1946-1955. Two Japanese children walking in the woods, by streams, gardens. The book was bigger than a Golden Book, maybe 10×10 inches.

I read this in the 1970s but it was probably from the 1950s. I believe it was a short picture book in which someone is making an apron out of (possibly) yellow-checkered or calico cloth, but there isn’t quite enough material. She ends up sewing a ruffle on the bottom to make it work.

This book might have had other fashions in it and been printed in just three colors – blue, pink and yellow?? – with black outlines. I have a recollection of ’50s-style flared A-line skirts and tiny-waisted tops. But I might be confusing two different stories.